The threatening item was that sent to my home through the USPS got here okay and is now in the hands of the Postal Inspectors; they seemed to be quite interested in it. The first thing they are doing is to check for toxic substances.
In this day and age of terrorism and stalking they take all threats seriously and will be working hard to discover who sent it.
Have a nice day. Duke53 | Talk 21:01, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
> I know that was some time back but it was probably sent because you are such a tool. You seem to like edit warring with everyone don't you, haha. Have fun being King Turd of Crap Mountain. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.11.81.250 ( talk) 00:32, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
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Stop harrassing me, cyber-fascist! 128.253.179.210
FYI, this is the E-mail I just sent to Cornell's IT department.
Sir,
I thought you might be interested in knowing that your network is being used by someone to vandalize pages at Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Duke53 (top message)
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Talk:Virginia_United_States_Senate_election%2C_2006&diff=prev&oldid=86720413 (section outlined in green)
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User_talk:KrakatoaKatie&diff=prev&oldid=86719946 (section outlined in green)
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Thomas_Crapper&diff=prev&oldid=86103615 (section outlawed in green)
Here is the whois report: http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/whois.ch?ip=128.253.179.210
I would appreciate it if you would respond to this and let me know what progress you have made in tracking down the person(s) responsible for this.
Awaiting your reply,
Xxxx X Xxxx
01:36, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
__________
We have received your report dated 11 Nov 2006 and assigned it case number xxxxxx. This is a matter where the IT Security Office needs to seek guidance from another Cornell authority before proceeding any further.
If you have further information relevant to your report, or are wondering about its status, please write email to abuse@cornell.edu, referencing the above case number.
Thank you for your understanding.
I will keep everyone updated as this progresses. Duke53 | Talk 03:04, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
http://www.cit.cornell.edu/policy/responsible-use/#not-violations
Find something better to do with your time (a job, a girlfriend, a life, etc.) There's a whole world outside of Wikipedia. I believe you can do it, even if you don't believe in yourself. :) 128.253.179.210 07:28, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
Just thought I'd drop by and leave you a message, so you'd know how the messaging system on Wikipedia works. Your question on the Help desk has been answered! Oh yeah, and don't forget to sign your name when you ask a question (using "~~~~"), or on talk pages. When someone leaves you a message on your talk page, you can leave a reply on their talk page, or can just respond below their message here, it's a personal preference. Good luck! -- Commander Keane 06:02, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
Greetings. From the description and use of Image:Turul.jpg, it appears you intended this media to be freely available. I took the liberty of applying a {{ GFDL-presumed}} tag. Could you confirm this at by replacing my edit with {{ GFDL-self}}? Regards, Dethomas 00:20, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
Copied from my Talk page before archiving:
Are you the final word on all things Mustang GT at Wikipedia? I'm still relatively new here and don't understand the pecking order and decision making policies. Duke53 19:39, 28 April 2006 (UTC)Duke53
In your Revision as of 09:50, April 14, 2006 Brossow (Talk | contribs) edit did you remove two pictures? The 1987 is relevant because it was a completely different EFI system and many body changes were made. The 1994 was the last year of the FOX body Mustangs. Duke53 19:22, 1 May 2006 (UTC)Duke53
Please quit adding strange formatting to the Mustang article. I specifically said above that if you feel the images are necessary to illustrate differences from a previous model, then point out those differences in the photo caption, not with random bold or italics. Continued edits in this manner could be considered vandalism. Thanks for your cooperation. ⇒ B.Rossow talk contr [[Tuesday]], [[May 2]], [[2006]] @ 19:18 ( UTC)
Considered vandalism by who? Using italics for emphasis is common when writing in the English language. I consider your signature far more annoying. As far as guessing what you 'mean' when you write something, well I don't have time for that. Unless you are a boss here, please refrain from telling me what to do ... your arrogance is not cool to some of us. Duke53 02:49, 3 May 2006 (UTC)Duke53
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Thanks for uploading Image:2005 IronMan.jpg. I notice the 'image' page currently doesn't specify who created the content, so the copyright status is unclear. If you have not created this media yourself then there needs to be an argument why we have the right to use the media on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the media yourself then it needs to be specified where it was found, i.e., in most cases link to the website where it was taken from, and the terms of use for content from that page.
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If you have uploaded other media, consider checking that you have specified their source and copyright tagged them, too. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the " my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any unsourced and untagged images will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Nv8200p talk 20:04, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
I took the picture in question. That is why I put my name on it
Duke53 22:43, 17 June 2006 (UTC)Duke53
As far as I know you are the only one to ever question them. Now you know. Duke53 23:06, 17 June 2006 (UTC)Duke53
If you have constructive comments to add to the UNC basketball articles please do it in a NPOV way. Thank you. Remember 13:28, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
Are you trying to say that the Dean Smith article is done in a NPOV way? Not hardly. Duke53 02:41, 15 July 2006 (UTC)Duke53
The word you are looking for is vandalism. But why do you consider it vandalism? If you want vanity pages, then just say so (though I believe that they aren't allowed here). Is there any lie in what I added? I will be reverting both pages to my edits if you can prove that what I added was not true. Live with it.
Duke53 19:12, 14 July 2006 (UTC)Duke53
p.s. you may be able to boss others around, but don't try it with me.
It would be easier to accept criticism from someone who can actually spell. I asked you a question above, which you conveniently did not answer: are you saying that the Dean Smith article is done in a NPOV way? I can easily see the bias in favor of Ol' Deano a/k/a Coach Smif.
Why do you insist that I be able to cite sources? I don't see many sources cited in the article as of now.
I will be reverting to my version by tomorrow if I do not receive an explanation of your terms and an answer to the above question. I can play this game as long as you can.
Duke53 01:58, 16 July 2006 (UTC)Duke53
"are you saying that the Dean Smith article is done in a NPOV way?" - "I am not arguing one way or the other whether or not the Dean Smith article is
done in a NPOV way".
There's the rub ... you are insisting that I adhere to some standard that other contributors to the article aren't being held to, because you are a Coach Smif disciple. There's a term for what you are demanding: hypocrisy. Don't expect me to uphold a standard that you don't hold everyone to. Duke53 17:15, 16 July 2006 (UTC)Duke53
"Other critics of Smith even contend that he orchestrated 'back room' deals to arrange the coaching situation at UNC-CH to his liking." I took this out because it is vague. What exactly did Smith arrange to his liking and who exactly is accusing him of this. Remember 03:22, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
No more vague than much of the rest of the article. DO NOT HOLD ME TO A STANDARD THAT OTHERS DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW Duke53 16:45, 25 July 2006 (UTC)Duke53
I took out the following because the first part is unnecssarily pejorative: "Other critics of Smith even contend that he orchestrated 'back room' deals to arrange the coaching situation at UNC-CH to his liking."
The second part needs to be cited: "Smith reportedly called Roy Williams repeatedly asking him to leave KU and return to UNC-CH when Bill Guthridge fell into disfavor, and again when Matt Doherty was experiencing an 8 - 20 season."
And the third part belongs on the Roy Williams page and which I have added there: "Williams eventually did return, but not until after he stated (on national television): "I could give a shit about Carolina right now"."
"The second part needs to be cited: "Smith reportedly called Roy Williams repeatedly asking him to leave KU and return to UNC-CH when Bill Guthridge fell into disfavor, and again when Matt Doherty was experiencing an 8 - 20 season.""
This was widely reported at the time in many newspapers; unfortunately when you do a search you get '404' error messages (items are no longer available). Duke53 20:33, 26 July 2006 (UTC)Duke53
I think it is unfortunate that you expect more from some editors than others ... I would love to see some sources cited for the rest of the article. When time allows I will be reverting my parts of the article, then you can delete them; for someone who has no time for edits wars you sure have been persistent.
You say that Remember has misquoted you and then refused to apologize to you. If this is still a problem for you, perhaps you could find the links to the edit history where you were misquoted, show them to Remember, and then politely ask for an apology. Remember might interpret things differently, however. He might think it was an honest misinterpretation, so you might not get the type of apology you want. But if the incident bothers you so much that you feel the need to keep bringing it up, this approach might be worth the effort. But if it's not worth the effort to you, then everyone's interests are best served by just letting it go.
As an aside, your demand for sources was entirely justified, and it has resulted in the article being improved with several references since the earlier conflict. Well done. Rohirok 17:36, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
Does he go by Dave or David? [1] We could always make a redirect. Anyway what I really wanted to suggest was, rather than just adding a bunch of names to List of singer-songwriters, could you make sure the folks are included in the correct category under Category:Singer-songwriters? Near the bottom of the artists' pages (just above any stub tags) you would want to add something like this:
[[Category:American singer-songwriters|Mallett, David]]
Categories are much easier to maintain in the long run and have some advantages over lists. Regards - MrFizyx 20:31, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
You mentioned wanting a third party. You might look at this for help: [2] That, of course, is assuming the current version is not satisfactory to you. Hopefully it is at this point - I moved all mention of Dook/Carowhina, etc to the Trivia section UNC-Duke Rivalry article. It's better suited there, and won't needlessly drag the individual schools' articles down.
Also, thanks for sourcing the arson claims. I didn't doubt that it happened, but I thought we could do better than an editorial. I'm fine with including negative aspects of any subject provided they are written fairly and cited. Thanks Dubc0724 20:12, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to George W Bush. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. AuburnPilot 11:59, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
What was his excuse? If it was something along the line of "youthful indiscretion"? then I'd agree with you that his age is pertinent. In that case, however, please bring his excuse into the article, otherwise his age just appears to have come out of nowhere and would therefore appear to be out of place. -- Asbl 20:14, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi, Just as an aside, it's better to use {{subst:test2del}} than {{test2del}}. Regards, Ben Aveling 03:57, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
warning-war removed
I hate interfering with another person's talk page, but this is the only way I think I can de-escalate this entire situation without resorting to bans. Duke53: People make mistakes, 2nd Piston Honda made two mistakes and apologised. End of story. -- Netsnipe ► 21:39, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
p.s. did you delete any images I uploaded? Was his apology when he called me a douche, an asshole or an ass? " Duke53 | Talk" 21:57, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
The image was deleted per Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion: "UE (unencyclopedic) - The image doesn't seem likely to be useful in this encyclopedia." Apologies for forgetting to notify you on that issue. Anyway, you can always just link to the diff instead of wasting Wikipedia's server resources. Yes, you can try and take this issue further by following the Wikipedia:Resolving disputes process and the next step is to seek mediation with 2nd Piston Honda. And for your information, this is my first day on the the job as an administrator and I was just following the advice at Wikipedia:Civility#Removing uncivil comments. -- Netsnipe ► 22:10, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
Your 'compromise' here is way too one-sided. Remember, I did my thing according to Wikipedia policy, others didn't. I wouldn't worry too much about having to spend a lot of time here administering if this first case is any indication of your abilities. " Duke53 | Talk" 22:26, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
I have moved your discussion to
Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#.7B.7Buser.7CBillsonator.7D.7D
Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Duke53_and_2nd_Piston_Honda.
WP:AIV is a place for obvious cases of vandalism that can't be disputed, not for long discussions.--
Konstable 00:47, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
You probably have realised already that your dispute is going nowhere, except maybe insulting an administrator and maybe a couple of other people - which will do you no good apart. So why not just stop? Why not stop making comments against the admin, even if you still think he wronged you, remove Image:The truth hurts?.jpg from your talk page - it achieves no point anyway. Why not just drop this matter and getting back to editing? The longer the dispute stretches out the more anger will be built up, which I'm sure no one wants.-- Konstable 13:45, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
The sysops will keep deleting your image. Please stop beating a dead horse as continuously uploading a deleted image may be considered vandalism. Hbdragon88 07:12, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Vandalism#Types_of_vandalism. Under "Image vandalism," we have: Uploading provocative images. The image is clearly meant to provoke incivility and hostility, and has and will be deleted. Just giving you a fair warning about the image. Hbdragon88 22:30, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Fine then...this could be considered a warning, although it's not an official template warning, so it's a toss-up to wehther you can delete it or not. The community hasn't reached a firm consensus on how user talk pages are handled. Barnstars are meant to be nice gestures to the editor who receives it - it would be up to the editor to remove it or not. The top of the page says that it's an official policy, by the way. Hbdragon88 22:52, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Check out WP:SUBST for a good idea of what my bot is doing. alphaChimp (talk) 02:04, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
If you want to know how to do it, do the following:
To revert a page to an earlier version:
Go to the page you wish to revert, click on the History tab at the top of the page, then click on the time and date of the earlier version you want to revert to. It will not work if you click on 'cur', 'last', or "Compare selected versions". When the page displays, text similar to this: (Revision as of 23:19 Jul 15, 2003), will display. It appears below the page's title, in place of the From {project name}, usually seen. Verify that you've selected the correct version, then click edit this page tab on the top of the page. You'll get a warning, above the edit box, about editing an out-of-date revision. Ignore the warning and save the page. Be sure to add the word "revert" (or "rv") to the edit summary, along with a short explanation if it is not obvious
This is from [5]. I also didn't know how to do it for a long time, but it is pretty easy once you figure it out. Cheers. Remember 17:34, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
I'm not here to argue but let me just ask a question. From what I understand you are determined to get the piece about Roy leaving Kansas on his bio, which is understandable. However, did you know that people continually delete coach k's ref controversy from his bio, when it got and continues to get far more media attention, and refs were suspended directly as a result of bias. Do you agree that this is a bigger news story and event than the Kansas thing, yet it gets deleted while Williams's leaving Kansas remains up? Let me know, just curious as to your opinions. Thanks
it wasn't an excuse honestly, I just thought the image didn't look right where it was. I know all about the US conservatives censoring the Anti-Americanism article so that it doesn't make them look bad, in fact they have blocked me on several occasions for reverting their censorship! feel free to leave me a message back on my talk page-- Frogsprog 17:27, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
I deleted your image instead of the other one because the latter had been on the page for some while and arguably represented the consensus of active editors. Although my personal view is that your image is better, in general it's preferable that such changes undergo a round or two of discussion on the article's Talk page. Raymond Arritt 18:25, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your edits on the UNC-Duke rivalry webpage. I think you have helped to make the page better and I definately want to encourage further contributions to the article to make it as good as possible. I was curious why you cut the following sentence: "From 1997-2003 UNC won only 5 games of 19 against Duke and many were saying that the rivalry was on the decline. [6]". I thought it accurately characterized the decline of the rivalry and the dominance of Duke over UNC for that time period. But what is your opinion? Remember 20:46, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
i noticed a lot of americans are reverting the widely accepted image, they are very stubborn so just keep reverting, they're only trying to make a point -- Frogsprog 12:16, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
Please let it go. He's clearly seen your comment since he had to revert it, and its pretty clear from his removal of it that he doesn't see any point to continuing the conversation. Using vandalism templates on established users has been viewed in the past as harassment. If you really feel that strongly about this issue I would suggest creating a user-conduct WP:RFC (request for comment). Syrthiss 19:36, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
Your edit comment said "Trivia - source? (unc-ch message boards and fan sites don't count) D O O K = S H I T. NPOV?)"
I'm not sure we're dealing with an NPOV dispute. Wikipedia is not making a judgment about Duke by including the nickname Dook; it's only stating that the nickname exists. Hopefully that will clear this matter up once and for all.
As an aside, I believe fan sites, etc COULD be used only to indicate the prevalence of a nickame. I could be wrong, however. It doesn't really matter as I've not included such sources, nor do I plan to. Thanks Dubc0724 18:23, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
Stop being ridiculous. We both know it's subjective. Below are the results of a quick Google search:
So no, there's no set number cut-off, but any reasonable person can see the difference. Are you about done? Dubc0724 20:40, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
A request for mediation has been filed with the Mediation Committee that lists you as a party. The Mediation Committee requires that all parties listed in a mediation must be notified of the mediation. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Dook, and indicate whether you agree or refuse to mediate. If you are unfamiliar with mediation, please refer to Wikipedia:Mediation. There are only seven days for everyone to agree, so please check as soon as possible.
Hello Duke,
My name is Steve Caruso and I'm the Coordinator of the Association of Members' Advocates. OkamiItto ( talk · contribs) had requested my assistance as an Advocate and I would like to bring up some concerns about the image that you uploaded: Image:Anti_America.jpg.
Although it's a bit of a shock-image (which really isn't the issue), it was not given a copyright tag so I have listed it for Speedy Deletion under Wikipedia Policy. If you have any questions about my action, please leave a note on my desk. אמר Steve Caruso ( desk/ AMA) 17:35, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
Out of curiousity, what exactly are you referring to? Remember 21:21, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
(I tried to revert to the actual pages ... don't know how and don't want to learn to do it) Duke53 | Talk 01:13, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
It must be difficult to 'mediate' when you are only told one side of a story, when that story includes lies; I was accused of 3RR falsely and you just let it pass. Why? Enforce all Wikipedia rules or enforce none of them. Duke53 | Talk 20:40, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
Please don't disrupt Wikipedia to make a point. Nandesuka 19:29, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi Duke53, I'm Royalguard11 from the AMA. I have accepted your case. The problem seems to be more of a grammar one than anything. You are asking that the page say "one feature" and User:Nandesuka is asking that it say "some features". I know that in my editing experience, being vague is usually better than being specific. For example, I often have something say "many people" vs it saying "most people". Many makes someone think of a non-specific large number, while "most" applies that there have been studies and evidence to suggest as much. In this case, "some" is vague, while "one" is a specific absolute, implying that they are no other criticisms. Even though there is only one example given, I believe it's in the best interest to have the word "some", as it applies that there may be other criticisms that we might have missed. After all, Wikipedia isn't perfect, as the General disclaimer suggests.
If you require any more help or advice, feel free to ask me on my talk page, or on my advocates desk, or to contact my by using the e-mail this user feature on my userpage. - Royalguard11( Talk· Desk) 22:09, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
I see that you have come to a agreement to just delete the whole section instead of arguing "one" vs "some". I've never heard anything bad about the dock anyways (I think it was a great addition). Do you require anymore advice or help, or are you good then? - Royalguard11( Talk· Desk) 02:10, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi Duke. Thanks for taking some initiative on trying to clarify things on the LDS Church. I just wanted to give you a heads up that I did revert some of your changes, and am considering more. The church did move because of persecution. In fact they were kicked out of most places by either the government or the surrounding non-Mormon locals. Although Joseph Smith was in hiding much of the time or in counties where he was immune from extradition for "so-called" crimes, that was never an issue in the churches abandonment of a settlement.
Also, on your addendum on baptism for the dead, you are correct that there is controversy particularly amongst the inclusion of Hollocaust victims, your statements are too vague. Also the Baptism for the dead article has a ton of detailed information on it, and since the topic is covered elsewhere in such detail, it is not deemed critical to the main article. We are discussing ways to include such controversial topics, so feel free to help.
Lastly I do not want to discourage you from participation, and hope you can contribute to this and other articles to help make them more complete without violating POV. Bytebear 22:33, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
See: Wikipedia:Citing sources. I don't have a problem with making this more neutral, and I was not trying to push a POV. My concern with the information being added is that it is not referenced, so I can't verify if it is accurate or not. This problem is all over the article, as most of the editors seem reluctant to add where the info comes from, but I have been trying to fix that. To discuss this further, we should probably bring this to the article's talk page so everyone can get involved. -- Lethargy 22:57, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
After reading some more about this subject I feel that an expanded section on it should be added to the page. I didn't realize how controversal it had become, epecially when it concerns Holocaust victims. Since it is an official policy of the church I feel that it should be included on this page; a separate article seems to lessen the severity of this practice. Duke53 | Talk 02:23, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
In the interest of civility, please remove the personal attack against Dubc0724 from your userpage. While userspace is basically "your" space on Wikipedia, it is not a space for making personal attacks against other users, no matter what. Jimbo himself has said so:
“ | libelling people on userpages is a bad idea, and in fact, using userpages to attack people or campaign for or against anything or anyone is a bad idea | ” |
If you persist, I will take administrative action, as personal attacks are disruptive to the Wiki, and are not allowed. Thank you. if you have any questions, feel free to enquire at my Talk page. (Click the "M") ♠ P M C♠ 18:59, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
Duke, the problem with the comment is that it suggests - subtly yes, but still suggests - that Dubc is a racist. I'm asking you again: please remove the comment from your userpage. I've looked at his User page history, and yes, there is evidence of incivility there, but the thing is, it's gone. You're the only one left in this dispute with violations of WP:CIVIL on your page. I've asked Dubc not to be uncivil towards you in future, (see his Talk) and if you could please extend that courtesy in regards to the comment on your userpage, I would appreciate it. Thank you. ♠ P M C♠ 20:49, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
___________________________________________________________________________________________________ "Thanks. I know I lost my cool. Sorry about that And I've added my final reply to Duke on his usertalk page, and I won't bring it up again. We'll just let Wikipedia run its course. Again, sorry for probably making the situation worse by arguing. Thanks for trying to help". Dubc0724 17:58, 20 October 2006 (UTC) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________ "Thanks. I know I lost my cool. Sorry about that And I've added my final reply to Duke on his usertalk page, and I won't bring it up again. We'll just let Wikipedia run its course. Again, sorry for probably making the situation worse by arguing. Thanks for trying to help". Dubc0724 17:58, 20 October 2006 (UTC) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
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I guess we're done here. Dubc0724 22:08, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
I'm sorry, but an unfounded suggestion of racism is a violation of civility policy, as in "ill-considered accusations of impropriety of one kind or another." Dubc has removed the citation, apologized for and explained his use of Vanguard. Not only that, but this is the first time Dubc has done something like that, lending credence to his apology. I'm asking you one more time, please remove the comment from your page entirely. ♠ P M C♠ 22:43, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
You have made some un-helpful remarks at Talk:Crystal Gail Mangum. First, you continued to argue with a user even after he had apologized for any hard feelings he may have caused. More recently, you have made an insulting remark about a user's contribution. I have removed your latest remark and notifying you that incivil behavior is not appropriate. Johntex\ talk 02:50, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
Hey Duke, go to your library or bookstore and get Rough Stone Rolling by Richard Bushman. It is a very good bio on Joseph Smith. I am sure you will think it is too pro-Mormon, but it has gotten excellent reviews from the academic community. See for yourself [9] Bytebear 04:43, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
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I am in the process of getting help in mediating the matter. People are arrested often for kidnapping children after killing family members. Do not come here with smarmy advice; I will find sources where I find them. You CANNOT and WILL NOT dictate to me what sources I may use. Duke53 | Talk 06:23, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
Twice I've written articles defending the word "Kidnapping" and twice it has ether been rejected or sent to the ether.
The first time,yesterday, I entered the edit on the discussion page along with my name, went to the history section and it was there with my name. When I went back a few hours later, my edit was no longer in the discussion page nor in the history.
The second time. Wrote the edit again on the discussion page, but when I entered it a message said it would be merged with another persons edit. Well it wasn't. It disappeared.
How does a person make this thing work?
Should I write my edit in Word, & cut and paste it every hour to the dicussion page?
Tinosa |
Talk 06:23, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
{{ helpme}} Duke53 | Talk 06:18, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
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Thanks so much for assuming I cared about the Duke-Carolina stupidity. Personally I don't think any of those stupid names belong in Wikipedia. Sonria 00:04, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
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Hello! I understand how it can sometimes be frustrating dealing with new users, and IP, who sometimes add content which isn't suitable for Wikipedia. I noticed this example [10], which you quite rightly removed. However, please assume good faith with new users, and assume that they are trying to help Wikipedia. Calling their edits "vandalism" isn't a great inception into this great community, and according to Wikipedia's vandalism policy, "tests by new users" aren't considered vandalism. Don't take this message as a warning or anything; more of a heads-up to help make your time at Wikipedia more enjoyable and easy-going. Thanks for all your cleaning up of Wikipedia, and I hope you enjoy contributing! Cheers, Daniel . Bryant 07:43, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
The edit change had the edit sumary "Comment removed by admnin..." You should not revert that sort of edit. If you want a record of that comment for some reason - use a diff. Johntex\ talk 05:17, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
Duke, Not everything that makes sense is written down. If you don't understand something Johntext says, please say so, and ask for an explaination. Wikipedia isn't about some set of rules that say exactly what you can and can't do in all circumstances. Some things are against the spirit of wikipedia even if there isn't a written rule saying so. Regards, Ben Aveling 09:09, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
What personal attack? I simply said that it was your opinion that enough time had elapsed to respond to the citation notice. I disagree and believe that editorial courtesy allows time for all editors to see posted concerns, research information, and respond. If you choose to cut that time short, editors should revert/restore material for others to review. The imposition of any time limit on responses to templates and notices on Wikipedia is generally a matter of personal opinion and impatience. So - after observing your comments and edits on a number of pages on my watchlist - I would encourage you to be more patient with other editor's time constraints. Hope to see constructive work. Best wishes. WBardwin 19:34, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
perhaps if you informed yourself of the relevant issues, and researched a little you would have a better chance of getting your comments listened to - all i have seen is claims without response to the points raised by others - but instead new claims - generally on wikipedia we take other editors assertion that something is in the reference below in good faith - there is a difference when something is added to an article with no assertion of where it came from but some random bloviating individual - who deserves as much attention as b o'r 71.53.131.25 21:47, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
Just so you know, the image on your userpage has no licensing information, which qualifies it for speedy deletion. I won't nominate it myself since we have a history, but you should probably fix that before someone else deletes it. -- Masamage 02:01, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
You have been listed as an invloved party in a recently opened Mediation Cabal case ( "UNC Carolina nicknames and links"). I will begin reviewing the case. Please write a comment representative of your view or a compromise offer. -- ßott e siηi (talk) 17:05, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
I tire of your inappropriate use of warnings such as the following left on my talk page:
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Hi Duke, I think the above was addressed to me?
In response to your first and third points, there are times the templates are appropriate, and there are other times when they are not appropriate.
By half right I meant that Storm Rider chose his words badly, but that there was some truth in what he was saying. To pick just one example, he said "I think you even see the stupidity of this position and yet you stick to it without any ability to defend yourself", which was a bad thing to say because it implies that you know that what you are doing is wrong, and I'm sure that's not true, and I think he would agree. I think that what he was trying to say was something like "You are insisting that you are right instead of explaining why you are right." And if you want to persuade someone that you are right and they are wrong, then you have to show them something they don't already know. Otherwise, they won't change their minds. I have to go. Talk to you again later. Regards, Ben Aveling 04:09, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
To find a diff, click "history" on the top of a page. Identify the edit that the user made that you want to give to another. See for example, the talk page history for Mountain Meadows massacre. There are two links at the front of every line (cur) (last). (cur) gives the changes between the version on that line and the current version. (last) gives the changes between the version on that line and the line immediately below it (the last version before that change was made). If you right click "(last)" you should get a pop-up menu. Find "Copy link location" or "Copy shortcut" (depending on your browser). Then paste it in the edit window where you need it. For example by copying and pasting the last for (last) links I get the following
Normally you would identify these with [ single brackets - so the code would be like:
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Talk:Mountain_Meadows_massacre&diff=85978695&oldid=85781563 Troedel commented] * [http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Talk:Mountain_Meadows_massacre&diff=85979890&oldid=85978695 I responded] * etc.
which would produce:
Good luck - let me know if you need help with the mechanics of stuff. -- Trödel 06:18, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
The evidence here doesn't look all that strong to me, so I'm reluctant to do a CheckUser; perhaps you could try this request on WP:RFCU. Jayjg (talk) 19:42, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
Done. Thanks. Jayjg (talk) 20:39, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
You could, but those kinds of requests are rarely accepted. Unless there is good reason to assume otherwise, we assume good faith. Jayjg (talk) 22:07, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
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Please stop. If you continue to make personal attacks on other people, you will be blocked for disruption. Comment on content, not on other contributors or people. Thank you. -- Lethargy 04:57, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
You are also desirous of edit wars as evidenced by you latest edit to the Talk:Mountain Meadows Massacre page:
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grind
It is very difficult to assume good faith when somebody writes the following (from WikiProject Latter Day Saint movement talk page):
(emphasis above is mine) Now, wouldn't almost anybody view this as a personal attack? I'm wondering what the rest of you folks think. p.s. Time stamps don't lie. :) Duke53 | Talk 05:31, 18 November 2006 (UTC) Duke53 | Talk 05:33, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
I reverted your addition of the temple garments picture to Church etiquette as it had no relevance whatsoever to the article itself. The only mention of clothing in the article was about Sunday dress, and since people don't go to church in only their underwear (even in that craaazy Mormon church), a photo of two models in their underwear is wildy out of place.
You have added that photo to several articles now as the only substantive edit to the articles that you have made. This is rather questionable behavior, especially for articles such as Clothing and Church etiquette, where the relevance or notability are tenuous at best. You have also reverted others when they removed it, citing vandalism, which does not assume good faith; the editors removing the photo might (like me) have been making a well-intentioned edit, so calling it "vandalism" is a breach of Wikiquette. I would like to assume good faith, but cannot see how your actions can be construed as honest efforts to improve those articles; rather, they seem to be attempting to provoke and antagonize LDS editors and readers. But perhaps there is an innocuous explanation. So: what is your purpose in adding the photo to these articles? alanyst / talk/ 19:31, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
Regardless, images only belong in article where they are relevent and will be removed from others where they do not apply. If you continue to inser the image in articles where it isn't relevent, you can expect a block. pschemp | talk 21:43, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
-Religious habits and special religious clothing-
I appreciate the fact that you are trying to contribute to articles discussing LDS Church doctrine and practices. However, the inclusion of photographs of the temple garment is unnecessary. I recognize that I deleted your pictures without any discussion or permission. You must understand the sacredness of the garment to members of the LDS Church. After sending an e-mail to the wikipedia editors regarding the placement of the photograph on the clothing article, it was promptly removed by them. As you can see, nothing was done to alter any articles other than removing the photograph. Please do not include that picture in any articles. It is a sacred subject to members of the LDS church. Please grant us this favor by not denigrating something of great worth. An article discussing the garment, so long as done with correct authority is different. Df008 05:37, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
Regarding the temple recommend image you just added: Who gave you permission to photocopy a document whose copyright is owned by the LDS church? (Hint: the person to whom the document was issued does not have the authority to grant such permission or to make copies themselves.) I see that your version has the copyright notice redacted, which in good faith I will assume was an unintentional act. But I think the image you uploaded infringes a copyright and you have no rights to release it under any license whatsoever. Will you remove the erroneous licensing information and tag the image for deletion, or shall I? alanyst / talk/ 02:42, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
I think that with many others, you share a common misconception about U.S. copyright law. Regardless of whether a copyright symbol or notice appears on a document, the original author of the document is automatically, by law, granted a copyright on it the instant it is created. Unless the author places that work into the public domain or explicitly sells the copyright, gives it away, or grants a license to copy and/or distribute the work, nobody else has any right to reproduce the work except within the limited bounds of fair use.
In this case, the creator of the document is the LDS church and the copyright is owned by its intellectual property division, Intellectual Reserve Inc. You do not have permission or any legal right to photocopy the document in full, much less alter its appearance and post it online under any sort of license. Hence you have violated the copyright. Unintentionally, no doubt; but now that you know, surely you will assist in correcting the infringement. (Upon further reflection, I have struck this due to possible harbor under fair use.)
alanyst /
talk/ 05:29, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
I put these comments at copyright problems [Wikipedia:Copyright_problems/2006_November_21/Images] - the image could be a good addition to Wikipedia under fair use, however, it currently doesn't qualify, but could easily do so:
I'd re-upload the image with the copyright included to remove any question of intent and ethics. Just my two cents as I deal with copyright every day, as the image stands, it will probably not hold up under fair use until that is included again. - Visorstuff 19:24, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
FyzixFighter 04:36, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
Despite our differences on Wikipedia, I sincerely wish you a happy and enjoyable Thanksgiving. alanyst / talk/ 19:03, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
I've noticed you like to use emphasis in a lot of places. (Just playing with emphasis there myself.) You've been using <B></B> and <I></I> to accomplish that. Since those are difficult to type, here's a shortcut: Double apostrophes surrounding a section of wikitext (like ''this'') will italicize it, and triple apostrophes (like '''this''') will bold it. They can be combined, so five apostrophes will italicize and bold the text. But my advice would be to be sparing with the emphasis, as it can convey an aggressiveness that you may perhaps not intend. alanyst / talk/ 19:25, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
I will continue to edit your comments on talk pages that are inappropriate. Please read through the comments on the village pump. An editor that makes one edit that blanks sections should not be treated in such a negative manner. Please stop misusing warnings. I will continue to revert your edits to user talk pages where you are being uncivil and ungracious to new users.
Despite your contention we need to be welcoming to new users, not try to scare them off. -- Trödel 02:00, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
Please provide me with a list of questions you want to be asked in the upcoming straw poll on my talk page. Or post them here [16] Wiki eZach| talk 21:06, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
It will start soon Wiki eZach| talk 03:24, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
A request for mediation has been filed with the Mediation Committee that lists you as a party. The Mediation Committee requires that all parties listed in a mediation must be notified of the mediation. Please review the request at [[Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/ [17]]], and indicate whether you agree or refuse to mediate. If you are unfamiliar with mediation, please refer to Wikipedia:Mediation. There are only seven days for everyone to agree, so please check as soon as possible. Wiki eZach| talk 13:43, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
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Per my comment above, the image of a temple recommend is needed on wikipedia (and a good addition), however, how it has been scanned is controversial - ie, the copyright information was deleted. As such, it may not qualify under fair use law [18].
As stated above, "graying out the copyrighted portion that states "©2003 IRI" makes it seems that the owner of the image knows that the image is in violation of the copyright, and knowingly removed the copyright notice (ie, the author had the intent to remove copyright notice to break copyright laws)...[the author should] re-include the copyright notice and use [the image] under fair use, but... the removal of the copyright notice would not hold up under fair use due to the "intent" portions of copyright law."
I plan to recommend that the image (pun intended) be listed for deletion tomorrow. However, I'd much rather have such an image on Wikipedia - if you could replace the image with a duplicate with the copyright info showing, we won't have to go through the VFD process. Or if you can give me a timeframe for when you plan to change the image that will work as well. Look forward to your response. - Visorstuff 23:00, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
Sorry, I missed your explanation elsewhere. The copyright notice has existed on every temple recommend since its current form at this size (1980s?). Before IRI it was Corp of the President. I will list it for deletion. Bummer. Cheers. - Visorstuff 23:28, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
As discussed:
An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Temrec.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in its not being deleted. Thank you. — Visorstuff 22:27, 5 December 2006 (UTC) - Visorstuff 22:27, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
Your imput was given at Wikipedia:Copyright problems regarding the image Temrec.png. The image is currently up for deletion, and thought you'd like to wiegh in your opinion at Wikipedia:Images_and_media_for_deletion/2006_December_5#Image:Temrec.png_.28talk_.7C_delete.29. Cheers. - Visorstuff 22:39, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
Removing personal attacks is a bit controversial- I'd advise you against doing things like what you did here. This comes off looking like you're removing criticism of your editing habits. Editors are absolutely allowed to criticise each other's edits- this is part of what makes the whole thing work. Friday (talk) 15:43, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
I would rather have a medcom case before a straw poll, I have found they dont always work Wiki eZach| talk 21:36, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
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There is a proposal at Talk:Mountain Meadows massacre that needs your comments about whether or not to move forward, or to re-open the mediation. Please let us know you thoughts. - Visorstuff 14:44, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
okay then
... is for you to move this back to where it began (see my comment on your talk page). Duke53 | Talk 14:42, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
and again
Hey Duke, did you upload the photos of The New York Central Railroad? User:Paul Ittoop 09:00, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
Eh Duke? User:Paul Ittoop 08:31, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
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Don't try to scare me by leaving a warning notice on my page. I deleted the picture not because I'm LDS, or care in the least whether or not the world knows the LDS "secrets" (none of which are secret any longer), but because the picture was just too big and intrusive. It doesn't belong where you keep trying to put it. It's just one form of underwear out of the many thousands that humans have worn over the centuries, and it's just not that unusual or interesting. May loom large in your eyes, but not in anyone else's.
There may an article to which that picture is relevant. If there isn't, think one up and write one. Zora 20:37, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
Someone complained about your undergarments on WP:ANI. I told them to use WP:DR instead, and I would suggest that you consider doing the same. — coelacan talk — 06:18, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
In response to your report at WP:AN3RR: Even though you did not violate the three-revert rule in the technical sense, you, too, were edit warring. Don't forget that users can be blocked for edit warring even if they make fewer than four reverts per day. Please discuss disputes rather than constantly reverting. Thank you. Heimstern Läufer 04:30, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
I have reverted to version prior to dispute to facilitate discussion. Do you agree to this? Ebtunc2006 05:12, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi Duke53, I hope you are doing well - been a long time since we last interacted.
As a courtesy, please don't edit any comments (aside from your own spelling and grammar errors) on my talk page - let alone other's comments. I have restored the edits of alanyst that you deleted on my talk page. I've also placed a note showing the entired thread of your interaction with him on my talk page - I feel that the historical context of all dialogue on my talk page is important to readers of my talk page. Especially being an admin, the history of comments is quite important to me.
Most editors do not appreciate content edits on their talk pages. Feel free to control/censor/etc. your own page, but not others, doing so is against Wikipedia policies. Observing your history, you'll likely delete this comment, but thought I'd let you know. Happy editing. - Visorstuff 17:20, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
You are being incivil, whether you think so or not. These edits are inappropriate, and I encourage you to calm down. A good majority of established users have similar opinions as you, but they represent themselves in a civil manner. Please see WP:CIVIL and WP:NPA and consider this a friendly warning. Thanks, — bbatsell ¿? ✍ 20:10, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Given that you decided to take another gratuitous kick at Essjay ( [19]) while I was in the process of issuing the final warning above, you've obviously missed entirely the point of Bbatsell's friendly reminder and have no intention of comporting yourself in a civil manner. Consider my final warning withdrawn; I have blocked you for 24 hours and will issue escalating blocks if you continue to be incivil. TenOfAllTrades( talk) 20:37, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Per my warning above, I have blocked you for 48 hours for using your userpage as a soapbox for a personal attack. TenOfAllTrades( talk) 21:23, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
Duke sucks.
In case you didn't notice, the "Temrec" image on your userpage is broken. I'm guessing that's why somebody cleared that line out; it's not doing anything. Certainly there's nothing there that could have offended them, considering the image doesn't exist. So although it's not always good form to do maintenance on other people's user pages, some people think it is, so your calling it vandalism might be a little disingenuous. You might want to clear it out yourself now that you know it's busted. Or you might not. -- Masamage 07:07, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
I understand your complaint re MMM - please do not beat a dead horse. I can see from your talk page you remain unnecessarily confrontational. 03:53, 14 March 2007 (UTC) <---- written by trodel
“.…As far as removing content, it depends on what is removed, not who removed it. Anyone can edit your userpage, but it is generally off-limits. Libel, personal attacks, racist remarks, etc. can be removed at any time by any user and is acceptable under Wikipedia:User page (a guideline). Blanking content for fun is not acceptable. auburnpilot talk 07:15, 10 March 2007 (UTC)”
"So glad to see you've learned absolutely nothing from your two recent blocks for incivility. There are very few things in life that are explicitly black or white. If you don't like exceptions, you best climb into bed and never leave. auburnpilot talk 11:17, 10 March 2007 (UTC)”
I came here to let you know that making legitmate editorial decisions is not vandalism. But it looks like you have a history of using warnings to intimidate new users because they are from an IP address. 24.252.101.35 12:40, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
Duke53 - I'd like to learn what you have to contribute. If you could rephrase your post (regarding the photo) to something calmer, like, "The date and time of the photo are indicated here. The source of this information is ______ which I believe is attributable to a reliable source because ____." I promise to read it, take it seriously, and respond calmly and respectfully. I worry that responding to something that's not calm and respectful is counterproductive -- it just explodes into arguments and reversion wars. I can revert changes too, and I believe what I say as strongly as the next person, but that will get us nowhere. So somehow, we need something that we both agree on (well, not just us, but a consensus of the editors). Thus, to me, the only productive thing to do is try to build consensus -- everything else is a waste of time. If you've can provide something we agree on (like a well-supported fact), that's progress to me and I'll support it. Of course, be prepared to do the same! Cheers! Guanxi 15:21, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
Out of curiosity, are you an alum? I didn't got there, but several good friends did. It's a great school, with the second best hoops team in the state (just kidding!). Guanxi 18:15, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
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Saw that image on your user page, and kind of had to. Editors need an enlightened-sounding term for "inappropriate" or "crap", so variations of "unencyclopedic" will always be around.
"Not comprehensive" is an odd argument for exclusion, though. ˉˉ anetode ╦╩ 03:47, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
Please stop. If you continue to vandalise the userpages of other users, you will be blocked. written by: 24.252.101.35 (Talk) (don't threaten me)
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I have no idea if this is helpful at all or has been brought up yet, but I don't really want to read all the previous discussions about including Mangum's photo (and don't really want to get involved), so I thought I'd just provide you with the information so you can do with it what you wish. I don't know if people have attacked the reliability of the photo released by KC Johnson because it's a blog, but The News & Observer has just released the same photo [20] (albeit at a far worse resolution). They also released a photo of her during the lineup. The caption of the photo, however, only says "Mangum has avoided reporters" and gives no sense as to the date or source. The same article also gives more details about her life including alcohol abuse, etc. I'm leaving this same message on Johntex's page. - Bluedog423 Talk 16:34, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
The article is a disgrace and betrays an intent to malign the character which flouts NPOV. There seems to be a section of people here with an axe to grind (and from your username, I'm guessing you're less than neutral) . I have read through the talk page and there are disputes about the many things in the article that fail to meet any reasonable standards of neutrality -(see for example the talk on using Tom Leykis as a source). I had only a casual interest in this story until I read the article and found it so laughably one-sided. My edits do not take one side of the story or another and still leave behind many questionable (and disputed) characterizations. I've taken nothing out that fully exonerates the duke players (and we're all happy things turned out this way for them). If the article continues to remain as is, we should all start to lose faith in Wikipedia as a reliable and neutral source without an agenda since those with axes to grind will always devote more time and energy to maintaining their slant on the subject. I'm also cross-posting this to the talk page Gomez3000adams 17:29, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
You have got to quit censoring people and articles. Quit deleting legitimate comments. I will not sit by and allow you to censor me! Wikipedia does not allow censorship ... do not remove content simply because you don't agree with its publication! <--- this bit of idiocy brought to us by 71.237.2.198. Duke53 | Talk 16:08, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
Duke53, why not join the discussion at Talk:Mountain Meadows massacre about the word "Friday" being in the lead, instead of edit warring over it? If you have compelling reasons to include the word, please share those reasons in a constructive way at the talk page. alanyst / talk/ 22:24, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Did you see my message above? A bot edited your talk page shortly after I added it, which might have prevented you from seeing that you had a new message. You've continued to edit war without discussion since then, so I'm making sure you are aware of my earlier comment. alanyst / talk/ 16:39, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Please stop edit warring over the word "Friday". I will ask for administrator intervention the next time either you or Tom (Threeafterthree) adds or removes that word in the lead. alanyst / talk/ 17:22, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
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Please note that making Personal Attacks is against Wikipedia policy. If you wish to remain in good standing please stop your slanderous personal attacks against those whom you disagree with. This is your last warning. This message is from an ASSHOLE at 41.240.70.151 ... 33+ incidents of vandalism that were exactly the same (over the course of two days) qualifies anybody as an ASSHOLE. Duke53 | Talk 22:43, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
I readily admit that I watchlisted you a long time ago, because you have a history of being blatantly, mind-blowingly uncivil. You'll probably be very unhappy to know that this is considered entirely appropriate under Wikipedia's stalking policy, which forbids following a user around to disrupt their editing (which you'll note I have never done), but encourages keeping an eye on people who might cause problems themselves. However, I don't usually pay attention when such stuff rolls by on my watchlist, because I honestly don't care about you that much. If you'd like me to start paying you more attention I would be happy to do so. If you want me to go away, you'll have to argue with the policy-makers, not with me, because I am within my rights and believe that you need watching. If you think I'm going to start blocking you because I dislike you, you can relax, because I'm not that stupid. -- Masamage ♫ 04:59, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
From the comments above, it looks like the Mangum photo was deleted for lack of a fair use rationale. All pictures not released under a free license (public domain, CC, or GFDL) must have such a rationale to be used on Wikipedia. Some states do copyright police photos, so we need a rationale for them. *** Crotalus *** 04:53, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
As I look things over, I strongly suspect that there's someone, naming no names, who's trying to bait and frustrate people into making rash remarks. Try to not play into his hands. Just because you can say something, doesn't mean you should, and it doesn't do the 'undelete' cause any good if you sound as though you're editing out of personal animosity toward the subject of the article. Marieblasdell 07:38, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
Also, I thought this might interest you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Divine_Brown_%28sex_worker%29 Ikilled007 06:46, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
This appears to be advice on how to conduct an edit war. Suppose that editor gets 10 others to do the same thing you are proposing; would that be okay too? Aren't there official routes to follow instead? Duke53 | Talk 16:06, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
I was just going to warn you about your repeated editorial comments about Mangum, but in looking at your talk page, I figured I had to start another warning section. Incivil editorial comments about other editors, use of red text ... this won't fly here. I suggest you tone it down--now. Blueboy 96 05:06, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
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Hi. I changed Image:Page colors.png to {{ GFDL}} as since the userboxes that you have captured are GFDL, the image must be GFDL too. {{ Wikipedia screenshot}} might still be more appropriate. Either way, I thought I'd notify you. -- Deskana (talk) 05:52, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
(I can't believe I'm writing about this at 3 in the morning. Excuse me for errors.) This picture has incorrect license tag; I don't think it qualifies as GFDL-self if the image consists of text quoted from a copyrighted website. There's only two sentences of text and the list part is programmatically generated, which raises interesting copyright dilemma I'm not quite familiar with, though; can such short passages of text copyrighted in first place... If it's non-free, it's an image that shouldn't technically be on User: page. It's a JPEG image that would look better in PNG; since formatting isn't relevant it should better be rendered in plain text. And the image is conceptually wrong and misses the point: while the word undoubtedly isn't in some dictionaries, it's a correctly formed word (for the record, " encyclopedic" is in the M-W). Etc etc etc...
...at this point I'm supposed to go "Hmm hmm" and stick it in IFD or PUI, but I really wouldn't like to subject you, or your delightful image file, to the Long and Ardourous Process of Wikipedia. I believe we should try some sort of agreement first. So I ask, how do we proceed from this dilemma? Surely, something must be done. -- wwwwolf ( barks/ growls) 00:30, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
I appreciate the thought.-- John Foxe 16:00, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
Since Jack Shea died in that car accident I believe that BLP no longer holds sway.
Hint 1: Since the "L" in BLP stands for "Living", what makes you believe that it's referring to him? Hint 2: Who is the subject of the word "allegedly" in there? Hint 3: How is a person's blog a reliable source for anything, BLP or not?
Unless you find an actual reliable source and can show that particular spin is important, out it goes. -- Calton | Talk 02:50, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
I am posting this here to show an example of how claims can be made, then not be proven and ultimately eradicated as if the claim never existed.
When I level an allegation I do so based upon evidence. I reported Foxe for 3RR violation based upon his continued disregard of WP:3RR. As you know, an editor does not have continuously violate, or make four violations, to result in a block. His behavior is continuous and revolves around the same edit war. His continued disregard of WP policy is aided by individuals such as yourself who do not review his activity, erroneously state he only had a single warning when he had received two, do not acknowledge his disinterest in concensus as demonstrated by his refusal to particiapte in mediation,[1] and his behavior shows no improvement. If you are going to point out errors, please make them in the original complaint, but going back and finding errors to cover your misrepresentation of fact is not acceptable. Cheers. --Storm Rider (talk) 19:43, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
Duke53 | Talk 14:58, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
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Need some help over here. The history Revisionist have taken over. Tinosa —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tinosa ( talk • contribs) 15:50, August 22, 2007 (UTC).
I have responded on my talk page. alanyst / talk/ 18:03, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
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Here's a direct link for your convenience. alanyst / talk/ 16:14, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
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Please stop responding to comments within other user's sections. As alanyst has pointed out, you have a section where you may respond. I've moved your most recent comment to the appropriate section. - auburnpilot talk 15:51, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi again, Duke53. It's no secret that I keep an eye on your contributions, and regrettably in the past I have focused almost exclusively on problems I perceived without offering positive feedback. This time I would like to compliment you on your recent collegial tone and constructive approach. I've left a note at your RfC to that effect.
I happen to agree with you about the The Wild Center/Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks article, that it should carry the official name of the museum (and I think the article name should just be Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks, without the awkward dual-name style it currently has). I think The Wild Center is a good redirect so people who know it by that name can still find it, and by arriving at the properly named article would hopefully be educated about its real name. I think it might be good in the article to mention the colloquial name of the museum (e.g., "The Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks, nicknamed and marketed as 'The Wild Center', is..."). I thought about offering these opinions on the talk page of the article, but thought that might come across as provocative given our history. Hence this note. Hope all is well in your neck of the woods, and do enjoy your upcoming Thanksgiving. alanyst / talk/ 19:52, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
The saying is (paraphrasing approximately), give a man the little finger and before you know it, he will have your arm.
Samsara ( talk • contribs) 09:00, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
I reverted your removal of "(The Wild Center)" from Adirondack Museum, and explained why at Talk:Adirondack Museum. Sorry, I probably should have done it the other way 'round, but 'tis done. If you want to discuss it further, the article's Talk page probably makes the best place to do it. Cheers! -- Mwanner | Talk 00:57, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
I think that the Museum has the right to choose its own name. I see on their web site, incidently it is wildcenter.org not naturalhistorymuseumof the adirondacks.org, on their brochures, and on their advertising, in fact in every case it is called The Wild Center, and I believe it is confusing to a person searching for that name to find another name. I think that in the interest of the searcher or researcher this game of one name versus another is not serving. I owuld go with the name in use on all of this Museum's material, which is The Wild Center. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 888fortune ( talk • contribs) 03:34, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
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I'm running out of time to type this; sorry if this is too brief. In reply to your raising the issue of the photo: as I remember the discussion, the question about OR became moot when it was pointed out that images on Wikipedia serve to illustrate points made elsewhere in the article, and should not be used alone to convey content. Because of this, as I understand it, images are not subject to the same rules of verifiability as article text is. The OR question concerning that photo became a non-issue at that point. And, as I mentioned at User talk:888fortune, I see a difference between using private correspondence as sources for an article (OR = bad) and as evidence for a talk page discussion to help editors interpret which of an article's sources might be more valid or reliable. I'm really not trying to bend the WP rules here. alanyst / talk/ 14:21, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Back in December 2006 when the photo's verifiability was being questioned, I asked a question at the Village Pump (see this) and got this response from an experienced Wikipedian. The answer made sense to me so I didn't ask for citations to the relevant policy statements, and I stopped being concerned about your uploaded photo's provenance with respect to reliability. I'm looking around now for current policy statements. Here's one: Wikipedia:No original research#Original images. I've looked around some more, and haven't run across anything else that seems particularly relevant. I'll let you know if I do spot something else. In any case, it appears that the OR policy does explicitly state that images are generally exempted from that policy, with a few caveats. I hope this is helpful to you. alanyst / talk/ 04:48, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
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Please refrain from undoing other people's edits repeatedly, as you are doing at UNC-Duke Rivalry. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. Rather than reverting, discuss disputed changes on the talk page. The revision you want is not going to be implemented by edit warring. Thank you. Ebtunc2006 ( talk) 03:54, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Stop pushing you agenda by vandalizing this article. -- 70.109.223.188 ( talk) 19:19, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
I have called attention to your recent behavior (edit warring and incivility) at the administrators' noticeboard. Here's a link for your convenience: Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#User:Duke53 edit warring and being uncivil. alanyst / talk/ 06:19, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
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I meant to submit the warning based on WP:OWN, rather than WP:NPOV. I apologize for the mistake. Let's work this out with an intervention from an administrator. Does that sound fair? Ebtunc2006 ( talk) 03:16, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
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welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Adding your own subtle jabs at the Helms Championship is apparent. I am deleting superfluous, redundant phrasing. I suggest we take a break from editing and allow another WP:AIV settle your biased, contentious tone towards your editing as well as your fellow Wikipedians. Thank you and best wishes.
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You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on UNC-Duke rivalry. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. If necessary, pursue dispute resolution. Ebtunc2006 ( talk) 16:27, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
I have suggested we have an administrator or neutral 3rd party examine our dispute on the UNC-Duke rivalry page. You seem to be extremely familiar with the dispute and administrator intervention process, so maybe you can help me with contacting someone to resolve this dispute. I intend to adhere to the pillars of wikipedia and do not wish to edit war. I trust you feel the same. Thank you very much and best wishes as always Ebtunc2006 ( talk) 03:22, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
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Dude, you need to chill out. I was just trying to get on Ebtunc2006's good side so he'd stop vandalizing pages. But you should stop adding POV content to pages as well. Do you disagree that both UNC and Duke have had great basketball programs? I don't see how anybody could think otherwise. Just relax and have fun. It's just wikipedia. There's no point to constantly warning people. I'm sorry if I offended you, I am just trying to make sure these pages don't continue to have constant reversion wars and remain stable and NPOV. Take it easy, - Bluedog423 Talk 00:44, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
The Surreal Barnstar | ||
For adding "flavor" to the community and taking on the incompetent--no matter the personal cost. Eustress ( talk) 03:07, 23 March 2008 (UTC) |
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I think you missed a character when you copied-and-pasted; http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,265374,00.html is functioning just fine, and it's the search result I got from Google. If you prefer, here's Google's cached version. — C.Fred ( talk) 04:55, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
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UK does it better! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.51.165.224 ( talk) 12:19, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
NPOV inputs to the articles 1831 polygamy revelation and 1843 polygamy revelation would be greatly appreciated. The 1831 polygamy revelation article in particular is receiving a lot of attention since its appearance on the DYK section of the main page, and many recent editors appear to be fixated on endowing it with a particular POV and deleting relevant cited information from reliable sources. If you are knowledgeable about this subject, please feel free to edit these articles yourself, or invite other editors to do so. Écrasez l'infâme ( talk) 23:07, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Please see the new section at Talk:Joseph_Smith, Jr.. Écrasez l'infâme ( talk) 19:01, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
Were you trying out a new signature recently, because this seemed to hork up a followon afd (only stopped by an improperly closed tag there, which made fixing it super confusing)? I'm not here to bust your chops, but if that is a new change I think it needs another closing </font> tag. Protonk ( talk) 06:02, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
Your NPOV inputs to the article the Book of Mormon would be greatly appreciated. I added highly relevant verifiable facts from reliable sources summarizing the origin of the Book of Mormon in the section Origin of the Book of Mormon, namely Smith's method of translation and the role of the Harris's, yet two editors are deleting this information without justification. It appears that this is being done in violation of WP:PRESERVE, and possibly in violation of WP:OWN based upon the discussion at the talk page, in which one editor appears to demand that all edits be cleared by him first. Please take a look if you have a chance—it looks like a group effort to keep some facts off of the page. Écrasez l'infâme ( talk) 19:50, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
Hey again, Duke53. I've seen your frustration about the vandal who keeps inserting partisan shots into various Duke basketball related pages. I don't blame you for being annoyed. I've left a message on the talk page of the admin who blocked that user, and hopefully we'll see a longer block result. Just wanted you to know that folks are working on a solution to the problem you're irritated about. Cheers, alanyst / talk/ 04:39, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the barnstar and encouragement, Duke. Hi540 ( talk) 19:34, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
I received the following request from another user, that I will be unable to help with as I'll be in Florida when these events occur. I thought of you owing to some of the photos you have added to the Lake Placid article, in one of which you indicated that you're from Tupper Lake. If you're interested, please respond to Chris; if not, do you know any other Wikipedians in the area? -- Mwanner | Talk 00:25, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
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"History books about the Latter Day Saint movement" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:History_books_about_the_Latter_Day_Saint_movement
Note: U. User:Tinosa/SandBox
If you have a few minutes, spend a few seconds here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tinosa/Sandbox
If you have more than a passing an interest in the MMM, you may want to contribute to the following: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tinosa/Rescue_of_the_Mountain_Meadows_Infants_and_Early_Investigations —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tinosa ( talk • contribs) 01:06, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
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I was curious as to why you have undone my editing of a wikipedia page. SpeedyLA ( talk) 09:15, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
You suggested discussing this on your talk page. Leading me hear only to brush off my question seems odd. I was asking you what it was specifically about adding a brief explanation of proposition 8's ruling you found to be worthy of removal. Furthermore, I would like to see it you would be open to a more unbiased choice of picture. SpeedyLA ( talk) 09:41, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
I hope it is just a coincidence, but you are right that Speedy's edit history is a bit suspect, so I've requested a Sockpuppet investigation. Your input is welcome. -- Eustress ( talk) 21:20, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
Exerting near complete control over the content of a certain wiki topics in which you have a biased, vested interest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NVC
You refuse to accept the consensus of many users contributing to articles for which would create a balanced view of a topic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus
Your tactics include reverting and undoing most changes that is made, often without explanation why. When a reasonable explanation is given by an editor, your response has typically been "reverting BLATANT VANDALISM". Impressive argument.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:EDITWAR
Accusing editors of vandalism or censorship.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAITH
You have a history of trying to keep people from editing "your" pages by posting warnings and threats on their talk pages.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:HARASS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:HUSH
The above behavior is unfortunate and should be noted for future reference. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.8.64.63 ( talk) 23:01, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, File:Unencyclopedic2.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Skier Dude ( talk) 05:29, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed your recent edit to the "Dook" page, and I was a little bothered by your description for your edit. As the parent of a developmentally disabled child, I never like seeing the term "retard" thrown around, and I'm sure you recognize the difference between the behavior you were responding to and true mental retardation. I hope you can avoid using terms like that in the future. Idiotic should work fine ;-) Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.167.237.254 ( talk) 19:31, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
Duke53, maybe there's a way out of the dispute between you and Hoopsphanatic. If you put {{ NOINDEX}} on your user page, it will eventually be dropped from the major search engines' indexes. If you're willing to do that, Hoopsphanatic has indicated at his talk page that he'd consider it an acceptable outcome, since his old username would no longer appear linked to those comments in a Google search. Though I think retaining the material on your user page is contra to the spirit of WP:CIVIL, I won't press for it to be removed if it is at least NOINDEXed. Then the RfC can be closed as resolved and we can all go our merry way. What say? alanyst / talk/ 16:47, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
Thanks Duke53, I appreciate it. I have closed and archived the RfC. alanyst / talk/ 22:34, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
WP:BLP#Remove unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material:
Nice try, though. — Malik Shabazz ( talk · contribs) 06:07, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
That is only supposed to trip when people try to remove the images, which you know as well as I do is a very common form of vandalism on that article. What precisely were you trying to do when you tripped it?— Kww( talk) 13:17, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
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I've just nominated Beth Smith for deletion. Since you worked on it I am letting you know. Steve Dufour ( talk) 14:59, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
Hi there! I apologize in advance if this is the incorrect way to communicate with you, but I've never used "talk" before. I'm a rising sophomore at Duke University and am writing an article for the paper on Duke's Wikipedia page, and I had noticed you had edited that article. I was just wondering why you edited the page, if you have any affiliation with the University, and any and all comments you may have regarding the page. Feel free to reach me here, via email: haa3@duke.edu , or via AIM: haahaamagician . Thank you very much! Haahaamagician ( talk) 18:29, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
When someone says "quit being an ass" and removes your message from their talk page, do you really think it's useful to respond with yet another templated warning? Why not just disengage? If there's an actual problem with Storm Rider's edits, someone else can deal with it. Friday (talk) 19:42, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
Please refrain from repeatedly undoing other people's edits, as you are doing in dook. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. The three-revert rule (3RR) prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24-hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. Rather than reverting, please discuss disputed changes on the talk page. The revision you want is not going to be implemented by edit warring. Thank you.
Stop harassing me by copying and pasting various warnings into my talk page. You are not an Administrator. You have not and you will not succeed in intimidating me. BTW, you are the one who has been attacking other editors, by claiming their edits are "moronic", "childish", etc. So stop being hypocritical. HAND. 63.88.64.5 ( talk) 14:34, 4 August 2009 (UTC)63.88.64.5
An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, File:File:Garment.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. File:Garment.jpg 137.186.178.125 ( talk) 17:51, 23 October 2009 (UTC) -- 137.186.178.125 ( talk) 17:51, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
When you undid my recent revision to the Joseph Smith, Jr page you left a message for me that started with: "You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. . . ." Like the previous three people who undid my revision you failed to provide any commentary on the change I was making. You failed t include notes in your edit summary justifying why you undid my revision. Sorry, sending me a message that you are undoing a revision doesn't help me know if you actually read the before and after that I did or not.
For the record, people love or hate Joseph Smith for his religious history. The start of Joseph's religious history was completely missing from the page - the first vision. I added a very short blurb about Joseph's first vision. I took out a huge section on joseph's treasure hunting because it was in the spot the first vision should have gone. People don't love or hate joseph smith because he did some treasure hunting in his youth. The treasure hunting part was trivial to his history.
I am unsure if you actually read the revisions, however, if you have a passionate interest in joseph's treasure hunting experiences I suggest you make a new page for it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wmgcf ( talk • contribs) 15:31, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
...not to feed the troll. I blocked the IP address who was obviously goading you on your userpage, but please don't leave messages like this in the future. It's just giving him the attention that he's looking for — and it makes it more difficult for admins to identify the bad guy if you're using edit summaries like this one. Thanks, TenOfAllTrades( talk) 05:12, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
Incidentally, I've also semiprotected your userpage. There's no reason for IPs to be able to edit userpage in the first place. If you have any other pages which are subject to vandalism or harrassing edits then let me know, or you can post a request at WP:RFPP. TenOfAllTrades( talk) 05:14, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
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(above revelation added by User talk:76.177.132.65)
I highly recommend that you do not try and play that game with me. My edit was not an "attack" on you, but rather it was a critical statement based on the means of your editing behaviour. It is nonetheless fair enough to say that you seek only to annoy, hold back and supress Latter Day Saint editors, and I gain that impression from a) your edits, you make no contribution to the articles whatsoever but simply seek to revert what you would consider "Pro-LDS" edits (remember "everyone is allowed their point of view except us") and try and talk them down and combined with this b) You are openly mocking mormon theology on your own userpage, that I find offensive and would class that as an attack myself. Yet despite this irrational behaviour you find it alright to try and lay the law down and try and "warn" me for simply speaking against you? I'd like you to leave me alone and my faith please. Routerone ( talk) 16:15, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
As you know, agenda-pushing editors managed to get the page on Crystal Gail Mangum deleted and salted; however, in light of her recent arrest for arson and attempted murder, I think it's time for them to be overruled. I found one version of her name which has not been salted: Crystal G Mangum. So if you want to handle this job, I think that would be great. I don't have the free time to write an article. Also, since those editors probably read this page, you'll have to work fast, as they censor rabidly. Ikilled007 ( talk) 08:34, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
Issuing warnings to admins is not necessarily the wisest course of action, but we'll see. :) ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 04:43, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
Just a few things I thought I'd mention:
Also, when you said "I think that I'm totally not surprised that you are disagreeing with me and supporting that editor" I assume you were referring to me? If so, then my response to your following question, "Leaving content aside, do you think that the 3RR rule can be excused from some editors, but not all?" is twofold.
...but what do you think? ~ B F izz 23:54, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
Lay aside your prejudices please and stop harassing my edits on Joseph Smith jr. You have previously reverted my legitimate edits as "vandalism" and now I add some content into the article sourced from direct first hand accounts and a skeptical book "(Mormonism unvailed)" and you tediously revert me accusing me of "Point of View pushing". Sorry, but there was absolutely nothing point of view pushing about my edits. I simply added in how Smith found his seer stone in a well he dug (which is true) and how Martin Harris gave several accounts of Smith locating objects with a seer stone and how he switched the seer stones over to test Smith, and that is point of view pushing how? I am truly sick of your biased, pathetic, method of not contributing to the article but shamelessly reverting anything that doesn't fit your anti-mormon agenda. You are not the arbitrator of what goes into that page or not, so lay it off now
Ps: As you started the inapropriate reversions on me, you will be the one who will get punished for 3RR if it continues, not me. Routerone ( talk) 13:25, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
Regarding my 3rr report. As Routerone has apparently self reverted and bowed out from further reversions, I decided to retract my 3rr report as a sign of good faith. Please go ahead and edit the article, avoid engaging in revert wars, and be well. I suggest you let your problems with R1 pass away. However, if you must report him for 3rr, please do not reinstate my report - instead, file your own, which I will oppose unless R1 starts reverting again. Thanks. Hipocrite ( talk) 19:42, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
Please be aware of my recent post at WP:WQA#User:Duke53 inflammatory comments. If you're really here to help improve Wikipedia, please act like it. ...comments? ~ B F izz 04:46, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
Generally when someone tells me "what I said" or "what I believe" (and I know what I've said and what I believe much better than them) I call them misinformed, not a liar. Your crusade of "not tolerating lying" isn't providing any benefit to the project that I can see. So what if you've "exposed" Routerone? Now we've been "warned"? We will know we shouldn't assume good faith of him? It all seems counterproductive to me. Why are you doing it? ...comments? ~ B F izz 16:17, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
I've made a complaint on WP:ANI regarding your behavior. ...comments? ~ B F izz 03:30, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
(on ANI and User talk:Duke53) Duke53 - Please consider this as a final warning on disruptive incivility towards other contributors to Wikipedia. WP:CIVIL and WP:NPA are core Wikipedia policy. We expect contributors here to treat each other in a collegial and adult manner. You are clearly not acting in a constructive, collegial, or friendly manner at the moment, and it's disrupting multiple locations on Wikipedia including ANI here and now. You are welcome to contribute to the discussion here on your and others' related behavior - in a collegial, adult, and civil manner. Please don't push the issue further. Georgewilliamherbert ( talk) 07:22, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
I will take lessons on civility from you when hell freezes over. — Malik Shabazz Talk/ Stalk 17:19, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
1. I have left a warning for Malik to avoid personal attacks and engage on pages such as Talk:Responses to the 2006 Duke University lacrosse case in a more polite manner.
However...
2. Your actions here were confrontational and designed to increase drama, and provoke conflict, rather than to calm down the situation and lower incivility levels. You have been warned about this. You've been blocked repeatedly. And yet this type of behavior is persisting.
Your preferred method of engagement in dispute resolution on Wikipedia appears to have devolved into poking people with sticks. That's not acceptable. Either that needs to change, or you are going to be walked out the door here by a long term or permanent block.
I have imposed a 1-week block for personal attacks and baiting other editors. Please reconsider your behavior going forwards. If you can focus on content and avoid attempting to engage on user behavior policy issues, where you have proven to make things worse over and over again, then you may well be able to have constructive ongoing participation here. Georgewilliamherbert ( talk) 18:42, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
{{
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below, but you should read our
guide to appealing blocks first. Duke53 ( block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser ( log))
Request reason:
An editor came to my talk page and left a nasty message; I responded to it (on my talk page); an admin who was already involved in other incidents I was part of blocks me, without even giving the instigator an official warning. I guess that his stern talk to the instigator will undo years of similar behavior by that instigator. Cheers.
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Being blocked doesn't bother me a single bit ... the methodology used to do it does. Banning me for personal attacks and 'baiting' because I responded to personal attacks and 'baiting' is a kid's trick. I can give as good as I can take, but WP makes a mockery of itself every time they do this type thing; no wonder Wikipedia is such a mockery in academia: < personal attack removed>.
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Unblock declined. PeterSymonds ( talk) 21:48, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
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As time permits I will outline the events concerning my recent block. There seems to be a double standard in place here at WP. But what do you think ? Cheers. Duke53 | Talk 00:10, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
How you warn me for repeatedly reverting someone, but you say nothing to the person who was trying to add in statements based on a youtube video, which is classed as an unreliable source here on wikipedia. Hypocricy and downright prejudice of the highest order. Wikipedia is not a resource for you, to troll mormons. Haven't you learnt anything from your last ban? Routerone ( talk) 17:02, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
An editor ( User: Routerone) deleted a 3RR report I instigated against him, and now I cannot restore it. Can someone please reign this guy in ? Duke53 | Talk 17:38, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
Here are the diffs of his edits from that report:
Duke53 | Talk 17:42, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
Take a look at [29]. DuncanHill ( talk) 23:02, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
23:23, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly. |
Please weigh in, if you are inclined to and have a chance, on the latest move to the article.-- Wehwalt ( talk) 19:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
{{help}} [30] Any editor is allowed to insult me in any way; if I respond I get blocked. Please help. Duke53 | Talk 10:54, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
I'm sorry I called you stupid in my edit summary. I had already provided a source, and there was no need to add a {{ fact}} tag again. — Malik Shabazz Talk/ Stalk 17:10, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
Hello. I'm not sure what happened here - it looks like you saved an old version of the page, so I've undone it. If there's something worthwhile and new you wanted to add to an old discussion, the solution is to start a new thread. -- zzuuzz (talk) 18:03, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
Hey Duke,
The only reason I re-posted is because I realized I hadn't signed with 4 tildes and assumed Tedder removed the post based on it not being signed. He removed it a second time, and I have not re-posted since. Interesting, though, that he seems embarrassed by the post enough to have removed it.
But I will visit him again in a year to let him know he still bears the greatest responsibility for my removing myself from WP. Having you discredit me is par for the course, but when admins are doing it it is clear WP has jumped the shark.
I doubt even you could find a site more biased than the Joseph Smith article as Tedder was not able to.
Canadiandy1 ( talk) 14:48, 31 May 2010 (UTC)Canadiandy
No Duke53, I don't mean another website biased against Joseph Smith, there are plenty of redneck Mormon-hater sites out there, I mean on Wikipedia.
Ask Tedder again for me, is there a single article on Wikipedia that shows a worse bias than the Joseph Smith one?
I'm still looking. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Canadiandy1 ( talk • contribs) 01:47, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for your supporting words at Book of Mormon. It's a pain when a new guy on a mission shows up, doesn't understand the Wikipedia process, and quickly becomes uncivil. The ultimate edits he made were acceptable, but his process in getting there was, well, the reason why many people avoid religious articles like the plague. Thanks for putting in your two cents. -- Taivo ( talk) 14:29, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
Seeing this
[33]. They quite obviously have ignored my request to provide me with the source, and that's their own humiliation, not mine. But that does not mean the statement I was wishing to cite is false, as FAIR is actually usually well cited
[1] from both academic works both critical/pro LDS. Happy now?
Routerone (
talk) 07:26, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
Apparently some editors believe they have more privileges here than others. What gives you the right to post here while maintaining that I am not 'allowed' to post on your talk page ? Hypocrisy lives on. Cheers. Duke53 | Talk 13:16, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
*Roger Van Noord, King of Beaver Island: The Life and Assassination of James Jesse Strang (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1988), 33-35,97, 102, 163, 219;
*Doyle C. Fitzpatrick, The King Strang Story: AVindication of James J. Strang, the Beaver Island Mormon [sic] King(Lansing, MI: National Heritage, 1970), 34-38;
*Milo M. Quaife, TheKingdom of Saint James: A Narrative of the Mormons [sic] (New Haven:Yale University Press, 1930), 2-8, 16-19, 92-93, 185-189.
I think your warnings on User talk:72.177.120.163 are a little heavy-handed. Clearly, the user's edits are POV-pushing and perhaps WP:BLP-violating, so I'm not suggesting that no discussion and/or warnings should have taken place. But couldn't we start with pointers to WP:V and WP:CITE instead of rushing into "you're about to be blocked"? The bottom line, in my mind, is that the editor was only told what not to do, not how to do it correctly. I think we as a community can do a little better. Frank | talk 15:56, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
And what do I get for WP:AGF? Special:Contributions/71.42.141.221. Frank | talk 13:13, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
It looks like you've have repeated issues with the Duke Lacrosse article. Please refrain from removing relevant sourced information because of your own wish to whitewash historical fact. 71.178.240.197 ( talk) 23:19, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
Hey Duke. I saw your additions to the Sister Wives (TV series) article, all of which are good ones. Just wanted to point out that when you use a reference, make sure you put it between <ref></ref> tags, not just between brackets, because just using brackets will only make it a hyperlink within the article, and won't put it in the "References" section. You can see the change I made here for an example of what I'm talking about. Also, it would be best if you could use templates like {{ Cite news}} or {{ Cite web}}, but it's not required. Thanks again for your edits. I plan on continuing to follow Sister Wives, so if I can ever be of any help, let me know! — Hun ter Ka hn 22:15, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
Duke, I know its easy to think that someone who doesn't agree with your additions must be your POV enemy. Well, I hate to tell you this but my involvement in this comes from having marriage/wedding related entries on my watchlist and not for any other reason. That's why I noticed the additions to Polygamy, which brought me to the reality show page. I do, coincidentally also have an interest in religion, but I do not normally edit in the Mormonism area, nor do I know particularly much about that topic. Anyway I can see that we're not going to agree about this topic area, but please understand that this disagreement does not come from some personal POV I have related to the subject matter. Cheers. Griswaldo ( talk) 16:09, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
I reverted the last changes you made to Joseph Smith without first initiating a disscussion with you because you showed others the same courtesy. Please talk this out with me, and lets see how we can make this article better. I agree with the edit that had been made earlier, which replaced plural marriage with marriage as a requisite for exaltation according to Smith. Smith practiced polygamy, but it was rather controlled within the church, only the minority of men practicing it. Smith taught several times that those practicing polygamy under the consent of his revelation were blameless and would be saved, but it is a gross misrepresentation to say that he taught it a requirement for such. That would make the majority of his following damned, as they did not participate. The majority of his followers were sealed under his supposed sealing power, and were acting for their own salvation. See section 132 of the doctrine and covenants or the section of marriage in the fabulous work joseph smith: rough rolling stone. Please discuss this with me and lets decide on a way to make the article better. If the one version is not preferable to you, that is fine. However, your version cannot stand. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Creightonian ( talk • contribs) 17:55, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
Being that you are a chief editor of the Joseph Smith page and have mormon garments on your personal page, with no other intent other than gross disrespect, it seems a no brainer that wiki would be better served by your leaving. You run around accusing others of sock-puppetry (bias) and the hypocrisy never even occurs to you because you're too damn stupid. It scares me that people as intelligent as you have editing privileges. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Creightonian ( talk • contribs) 18:48, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
Don'cha just love a user like — Creightonian ( talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. ?
← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 19:19, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
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Hey there - I ran across this on the Internet the other day - did you know that FAIR is tracking your wikipedia edits? I was pretty pissed off on your behalf when I saw this. [ [35]] -- Descartes1979 ( talk) 22:22, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
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In an effort to dissuade the riff-raff for a little while, I have requested semi-protection of the page. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 21:21, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
She's pretty famous in Durham. In fact, there's a street named after her. :) ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 14:49, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
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Thanks, alanyst / talk/ 07:51, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
Hey, Duke53.
In the arbitration case against you you have acused me as follows;
"Canadiandy (if he doesn't post under one of his alter egos, which are numerous)"
I did have a challenge with login once so that I had to repost as Canadiandy1 (I still sign as Canadiandy), but I do not see that this was ever deceptive. As well, I have never used an "alter ego." It would be appropriate for you to prove your position or kindly post a retraction. I would respectfully appreciate an apology as well.
Canadiandy1 ( talk) 02:10, 17 March 2011 (UTC)Canadiandy
I don't doubt that I may have made edits without logging in early on. When I was a new contributor I was not familiar with the whole logging in, editing, posting name, 4 tilde thing). In fact, one of the complaints I had was when I was double signing in (i.e. being logged in and doing the 4 tilde thing). In reality I have rarely edited the article at all, leaving that usually up to the senior contributors who seem to know this whole thing better than I do. But what you are suggesting is that I created numerous alter egos. Your words. Your evidence, please? Before I apologize for something I did, I'd like to know more about the details.
By the way, you keep using the term, 'Cheers,' to end your communications. I'm not sure what you are meaning by this. Do you mean a polite "hope you find cheer" kind of a thing? Or is it more that you are drawing the image of cheering from a crowd? Or perhaps a more Australian type of a "See you later, friend" kind of thing? Because you seem to use it at the end of comments both kindly and unkindly. And so it seems a bit confusing given the different contexts you use it in. I only bring it up because I'm not sure if it is truly sincere. A little clarification, please?
Canadiandy1 ( talk) 06:45, 17 March 2011 (UTC)Canadiandy
I'm waiting, Duke.
173.180.123.61 ( talk) 14:36, 18 March 2011 (UTC)Canadiandy
Duke53, I have reviewed the matters brought to arbitration, and in line with the comment by User:Jclemens, I am applying a simple administrative block to your account for multiple policy violations. These include WP:NPOV, and WP:NOR in the form of WP:SYNTH, compounded by violations of WP:BATTLE and WP:NPA. You have been blocked multiple times before, and have been editing for over five years. You should by now understand what is acceptable and what isn't. The thing that most obviously stands out is your persistent campaign to denounce Mormons on Wikipedia, such as this edit and follow on comments here. This participation is contrary to site policies. Should you wish to edit again, please post an unblock request stating what sort of productive editing you would like to do. Any administrator reviewing the matter should consult with me before processing the request. It may be advisable to place an editing restriction to keep you from getting involved in areas where you seem to have repeatedly run into difficulties. Jehochman Talk 13:03, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
I post this completely unsolicited by Duke53. Though Duke53 has already been blocked the following needs to be stated for the record. Duke53 is merely being attacked by a group of Wikipedia Mormon apologist, who have targeted him and others linked here [36]. The only statement in this link [37] to provide any examples is BFizz. Without examples, those above are merely saying soap boxing about Duke53. Not being their friend is not a reason to block him. Furthermore, the examples provided by BFizz are rather weak. They are merely examples of it takes two to tango. Further still yet, Analyst has engaged in the same behavior in the examples provided by BFizz. Take for example ridicule of a user name linked here [38] As for a mistreating a new user, Alanyst and Stormrider team up against User:Thewayandthelight [39] and successfully ran this insightful editor off. Alanyst and Stormrider have a record of using wikipedia manipulation techniques to supress and censor facts from wikipedia, instead of incorporating them. Editors such as Duke53 have repeated frustrated them in this. Now they are merely manipulating wikipedia to censor the editor himself. All statements against Duke53 were from Mormon apologist wikipedians. Without a state from a even a centrist editor such as John Foxe, the block of Duke53 comes off as manipulation. Mormography ( talk) 06:39, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
The link I provided above that proves that FAIR has targeted Duke53 and other wikipedia editors critical of Mormonism is now a dead link that redirects (presumably because I have successfully outed them here). The link can be found in search engine cache for those interested. Mormography ( talk) 11:17, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello Duke53. This is just a friendly notification to inform you that I have just closed an arbitration request to which you were a party, as the filing party has withdrawn it. Cheers. Salvio Let's talk about it! 13:55, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
I withdrew the request for arbitration because several arbitrators said the request was premature: there needed to be a more recent Request for Comment to see if the community could resolve the problem. Accordingly, I intend to open an RfC/U regarding your behavior. But since you are currently blocked and have indicated you have pressing real-world concerns that are keeping you away from Wikipedia, it would not be in the interest of fairness to open the proceeding while you are unable to respond. If/when you return to Wikipedia, I will ask Jehochman to unblock you for the purpose of your participation in a new RfC, or I will support any such request you make yourself. After the block is lifted I will open the RfC. If you are not willing to participate in a new RfC, then I will not support a reversal of your block since it would not help to resolve the dispute. alanyst / talk/ 06:21, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
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The threatening item was that sent to my home through the USPS got here okay and is now in the hands of the Postal Inspectors; they seemed to be quite interested in it. The first thing they are doing is to check for toxic substances.
In this day and age of terrorism and stalking they take all threats seriously and will be working hard to discover who sent it.
Have a nice day. Duke53 | Talk 21:01, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
> I know that was some time back but it was probably sent because you are such a tool. You seem to like edit warring with everyone don't you, haha. Have fun being King Turd of Crap Mountain. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.11.81.250 ( talk) 00:32, 22 February 2011 (UTC)
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Stop harrassing me, cyber-fascist! 128.253.179.210
FYI, this is the E-mail I just sent to Cornell's IT department.
Sir,
I thought you might be interested in knowing that your network is being used by someone to vandalize pages at Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Duke53 (top message)
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Talk:Virginia_United_States_Senate_election%2C_2006&diff=prev&oldid=86720413 (section outlined in green)
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User_talk:KrakatoaKatie&diff=prev&oldid=86719946 (section outlined in green)
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Thomas_Crapper&diff=prev&oldid=86103615 (section outlawed in green)
Here is the whois report: http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/whois.ch?ip=128.253.179.210
I would appreciate it if you would respond to this and let me know what progress you have made in tracking down the person(s) responsible for this.
Awaiting your reply,
Xxxx X Xxxx
01:36, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
__________
We have received your report dated 11 Nov 2006 and assigned it case number xxxxxx. This is a matter where the IT Security Office needs to seek guidance from another Cornell authority before proceeding any further.
If you have further information relevant to your report, or are wondering about its status, please write email to abuse@cornell.edu, referencing the above case number.
Thank you for your understanding.
I will keep everyone updated as this progresses. Duke53 | Talk 03:04, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
http://www.cit.cornell.edu/policy/responsible-use/#not-violations
Find something better to do with your time (a job, a girlfriend, a life, etc.) There's a whole world outside of Wikipedia. I believe you can do it, even if you don't believe in yourself. :) 128.253.179.210 07:28, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
Just thought I'd drop by and leave you a message, so you'd know how the messaging system on Wikipedia works. Your question on the Help desk has been answered! Oh yeah, and don't forget to sign your name when you ask a question (using "~~~~"), or on talk pages. When someone leaves you a message on your talk page, you can leave a reply on their talk page, or can just respond below their message here, it's a personal preference. Good luck! -- Commander Keane 06:02, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
Greetings. From the description and use of Image:Turul.jpg, it appears you intended this media to be freely available. I took the liberty of applying a {{ GFDL-presumed}} tag. Could you confirm this at by replacing my edit with {{ GFDL-self}}? Regards, Dethomas 00:20, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
Copied from my Talk page before archiving:
Are you the final word on all things Mustang GT at Wikipedia? I'm still relatively new here and don't understand the pecking order and decision making policies. Duke53 19:39, 28 April 2006 (UTC)Duke53
In your Revision as of 09:50, April 14, 2006 Brossow (Talk | contribs) edit did you remove two pictures? The 1987 is relevant because it was a completely different EFI system and many body changes were made. The 1994 was the last year of the FOX body Mustangs. Duke53 19:22, 1 May 2006 (UTC)Duke53
Please quit adding strange formatting to the Mustang article. I specifically said above that if you feel the images are necessary to illustrate differences from a previous model, then point out those differences in the photo caption, not with random bold or italics. Continued edits in this manner could be considered vandalism. Thanks for your cooperation. ⇒ B.Rossow talk contr [[Tuesday]], [[May 2]], [[2006]] @ 19:18 ( UTC)
Considered vandalism by who? Using italics for emphasis is common when writing in the English language. I consider your signature far more annoying. As far as guessing what you 'mean' when you write something, well I don't have time for that. Unless you are a boss here, please refrain from telling me what to do ... your arrogance is not cool to some of us. Duke53 02:49, 3 May 2006 (UTC)Duke53
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I took the picture in question. That is why I put my name on it
Duke53 22:43, 17 June 2006 (UTC)Duke53
As far as I know you are the only one to ever question them. Now you know. Duke53 23:06, 17 June 2006 (UTC)Duke53
If you have constructive comments to add to the UNC basketball articles please do it in a NPOV way. Thank you. Remember 13:28, 14 July 2006 (UTC)
Are you trying to say that the Dean Smith article is done in a NPOV way? Not hardly. Duke53 02:41, 15 July 2006 (UTC)Duke53
The word you are looking for is vandalism. But why do you consider it vandalism? If you want vanity pages, then just say so (though I believe that they aren't allowed here). Is there any lie in what I added? I will be reverting both pages to my edits if you can prove that what I added was not true. Live with it.
Duke53 19:12, 14 July 2006 (UTC)Duke53
p.s. you may be able to boss others around, but don't try it with me.
It would be easier to accept criticism from someone who can actually spell. I asked you a question above, which you conveniently did not answer: are you saying that the Dean Smith article is done in a NPOV way? I can easily see the bias in favor of Ol' Deano a/k/a Coach Smif.
Why do you insist that I be able to cite sources? I don't see many sources cited in the article as of now.
I will be reverting to my version by tomorrow if I do not receive an explanation of your terms and an answer to the above question. I can play this game as long as you can.
Duke53 01:58, 16 July 2006 (UTC)Duke53
"are you saying that the Dean Smith article is done in a NPOV way?" - "I am not arguing one way or the other whether or not the Dean Smith article is
done in a NPOV way".
There's the rub ... you are insisting that I adhere to some standard that other contributors to the article aren't being held to, because you are a Coach Smif disciple. There's a term for what you are demanding: hypocrisy. Don't expect me to uphold a standard that you don't hold everyone to. Duke53 17:15, 16 July 2006 (UTC)Duke53
"Other critics of Smith even contend that he orchestrated 'back room' deals to arrange the coaching situation at UNC-CH to his liking." I took this out because it is vague. What exactly did Smith arrange to his liking and who exactly is accusing him of this. Remember 03:22, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
No more vague than much of the rest of the article. DO NOT HOLD ME TO A STANDARD THAT OTHERS DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW Duke53 16:45, 25 July 2006 (UTC)Duke53
I took out the following because the first part is unnecssarily pejorative: "Other critics of Smith even contend that he orchestrated 'back room' deals to arrange the coaching situation at UNC-CH to his liking."
The second part needs to be cited: "Smith reportedly called Roy Williams repeatedly asking him to leave KU and return to UNC-CH when Bill Guthridge fell into disfavor, and again when Matt Doherty was experiencing an 8 - 20 season."
And the third part belongs on the Roy Williams page and which I have added there: "Williams eventually did return, but not until after he stated (on national television): "I could give a shit about Carolina right now"."
"The second part needs to be cited: "Smith reportedly called Roy Williams repeatedly asking him to leave KU and return to UNC-CH when Bill Guthridge fell into disfavor, and again when Matt Doherty was experiencing an 8 - 20 season.""
This was widely reported at the time in many newspapers; unfortunately when you do a search you get '404' error messages (items are no longer available). Duke53 20:33, 26 July 2006 (UTC)Duke53
I think it is unfortunate that you expect more from some editors than others ... I would love to see some sources cited for the rest of the article. When time allows I will be reverting my parts of the article, then you can delete them; for someone who has no time for edits wars you sure have been persistent.
You say that Remember has misquoted you and then refused to apologize to you. If this is still a problem for you, perhaps you could find the links to the edit history where you were misquoted, show them to Remember, and then politely ask for an apology. Remember might interpret things differently, however. He might think it was an honest misinterpretation, so you might not get the type of apology you want. But if the incident bothers you so much that you feel the need to keep bringing it up, this approach might be worth the effort. But if it's not worth the effort to you, then everyone's interests are best served by just letting it go.
As an aside, your demand for sources was entirely justified, and it has resulted in the article being improved with several references since the earlier conflict. Well done. Rohirok 17:36, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
Does he go by Dave or David? [1] We could always make a redirect. Anyway what I really wanted to suggest was, rather than just adding a bunch of names to List of singer-songwriters, could you make sure the folks are included in the correct category under Category:Singer-songwriters? Near the bottom of the artists' pages (just above any stub tags) you would want to add something like this:
[[Category:American singer-songwriters|Mallett, David]]
Categories are much easier to maintain in the long run and have some advantages over lists. Regards - MrFizyx 20:31, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
You mentioned wanting a third party. You might look at this for help: [2] That, of course, is assuming the current version is not satisfactory to you. Hopefully it is at this point - I moved all mention of Dook/Carowhina, etc to the Trivia section UNC-Duke Rivalry article. It's better suited there, and won't needlessly drag the individual schools' articles down.
Also, thanks for sourcing the arson claims. I didn't doubt that it happened, but I thought we could do better than an editorial. I'm fine with including negative aspects of any subject provided they are written fairly and cited. Thanks Dubc0724 20:12, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
Please do not add commentary or your own personal analysis to Wikipedia articles, as you did to George W Bush. Doing so violates Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy and breaches the formal tone expected in an encyclopedia. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. AuburnPilot 11:59, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
What was his excuse? If it was something along the line of "youthful indiscretion"? then I'd agree with you that his age is pertinent. In that case, however, please bring his excuse into the article, otherwise his age just appears to have come out of nowhere and would therefore appear to be out of place. -- Asbl 20:14, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi, Just as an aside, it's better to use {{subst:test2del}} than {{test2del}}. Regards, Ben Aveling 03:57, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
warning-war removed
I hate interfering with another person's talk page, but this is the only way I think I can de-escalate this entire situation without resorting to bans. Duke53: People make mistakes, 2nd Piston Honda made two mistakes and apologised. End of story. -- Netsnipe ► 21:39, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
p.s. did you delete any images I uploaded? Was his apology when he called me a douche, an asshole or an ass? " Duke53 | Talk" 21:57, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
The image was deleted per Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion: "UE (unencyclopedic) - The image doesn't seem likely to be useful in this encyclopedia." Apologies for forgetting to notify you on that issue. Anyway, you can always just link to the diff instead of wasting Wikipedia's server resources. Yes, you can try and take this issue further by following the Wikipedia:Resolving disputes process and the next step is to seek mediation with 2nd Piston Honda. And for your information, this is my first day on the the job as an administrator and I was just following the advice at Wikipedia:Civility#Removing uncivil comments. -- Netsnipe ► 22:10, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
Your 'compromise' here is way too one-sided. Remember, I did my thing according to Wikipedia policy, others didn't. I wouldn't worry too much about having to spend a lot of time here administering if this first case is any indication of your abilities. " Duke53 | Talk" 22:26, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
I have moved your discussion to
Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#.7B.7Buser.7CBillsonator.7D.7D
Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Duke53_and_2nd_Piston_Honda.
WP:AIV is a place for obvious cases of vandalism that can't be disputed, not for long discussions.--
Konstable 00:47, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
You probably have realised already that your dispute is going nowhere, except maybe insulting an administrator and maybe a couple of other people - which will do you no good apart. So why not just stop? Why not stop making comments against the admin, even if you still think he wronged you, remove Image:The truth hurts?.jpg from your talk page - it achieves no point anyway. Why not just drop this matter and getting back to editing? The longer the dispute stretches out the more anger will be built up, which I'm sure no one wants.-- Konstable 13:45, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
The sysops will keep deleting your image. Please stop beating a dead horse as continuously uploading a deleted image may be considered vandalism. Hbdragon88 07:12, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
See Wikipedia:Vandalism#Types_of_vandalism. Under "Image vandalism," we have: Uploading provocative images. The image is clearly meant to provoke incivility and hostility, and has and will be deleted. Just giving you a fair warning about the image. Hbdragon88 22:30, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Fine then...this could be considered a warning, although it's not an official template warning, so it's a toss-up to wehther you can delete it or not. The community hasn't reached a firm consensus on how user talk pages are handled. Barnstars are meant to be nice gestures to the editor who receives it - it would be up to the editor to remove it or not. The top of the page says that it's an official policy, by the way. Hbdragon88 22:52, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Check out WP:SUBST for a good idea of what my bot is doing. alphaChimp (talk) 02:04, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
If you want to know how to do it, do the following:
To revert a page to an earlier version:
Go to the page you wish to revert, click on the History tab at the top of the page, then click on the time and date of the earlier version you want to revert to. It will not work if you click on 'cur', 'last', or "Compare selected versions". When the page displays, text similar to this: (Revision as of 23:19 Jul 15, 2003), will display. It appears below the page's title, in place of the From {project name}, usually seen. Verify that you've selected the correct version, then click edit this page tab on the top of the page. You'll get a warning, above the edit box, about editing an out-of-date revision. Ignore the warning and save the page. Be sure to add the word "revert" (or "rv") to the edit summary, along with a short explanation if it is not obvious
This is from [5]. I also didn't know how to do it for a long time, but it is pretty easy once you figure it out. Cheers. Remember 17:34, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
I'm not here to argue but let me just ask a question. From what I understand you are determined to get the piece about Roy leaving Kansas on his bio, which is understandable. However, did you know that people continually delete coach k's ref controversy from his bio, when it got and continues to get far more media attention, and refs were suspended directly as a result of bias. Do you agree that this is a bigger news story and event than the Kansas thing, yet it gets deleted while Williams's leaving Kansas remains up? Let me know, just curious as to your opinions. Thanks
it wasn't an excuse honestly, I just thought the image didn't look right where it was. I know all about the US conservatives censoring the Anti-Americanism article so that it doesn't make them look bad, in fact they have blocked me on several occasions for reverting their censorship! feel free to leave me a message back on my talk page-- Frogsprog 17:27, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
I deleted your image instead of the other one because the latter had been on the page for some while and arguably represented the consensus of active editors. Although my personal view is that your image is better, in general it's preferable that such changes undergo a round or two of discussion on the article's Talk page. Raymond Arritt 18:25, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your edits on the UNC-Duke rivalry webpage. I think you have helped to make the page better and I definately want to encourage further contributions to the article to make it as good as possible. I was curious why you cut the following sentence: "From 1997-2003 UNC won only 5 games of 19 against Duke and many were saying that the rivalry was on the decline. [6]". I thought it accurately characterized the decline of the rivalry and the dominance of Duke over UNC for that time period. But what is your opinion? Remember 20:46, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
i noticed a lot of americans are reverting the widely accepted image, they are very stubborn so just keep reverting, they're only trying to make a point -- Frogsprog 12:16, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
Please let it go. He's clearly seen your comment since he had to revert it, and its pretty clear from his removal of it that he doesn't see any point to continuing the conversation. Using vandalism templates on established users has been viewed in the past as harassment. If you really feel that strongly about this issue I would suggest creating a user-conduct WP:RFC (request for comment). Syrthiss 19:36, 27 September 2006 (UTC)
Your edit comment said "Trivia - source? (unc-ch message boards and fan sites don't count) D O O K = S H I T. NPOV?)"
I'm not sure we're dealing with an NPOV dispute. Wikipedia is not making a judgment about Duke by including the nickname Dook; it's only stating that the nickname exists. Hopefully that will clear this matter up once and for all.
As an aside, I believe fan sites, etc COULD be used only to indicate the prevalence of a nickame. I could be wrong, however. It doesn't really matter as I've not included such sources, nor do I plan to. Thanks Dubc0724 18:23, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
Stop being ridiculous. We both know it's subjective. Below are the results of a quick Google search:
So no, there's no set number cut-off, but any reasonable person can see the difference. Are you about done? Dubc0724 20:40, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
A request for mediation has been filed with the Mediation Committee that lists you as a party. The Mediation Committee requires that all parties listed in a mediation must be notified of the mediation. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/Dook, and indicate whether you agree or refuse to mediate. If you are unfamiliar with mediation, please refer to Wikipedia:Mediation. There are only seven days for everyone to agree, so please check as soon as possible.
Hello Duke,
My name is Steve Caruso and I'm the Coordinator of the Association of Members' Advocates. OkamiItto ( talk · contribs) had requested my assistance as an Advocate and I would like to bring up some concerns about the image that you uploaded: Image:Anti_America.jpg.
Although it's a bit of a shock-image (which really isn't the issue), it was not given a copyright tag so I have listed it for Speedy Deletion under Wikipedia Policy. If you have any questions about my action, please leave a note on my desk. אמר Steve Caruso ( desk/ AMA) 17:35, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
Out of curiousity, what exactly are you referring to? Remember 21:21, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
(I tried to revert to the actual pages ... don't know how and don't want to learn to do it) Duke53 | Talk 01:13, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
It must be difficult to 'mediate' when you are only told one side of a story, when that story includes lies; I was accused of 3RR falsely and you just let it pass. Why? Enforce all Wikipedia rules or enforce none of them. Duke53 | Talk 20:40, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
Please don't disrupt Wikipedia to make a point. Nandesuka 19:29, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi Duke53, I'm Royalguard11 from the AMA. I have accepted your case. The problem seems to be more of a grammar one than anything. You are asking that the page say "one feature" and User:Nandesuka is asking that it say "some features". I know that in my editing experience, being vague is usually better than being specific. For example, I often have something say "many people" vs it saying "most people". Many makes someone think of a non-specific large number, while "most" applies that there have been studies and evidence to suggest as much. In this case, "some" is vague, while "one" is a specific absolute, implying that they are no other criticisms. Even though there is only one example given, I believe it's in the best interest to have the word "some", as it applies that there may be other criticisms that we might have missed. After all, Wikipedia isn't perfect, as the General disclaimer suggests.
If you require any more help or advice, feel free to ask me on my talk page, or on my advocates desk, or to contact my by using the e-mail this user feature on my userpage. - Royalguard11( Talk· Desk) 22:09, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
I see that you have come to a agreement to just delete the whole section instead of arguing "one" vs "some". I've never heard anything bad about the dock anyways (I think it was a great addition). Do you require anymore advice or help, or are you good then? - Royalguard11( Talk· Desk) 02:10, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi Duke. Thanks for taking some initiative on trying to clarify things on the LDS Church. I just wanted to give you a heads up that I did revert some of your changes, and am considering more. The church did move because of persecution. In fact they were kicked out of most places by either the government or the surrounding non-Mormon locals. Although Joseph Smith was in hiding much of the time or in counties where he was immune from extradition for "so-called" crimes, that was never an issue in the churches abandonment of a settlement.
Also, on your addendum on baptism for the dead, you are correct that there is controversy particularly amongst the inclusion of Hollocaust victims, your statements are too vague. Also the Baptism for the dead article has a ton of detailed information on it, and since the topic is covered elsewhere in such detail, it is not deemed critical to the main article. We are discussing ways to include such controversial topics, so feel free to help.
Lastly I do not want to discourage you from participation, and hope you can contribute to this and other articles to help make them more complete without violating POV. Bytebear 22:33, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
See: Wikipedia:Citing sources. I don't have a problem with making this more neutral, and I was not trying to push a POV. My concern with the information being added is that it is not referenced, so I can't verify if it is accurate or not. This problem is all over the article, as most of the editors seem reluctant to add where the info comes from, but I have been trying to fix that. To discuss this further, we should probably bring this to the article's talk page so everyone can get involved. -- Lethargy 22:57, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
After reading some more about this subject I feel that an expanded section on it should be added to the page. I didn't realize how controversal it had become, epecially when it concerns Holocaust victims. Since it is an official policy of the church I feel that it should be included on this page; a separate article seems to lessen the severity of this practice. Duke53 | Talk 02:23, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
In the interest of civility, please remove the personal attack against Dubc0724 from your userpage. While userspace is basically "your" space on Wikipedia, it is not a space for making personal attacks against other users, no matter what. Jimbo himself has said so:
“ | libelling people on userpages is a bad idea, and in fact, using userpages to attack people or campaign for or against anything or anyone is a bad idea | ” |
If you persist, I will take administrative action, as personal attacks are disruptive to the Wiki, and are not allowed. Thank you. if you have any questions, feel free to enquire at my Talk page. (Click the "M") ♠ P M C♠ 18:59, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
Duke, the problem with the comment is that it suggests - subtly yes, but still suggests - that Dubc is a racist. I'm asking you again: please remove the comment from your userpage. I've looked at his User page history, and yes, there is evidence of incivility there, but the thing is, it's gone. You're the only one left in this dispute with violations of WP:CIVIL on your page. I've asked Dubc not to be uncivil towards you in future, (see his Talk) and if you could please extend that courtesy in regards to the comment on your userpage, I would appreciate it. Thank you. ♠ P M C♠ 20:49, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
___________________________________________________________________________________________________ "Thanks. I know I lost my cool. Sorry about that And I've added my final reply to Duke on his usertalk page, and I won't bring it up again. We'll just let Wikipedia run its course. Again, sorry for probably making the situation worse by arguing. Thanks for trying to help". Dubc0724 17:58, 20 October 2006 (UTC) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________ "Thanks. I know I lost my cool. Sorry about that And I've added my final reply to Duke on his usertalk page, and I won't bring it up again. We'll just let Wikipedia run its course. Again, sorry for probably making the situation worse by arguing. Thanks for trying to help". Dubc0724 17:58, 20 October 2006 (UTC) ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
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I guess we're done here. Dubc0724 22:08, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
I'm sorry, but an unfounded suggestion of racism is a violation of civility policy, as in "ill-considered accusations of impropriety of one kind or another." Dubc has removed the citation, apologized for and explained his use of Vanguard. Not only that, but this is the first time Dubc has done something like that, lending credence to his apology. I'm asking you one more time, please remove the comment from your page entirely. ♠ P M C♠ 22:43, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
You have made some un-helpful remarks at Talk:Crystal Gail Mangum. First, you continued to argue with a user even after he had apologized for any hard feelings he may have caused. More recently, you have made an insulting remark about a user's contribution. I have removed your latest remark and notifying you that incivil behavior is not appropriate. Johntex\ talk 02:50, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
Hey Duke, go to your library or bookstore and get Rough Stone Rolling by Richard Bushman. It is a very good bio on Joseph Smith. I am sure you will think it is too pro-Mormon, but it has gotten excellent reviews from the academic community. See for yourself [9] Bytebear 04:43, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
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I am in the process of getting help in mediating the matter. People are arrested often for kidnapping children after killing family members. Do not come here with smarmy advice; I will find sources where I find them. You CANNOT and WILL NOT dictate to me what sources I may use. Duke53 | Talk 06:23, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
Twice I've written articles defending the word "Kidnapping" and twice it has ether been rejected or sent to the ether.
The first time,yesterday, I entered the edit on the discussion page along with my name, went to the history section and it was there with my name. When I went back a few hours later, my edit was no longer in the discussion page nor in the history.
The second time. Wrote the edit again on the discussion page, but when I entered it a message said it would be merged with another persons edit. Well it wasn't. It disappeared.
How does a person make this thing work?
Should I write my edit in Word, & cut and paste it every hour to the dicussion page?
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{{ helpme}} Duke53 | Talk 06:18, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
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Thanks so much for assuming I cared about the Duke-Carolina stupidity. Personally I don't think any of those stupid names belong in Wikipedia. Sonria 00:04, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
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Hello! I understand how it can sometimes be frustrating dealing with new users, and IP, who sometimes add content which isn't suitable for Wikipedia. I noticed this example [10], which you quite rightly removed. However, please assume good faith with new users, and assume that they are trying to help Wikipedia. Calling their edits "vandalism" isn't a great inception into this great community, and according to Wikipedia's vandalism policy, "tests by new users" aren't considered vandalism. Don't take this message as a warning or anything; more of a heads-up to help make your time at Wikipedia more enjoyable and easy-going. Thanks for all your cleaning up of Wikipedia, and I hope you enjoy contributing! Cheers, Daniel . Bryant 07:43, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
The edit change had the edit sumary "Comment removed by admnin..." You should not revert that sort of edit. If you want a record of that comment for some reason - use a diff. Johntex\ talk 05:17, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
Duke, Not everything that makes sense is written down. If you don't understand something Johntext says, please say so, and ask for an explaination. Wikipedia isn't about some set of rules that say exactly what you can and can't do in all circumstances. Some things are against the spirit of wikipedia even if there isn't a written rule saying so. Regards, Ben Aveling 09:09, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
What personal attack? I simply said that it was your opinion that enough time had elapsed to respond to the citation notice. I disagree and believe that editorial courtesy allows time for all editors to see posted concerns, research information, and respond. If you choose to cut that time short, editors should revert/restore material for others to review. The imposition of any time limit on responses to templates and notices on Wikipedia is generally a matter of personal opinion and impatience. So - after observing your comments and edits on a number of pages on my watchlist - I would encourage you to be more patient with other editor's time constraints. Hope to see constructive work. Best wishes. WBardwin 19:34, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
perhaps if you informed yourself of the relevant issues, and researched a little you would have a better chance of getting your comments listened to - all i have seen is claims without response to the points raised by others - but instead new claims - generally on wikipedia we take other editors assertion that something is in the reference below in good faith - there is a difference when something is added to an article with no assertion of where it came from but some random bloviating individual - who deserves as much attention as b o'r 71.53.131.25 21:47, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
Just so you know, the image on your userpage has no licensing information, which qualifies it for speedy deletion. I won't nominate it myself since we have a history, but you should probably fix that before someone else deletes it. -- Masamage 02:01, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
You have been listed as an invloved party in a recently opened Mediation Cabal case ( "UNC Carolina nicknames and links"). I will begin reviewing the case. Please write a comment representative of your view or a compromise offer. -- ßott e siηi (talk) 17:05, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
I tire of your inappropriate use of warnings such as the following left on my talk page:
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Hi Duke, I think the above was addressed to me?
In response to your first and third points, there are times the templates are appropriate, and there are other times when they are not appropriate.
By half right I meant that Storm Rider chose his words badly, but that there was some truth in what he was saying. To pick just one example, he said "I think you even see the stupidity of this position and yet you stick to it without any ability to defend yourself", which was a bad thing to say because it implies that you know that what you are doing is wrong, and I'm sure that's not true, and I think he would agree. I think that what he was trying to say was something like "You are insisting that you are right instead of explaining why you are right." And if you want to persuade someone that you are right and they are wrong, then you have to show them something they don't already know. Otherwise, they won't change their minds. I have to go. Talk to you again later. Regards, Ben Aveling 04:09, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
To find a diff, click "history" on the top of a page. Identify the edit that the user made that you want to give to another. See for example, the talk page history for Mountain Meadows massacre. There are two links at the front of every line (cur) (last). (cur) gives the changes between the version on that line and the current version. (last) gives the changes between the version on that line and the line immediately below it (the last version before that change was made). If you right click "(last)" you should get a pop-up menu. Find "Copy link location" or "Copy shortcut" (depending on your browser). Then paste it in the edit window where you need it. For example by copying and pasting the last for (last) links I get the following
Normally you would identify these with [ single brackets - so the code would be like:
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Talk:Mountain_Meadows_massacre&diff=85978695&oldid=85781563 Troedel commented] * [http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Talk:Mountain_Meadows_massacre&diff=85979890&oldid=85978695 I responded] * etc.
which would produce:
Good luck - let me know if you need help with the mechanics of stuff. -- Trödel 06:18, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
The evidence here doesn't look all that strong to me, so I'm reluctant to do a CheckUser; perhaps you could try this request on WP:RFCU. Jayjg (talk) 19:42, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
Done. Thanks. Jayjg (talk) 20:39, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
You could, but those kinds of requests are rarely accepted. Unless there is good reason to assume otherwise, we assume good faith. Jayjg (talk) 22:07, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
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Please stop. If you continue to make personal attacks on other people, you will be blocked for disruption. Comment on content, not on other contributors or people. Thank you. -- Lethargy 04:57, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
You are also desirous of edit wars as evidenced by you latest edit to the Talk:Mountain Meadows Massacre page:
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It is very difficult to assume good faith when somebody writes the following (from WikiProject Latter Day Saint movement talk page):
(emphasis above is mine) Now, wouldn't almost anybody view this as a personal attack? I'm wondering what the rest of you folks think. p.s. Time stamps don't lie. :) Duke53 | Talk 05:31, 18 November 2006 (UTC) Duke53 | Talk 05:33, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
I reverted your addition of the temple garments picture to Church etiquette as it had no relevance whatsoever to the article itself. The only mention of clothing in the article was about Sunday dress, and since people don't go to church in only their underwear (even in that craaazy Mormon church), a photo of two models in their underwear is wildy out of place.
You have added that photo to several articles now as the only substantive edit to the articles that you have made. This is rather questionable behavior, especially for articles such as Clothing and Church etiquette, where the relevance or notability are tenuous at best. You have also reverted others when they removed it, citing vandalism, which does not assume good faith; the editors removing the photo might (like me) have been making a well-intentioned edit, so calling it "vandalism" is a breach of Wikiquette. I would like to assume good faith, but cannot see how your actions can be construed as honest efforts to improve those articles; rather, they seem to be attempting to provoke and antagonize LDS editors and readers. But perhaps there is an innocuous explanation. So: what is your purpose in adding the photo to these articles? alanyst / talk/ 19:31, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
Regardless, images only belong in article where they are relevent and will be removed from others where they do not apply. If you continue to inser the image in articles where it isn't relevent, you can expect a block. pschemp | talk 21:43, 20 November 2006 (UTC)
-Religious habits and special religious clothing-
I appreciate the fact that you are trying to contribute to articles discussing LDS Church doctrine and practices. However, the inclusion of photographs of the temple garment is unnecessary. I recognize that I deleted your pictures without any discussion or permission. You must understand the sacredness of the garment to members of the LDS Church. After sending an e-mail to the wikipedia editors regarding the placement of the photograph on the clothing article, it was promptly removed by them. As you can see, nothing was done to alter any articles other than removing the photograph. Please do not include that picture in any articles. It is a sacred subject to members of the LDS church. Please grant us this favor by not denigrating something of great worth. An article discussing the garment, so long as done with correct authority is different. Df008 05:37, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
Regarding the temple recommend image you just added: Who gave you permission to photocopy a document whose copyright is owned by the LDS church? (Hint: the person to whom the document was issued does not have the authority to grant such permission or to make copies themselves.) I see that your version has the copyright notice redacted, which in good faith I will assume was an unintentional act. But I think the image you uploaded infringes a copyright and you have no rights to release it under any license whatsoever. Will you remove the erroneous licensing information and tag the image for deletion, or shall I? alanyst / talk/ 02:42, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
I think that with many others, you share a common misconception about U.S. copyright law. Regardless of whether a copyright symbol or notice appears on a document, the original author of the document is automatically, by law, granted a copyright on it the instant it is created. Unless the author places that work into the public domain or explicitly sells the copyright, gives it away, or grants a license to copy and/or distribute the work, nobody else has any right to reproduce the work except within the limited bounds of fair use.
In this case, the creator of the document is the LDS church and the copyright is owned by its intellectual property division, Intellectual Reserve Inc. You do not have permission or any legal right to photocopy the document in full, much less alter its appearance and post it online under any sort of license. Hence you have violated the copyright. Unintentionally, no doubt; but now that you know, surely you will assist in correcting the infringement. (Upon further reflection, I have struck this due to possible harbor under fair use.)
alanyst /
talk/ 05:29, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
I put these comments at copyright problems [Wikipedia:Copyright_problems/2006_November_21/Images] - the image could be a good addition to Wikipedia under fair use, however, it currently doesn't qualify, but could easily do so:
I'd re-upload the image with the copyright included to remove any question of intent and ethics. Just my two cents as I deal with copyright every day, as the image stands, it will probably not hold up under fair use until that is included again. - Visorstuff 19:24, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
FyzixFighter 04:36, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
Despite our differences on Wikipedia, I sincerely wish you a happy and enjoyable Thanksgiving. alanyst / talk/ 19:03, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
I've noticed you like to use emphasis in a lot of places. (Just playing with emphasis there myself.) You've been using <B></B> and <I></I> to accomplish that. Since those are difficult to type, here's a shortcut: Double apostrophes surrounding a section of wikitext (like ''this'') will italicize it, and triple apostrophes (like '''this''') will bold it. They can be combined, so five apostrophes will italicize and bold the text. But my advice would be to be sparing with the emphasis, as it can convey an aggressiveness that you may perhaps not intend. alanyst / talk/ 19:25, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
I will continue to edit your comments on talk pages that are inappropriate. Please read through the comments on the village pump. An editor that makes one edit that blanks sections should not be treated in such a negative manner. Please stop misusing warnings. I will continue to revert your edits to user talk pages where you are being uncivil and ungracious to new users.
Despite your contention we need to be welcoming to new users, not try to scare them off. -- Trödel 02:00, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
Please provide me with a list of questions you want to be asked in the upcoming straw poll on my talk page. Or post them here [16] Wiki eZach| talk 21:06, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
It will start soon Wiki eZach| talk 03:24, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
A request for mediation has been filed with the Mediation Committee that lists you as a party. The Mediation Committee requires that all parties listed in a mediation must be notified of the mediation. Please review the request at [[Wikipedia:Requests for mediation/ [17]]], and indicate whether you agree or refuse to mediate. If you are unfamiliar with mediation, please refer to Wikipedia:Mediation. There are only seven days for everyone to agree, so please check as soon as possible. Wiki eZach| talk 13:43, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
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Per my comment above, the image of a temple recommend is needed on wikipedia (and a good addition), however, how it has been scanned is controversial - ie, the copyright information was deleted. As such, it may not qualify under fair use law [18].
As stated above, "graying out the copyrighted portion that states "©2003 IRI" makes it seems that the owner of the image knows that the image is in violation of the copyright, and knowingly removed the copyright notice (ie, the author had the intent to remove copyright notice to break copyright laws)...[the author should] re-include the copyright notice and use [the image] under fair use, but... the removal of the copyright notice would not hold up under fair use due to the "intent" portions of copyright law."
I plan to recommend that the image (pun intended) be listed for deletion tomorrow. However, I'd much rather have such an image on Wikipedia - if you could replace the image with a duplicate with the copyright info showing, we won't have to go through the VFD process. Or if you can give me a timeframe for when you plan to change the image that will work as well. Look forward to your response. - Visorstuff 23:00, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
Sorry, I missed your explanation elsewhere. The copyright notice has existed on every temple recommend since its current form at this size (1980s?). Before IRI it was Corp of the President. I will list it for deletion. Bummer. Cheers. - Visorstuff 23:28, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
As discussed:
An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Temrec.png, has been listed at Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion. Please look there to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in its not being deleted. Thank you. — Visorstuff 22:27, 5 December 2006 (UTC) - Visorstuff 22:27, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
Your imput was given at Wikipedia:Copyright problems regarding the image Temrec.png. The image is currently up for deletion, and thought you'd like to wiegh in your opinion at Wikipedia:Images_and_media_for_deletion/2006_December_5#Image:Temrec.png_.28talk_.7C_delete.29. Cheers. - Visorstuff 22:39, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
Removing personal attacks is a bit controversial- I'd advise you against doing things like what you did here. This comes off looking like you're removing criticism of your editing habits. Editors are absolutely allowed to criticise each other's edits- this is part of what makes the whole thing work. Friday (talk) 15:43, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
I would rather have a medcom case before a straw poll, I have found they dont always work Wiki eZach| talk 21:36, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
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There is a proposal at Talk:Mountain Meadows massacre that needs your comments about whether or not to move forward, or to re-open the mediation. Please let us know you thoughts. - Visorstuff 14:44, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
okay then
... is for you to move this back to where it began (see my comment on your talk page). Duke53 | Talk 14:42, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
and again
Hey Duke, did you upload the photos of The New York Central Railroad? User:Paul Ittoop 09:00, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
Eh Duke? User:Paul Ittoop 08:31, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
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Don't try to scare me by leaving a warning notice on my page. I deleted the picture not because I'm LDS, or care in the least whether or not the world knows the LDS "secrets" (none of which are secret any longer), but because the picture was just too big and intrusive. It doesn't belong where you keep trying to put it. It's just one form of underwear out of the many thousands that humans have worn over the centuries, and it's just not that unusual or interesting. May loom large in your eyes, but not in anyone else's.
There may an article to which that picture is relevant. If there isn't, think one up and write one. Zora 20:37, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
Someone complained about your undergarments on WP:ANI. I told them to use WP:DR instead, and I would suggest that you consider doing the same. — coelacan talk — 06:18, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
In response to your report at WP:AN3RR: Even though you did not violate the three-revert rule in the technical sense, you, too, were edit warring. Don't forget that users can be blocked for edit warring even if they make fewer than four reverts per day. Please discuss disputes rather than constantly reverting. Thank you. Heimstern Läufer 04:30, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
I have reverted to version prior to dispute to facilitate discussion. Do you agree to this? Ebtunc2006 05:12, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi Duke53, I hope you are doing well - been a long time since we last interacted.
As a courtesy, please don't edit any comments (aside from your own spelling and grammar errors) on my talk page - let alone other's comments. I have restored the edits of alanyst that you deleted on my talk page. I've also placed a note showing the entired thread of your interaction with him on my talk page - I feel that the historical context of all dialogue on my talk page is important to readers of my talk page. Especially being an admin, the history of comments is quite important to me.
Most editors do not appreciate content edits on their talk pages. Feel free to control/censor/etc. your own page, but not others, doing so is against Wikipedia policies. Observing your history, you'll likely delete this comment, but thought I'd let you know. Happy editing. - Visorstuff 17:20, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
You are being incivil, whether you think so or not. These edits are inappropriate, and I encourage you to calm down. A good majority of established users have similar opinions as you, but they represent themselves in a civil manner. Please see WP:CIVIL and WP:NPA and consider this a friendly warning. Thanks, — bbatsell ¿? ✍ 20:10, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Given that you decided to take another gratuitous kick at Essjay ( [19]) while I was in the process of issuing the final warning above, you've obviously missed entirely the point of Bbatsell's friendly reminder and have no intention of comporting yourself in a civil manner. Consider my final warning withdrawn; I have blocked you for 24 hours and will issue escalating blocks if you continue to be incivil. TenOfAllTrades( talk) 20:37, 3 March 2007 (UTC)
Per my warning above, I have blocked you for 48 hours for using your userpage as a soapbox for a personal attack. TenOfAllTrades( talk) 21:23, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
Duke sucks.
In case you didn't notice, the "Temrec" image on your userpage is broken. I'm guessing that's why somebody cleared that line out; it's not doing anything. Certainly there's nothing there that could have offended them, considering the image doesn't exist. So although it's not always good form to do maintenance on other people's user pages, some people think it is, so your calling it vandalism might be a little disingenuous. You might want to clear it out yourself now that you know it's busted. Or you might not. -- Masamage 07:07, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
I understand your complaint re MMM - please do not beat a dead horse. I can see from your talk page you remain unnecessarily confrontational. 03:53, 14 March 2007 (UTC) <---- written by trodel
“.…As far as removing content, it depends on what is removed, not who removed it. Anyone can edit your userpage, but it is generally off-limits. Libel, personal attacks, racist remarks, etc. can be removed at any time by any user and is acceptable under Wikipedia:User page (a guideline). Blanking content for fun is not acceptable. auburnpilot talk 07:15, 10 March 2007 (UTC)”
"So glad to see you've learned absolutely nothing from your two recent blocks for incivility. There are very few things in life that are explicitly black or white. If you don't like exceptions, you best climb into bed and never leave. auburnpilot talk 11:17, 10 March 2007 (UTC)”
I came here to let you know that making legitmate editorial decisions is not vandalism. But it looks like you have a history of using warnings to intimidate new users because they are from an IP address. 24.252.101.35 12:40, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
Duke53 - I'd like to learn what you have to contribute. If you could rephrase your post (regarding the photo) to something calmer, like, "The date and time of the photo are indicated here. The source of this information is ______ which I believe is attributable to a reliable source because ____." I promise to read it, take it seriously, and respond calmly and respectfully. I worry that responding to something that's not calm and respectful is counterproductive -- it just explodes into arguments and reversion wars. I can revert changes too, and I believe what I say as strongly as the next person, but that will get us nowhere. So somehow, we need something that we both agree on (well, not just us, but a consensus of the editors). Thus, to me, the only productive thing to do is try to build consensus -- everything else is a waste of time. If you've can provide something we agree on (like a well-supported fact), that's progress to me and I'll support it. Of course, be prepared to do the same! Cheers! Guanxi 15:21, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
Out of curiosity, are you an alum? I didn't got there, but several good friends did. It's a great school, with the second best hoops team in the state (just kidding!). Guanxi 18:15, 8 April 2007 (UTC)
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Saw that image on your user page, and kind of had to. Editors need an enlightened-sounding term for "inappropriate" or "crap", so variations of "unencyclopedic" will always be around.
"Not comprehensive" is an odd argument for exclusion, though. ˉˉ anetode ╦╩ 03:47, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
Please stop. If you continue to vandalise the userpages of other users, you will be blocked. written by: 24.252.101.35 (Talk) (don't threaten me)
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I have no idea if this is helpful at all or has been brought up yet, but I don't really want to read all the previous discussions about including Mangum's photo (and don't really want to get involved), so I thought I'd just provide you with the information so you can do with it what you wish. I don't know if people have attacked the reliability of the photo released by KC Johnson because it's a blog, but The News & Observer has just released the same photo [20] (albeit at a far worse resolution). They also released a photo of her during the lineup. The caption of the photo, however, only says "Mangum has avoided reporters" and gives no sense as to the date or source. The same article also gives more details about her life including alcohol abuse, etc. I'm leaving this same message on Johntex's page. - Bluedog423 Talk 16:34, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
The article is a disgrace and betrays an intent to malign the character which flouts NPOV. There seems to be a section of people here with an axe to grind (and from your username, I'm guessing you're less than neutral) . I have read through the talk page and there are disputes about the many things in the article that fail to meet any reasonable standards of neutrality -(see for example the talk on using Tom Leykis as a source). I had only a casual interest in this story until I read the article and found it so laughably one-sided. My edits do not take one side of the story or another and still leave behind many questionable (and disputed) characterizations. I've taken nothing out that fully exonerates the duke players (and we're all happy things turned out this way for them). If the article continues to remain as is, we should all start to lose faith in Wikipedia as a reliable and neutral source without an agenda since those with axes to grind will always devote more time and energy to maintaining their slant on the subject. I'm also cross-posting this to the talk page Gomez3000adams 17:29, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
You have got to quit censoring people and articles. Quit deleting legitimate comments. I will not sit by and allow you to censor me! Wikipedia does not allow censorship ... do not remove content simply because you don't agree with its publication! <--- this bit of idiocy brought to us by 71.237.2.198. Duke53 | Talk 16:08, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
Duke53, why not join the discussion at Talk:Mountain Meadows massacre about the word "Friday" being in the lead, instead of edit warring over it? If you have compelling reasons to include the word, please share those reasons in a constructive way at the talk page. alanyst / talk/ 22:24, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Did you see my message above? A bot edited your talk page shortly after I added it, which might have prevented you from seeing that you had a new message. You've continued to edit war without discussion since then, so I'm making sure you are aware of my earlier comment. alanyst / talk/ 16:39, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Please stop edit warring over the word "Friday". I will ask for administrator intervention the next time either you or Tom (Threeafterthree) adds or removes that word in the lead. alanyst / talk/ 17:22, 5 July 2007 (UTC)
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Please note that making Personal Attacks is against Wikipedia policy. If you wish to remain in good standing please stop your slanderous personal attacks against those whom you disagree with. This is your last warning. This message is from an ASSHOLE at 41.240.70.151 ... 33+ incidents of vandalism that were exactly the same (over the course of two days) qualifies anybody as an ASSHOLE. Duke53 | Talk 22:43, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
I readily admit that I watchlisted you a long time ago, because you have a history of being blatantly, mind-blowingly uncivil. You'll probably be very unhappy to know that this is considered entirely appropriate under Wikipedia's stalking policy, which forbids following a user around to disrupt their editing (which you'll note I have never done), but encourages keeping an eye on people who might cause problems themselves. However, I don't usually pay attention when such stuff rolls by on my watchlist, because I honestly don't care about you that much. If you'd like me to start paying you more attention I would be happy to do so. If you want me to go away, you'll have to argue with the policy-makers, not with me, because I am within my rights and believe that you need watching. If you think I'm going to start blocking you because I dislike you, you can relax, because I'm not that stupid. -- Masamage ♫ 04:59, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
From the comments above, it looks like the Mangum photo was deleted for lack of a fair use rationale. All pictures not released under a free license (public domain, CC, or GFDL) must have such a rationale to be used on Wikipedia. Some states do copyright police photos, so we need a rationale for them. *** Crotalus *** 04:53, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
As I look things over, I strongly suspect that there's someone, naming no names, who's trying to bait and frustrate people into making rash remarks. Try to not play into his hands. Just because you can say something, doesn't mean you should, and it doesn't do the 'undelete' cause any good if you sound as though you're editing out of personal animosity toward the subject of the article. Marieblasdell 07:38, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
Also, I thought this might interest you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Divine_Brown_%28sex_worker%29 Ikilled007 06:46, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
This appears to be advice on how to conduct an edit war. Suppose that editor gets 10 others to do the same thing you are proposing; would that be okay too? Aren't there official routes to follow instead? Duke53 | Talk 16:06, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
I was just going to warn you about your repeated editorial comments about Mangum, but in looking at your talk page, I figured I had to start another warning section. Incivil editorial comments about other editors, use of red text ... this won't fly here. I suggest you tone it down--now. Blueboy 96 05:06, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
I've nominated User:Duke53, a page you created, for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Duke53 and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:Duke53 during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Blueboy 96 05:11, 1 July 2007 (UTC)
Hi. I changed Image:Page colors.png to {{ GFDL}} as since the userboxes that you have captured are GFDL, the image must be GFDL too. {{ Wikipedia screenshot}} might still be more appropriate. Either way, I thought I'd notify you. -- Deskana (talk) 05:52, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
(I can't believe I'm writing about this at 3 in the morning. Excuse me for errors.) This picture has incorrect license tag; I don't think it qualifies as GFDL-self if the image consists of text quoted from a copyrighted website. There's only two sentences of text and the list part is programmatically generated, which raises interesting copyright dilemma I'm not quite familiar with, though; can such short passages of text copyrighted in first place... If it's non-free, it's an image that shouldn't technically be on User: page. It's a JPEG image that would look better in PNG; since formatting isn't relevant it should better be rendered in plain text. And the image is conceptually wrong and misses the point: while the word undoubtedly isn't in some dictionaries, it's a correctly formed word (for the record, " encyclopedic" is in the M-W). Etc etc etc...
...at this point I'm supposed to go "Hmm hmm" and stick it in IFD or PUI, but I really wouldn't like to subject you, or your delightful image file, to the Long and Ardourous Process of Wikipedia. I believe we should try some sort of agreement first. So I ask, how do we proceed from this dilemma? Surely, something must be done. -- wwwwolf ( barks/ growls) 00:30, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
I appreciate the thought.-- John Foxe 16:00, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
Since Jack Shea died in that car accident I believe that BLP no longer holds sway.
Hint 1: Since the "L" in BLP stands for "Living", what makes you believe that it's referring to him? Hint 2: Who is the subject of the word "allegedly" in there? Hint 3: How is a person's blog a reliable source for anything, BLP or not?
Unless you find an actual reliable source and can show that particular spin is important, out it goes. -- Calton | Talk 02:50, 19 July 2007 (UTC)
I am posting this here to show an example of how claims can be made, then not be proven and ultimately eradicated as if the claim never existed.
When I level an allegation I do so based upon evidence. I reported Foxe for 3RR violation based upon his continued disregard of WP:3RR. As you know, an editor does not have continuously violate, or make four violations, to result in a block. His behavior is continuous and revolves around the same edit war. His continued disregard of WP policy is aided by individuals such as yourself who do not review his activity, erroneously state he only had a single warning when he had received two, do not acknowledge his disinterest in concensus as demonstrated by his refusal to particiapte in mediation,[1] and his behavior shows no improvement. If you are going to point out errors, please make them in the original complaint, but going back and finding errors to cover your misrepresentation of fact is not acceptable. Cheers. --Storm Rider (talk) 19:43, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
Duke53 | Talk 14:58, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
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Need some help over here. The history Revisionist have taken over. Tinosa —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tinosa ( talk • contribs) 15:50, August 22, 2007 (UTC).
I have responded on my talk page. alanyst / talk/ 18:03, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
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Here's a direct link for your convenience. alanyst / talk/ 16:14, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
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(Note: this matter has been moved from the administrators' incident noticeboard at an admin's request. Apologies for any inconvenience.) alanyst / talk/ 22:30, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
Please stop responding to comments within other user's sections. As alanyst has pointed out, you have a section where you may respond. I've moved your most recent comment to the appropriate section. - auburnpilot talk 15:51, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
Hi again, Duke53. It's no secret that I keep an eye on your contributions, and regrettably in the past I have focused almost exclusively on problems I perceived without offering positive feedback. This time I would like to compliment you on your recent collegial tone and constructive approach. I've left a note at your RfC to that effect.
I happen to agree with you about the The Wild Center/Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks article, that it should carry the official name of the museum (and I think the article name should just be Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks, without the awkward dual-name style it currently has). I think The Wild Center is a good redirect so people who know it by that name can still find it, and by arriving at the properly named article would hopefully be educated about its real name. I think it might be good in the article to mention the colloquial name of the museum (e.g., "The Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks, nicknamed and marketed as 'The Wild Center', is..."). I thought about offering these opinions on the talk page of the article, but thought that might come across as provocative given our history. Hence this note. Hope all is well in your neck of the woods, and do enjoy your upcoming Thanksgiving. alanyst / talk/ 19:52, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
The saying is (paraphrasing approximately), give a man the little finger and before you know it, he will have your arm.
Samsara ( talk • contribs) 09:00, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
I reverted your removal of "(The Wild Center)" from Adirondack Museum, and explained why at Talk:Adirondack Museum. Sorry, I probably should have done it the other way 'round, but 'tis done. If you want to discuss it further, the article's Talk page probably makes the best place to do it. Cheers! -- Mwanner | Talk 00:57, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
I think that the Museum has the right to choose its own name. I see on their web site, incidently it is wildcenter.org not naturalhistorymuseumof the adirondacks.org, on their brochures, and on their advertising, in fact in every case it is called The Wild Center, and I believe it is confusing to a person searching for that name to find another name. I think that in the interest of the searcher or researcher this game of one name versus another is not serving. I owuld go with the name in use on all of this Museum's material, which is The Wild Center. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 888fortune ( talk • contribs) 03:34, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
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I'm running out of time to type this; sorry if this is too brief. In reply to your raising the issue of the photo: as I remember the discussion, the question about OR became moot when it was pointed out that images on Wikipedia serve to illustrate points made elsewhere in the article, and should not be used alone to convey content. Because of this, as I understand it, images are not subject to the same rules of verifiability as article text is. The OR question concerning that photo became a non-issue at that point. And, as I mentioned at User talk:888fortune, I see a difference between using private correspondence as sources for an article (OR = bad) and as evidence for a talk page discussion to help editors interpret which of an article's sources might be more valid or reliable. I'm really not trying to bend the WP rules here. alanyst / talk/ 14:21, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Back in December 2006 when the photo's verifiability was being questioned, I asked a question at the Village Pump (see this) and got this response from an experienced Wikipedian. The answer made sense to me so I didn't ask for citations to the relevant policy statements, and I stopped being concerned about your uploaded photo's provenance with respect to reliability. I'm looking around now for current policy statements. Here's one: Wikipedia:No original research#Original images. I've looked around some more, and haven't run across anything else that seems particularly relevant. I'll let you know if I do spot something else. In any case, it appears that the OR policy does explicitly state that images are generally exempted from that policy, with a few caveats. I hope this is helpful to you. alanyst / talk/ 04:48, 6 January 2008 (UTC)
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Please refrain from undoing other people's edits repeatedly, as you are doing at UNC-Duke Rivalry. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. Rather than reverting, discuss disputed changes on the talk page. The revision you want is not going to be implemented by edit warring. Thank you. Ebtunc2006 ( talk) 03:54, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Stop pushing you agenda by vandalizing this article. -- 70.109.223.188 ( talk) 19:19, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
I have called attention to your recent behavior (edit warring and incivility) at the administrators' noticeboard. Here's a link for your convenience: Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents#User:Duke53 edit warring and being uncivil. alanyst / talk/ 06:19, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
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Welcome to Wikipedia, and thank you for your contributions. One of the core policies of Wikipedia is that articles should always be written from a neutral point of view. A contribution you made to UNC-Duke rivalry appears to carry a non-neutral point of view, and your edit may have been changed or reverted to correct the problem. Please remember to observe our core policies. Thank you. Ebtunc2006 ( talk) 18:01, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
I meant to submit the warning based on WP:OWN, rather than WP:NPOV. I apologize for the mistake. Let's work this out with an intervention from an administrator. Does that sound fair? Ebtunc2006 ( talk) 03:16, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
Welcome to
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UNC-Duke rivalry. If you create or edit an article, know that others are free to change its content. Take a look at the
welcome page to learn more about contributing to this encyclopedia. Adding your own subtle jabs at the Helms Championship is apparent. I am deleting superfluous, redundant phrasing. I suggest we take a break from editing and allow another WP:AIV settle your biased, contentious tone towards your editing as well as your fellow Wikipedians. Thank you and best wishes.
Ebtunc2006 (
talk) 03:06, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war according to the reverts you have made on UNC-Duke rivalry. Note that the three-revert rule prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24 hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing. Please do not repeatedly revert edits, but use the talk page to work towards wording and content that gains a consensus among editors. If necessary, pursue dispute resolution. Ebtunc2006 ( talk) 16:27, 23 February 2008 (UTC)
I have suggested we have an administrator or neutral 3rd party examine our dispute on the UNC-Duke rivalry page. You seem to be extremely familiar with the dispute and administrator intervention process, so maybe you can help me with contacting someone to resolve this dispute. I intend to adhere to the pillars of wikipedia and do not wish to edit war. I trust you feel the same. Thank you very much and best wishes as always Ebtunc2006 ( talk) 03:22, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
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Dude, you need to chill out. I was just trying to get on Ebtunc2006's good side so he'd stop vandalizing pages. But you should stop adding POV content to pages as well. Do you disagree that both UNC and Duke have had great basketball programs? I don't see how anybody could think otherwise. Just relax and have fun. It's just wikipedia. There's no point to constantly warning people. I'm sorry if I offended you, I am just trying to make sure these pages don't continue to have constant reversion wars and remain stable and NPOV. Take it easy, - Bluedog423 Talk 00:44, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
The Surreal Barnstar | ||
For adding "flavor" to the community and taking on the incompetent--no matter the personal cost. Eustress ( talk) 03:07, 23 March 2008 (UTC) |
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I think you missed a character when you copied-and-pasted; http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,265374,00.html is functioning just fine, and it's the search result I got from Google. If you prefer, here's Google's cached version. — C.Fred ( talk) 04:55, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
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UK does it better! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.51.165.224 ( talk) 12:19, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
NPOV inputs to the articles 1831 polygamy revelation and 1843 polygamy revelation would be greatly appreciated. The 1831 polygamy revelation article in particular is receiving a lot of attention since its appearance on the DYK section of the main page, and many recent editors appear to be fixated on endowing it with a particular POV and deleting relevant cited information from reliable sources. If you are knowledgeable about this subject, please feel free to edit these articles yourself, or invite other editors to do so. Écrasez l'infâme ( talk) 23:07, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
Please see the new section at Talk:Joseph_Smith, Jr.. Écrasez l'infâme ( talk) 19:01, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
Were you trying out a new signature recently, because this seemed to hork up a followon afd (only stopped by an improperly closed tag there, which made fixing it super confusing)? I'm not here to bust your chops, but if that is a new change I think it needs another closing </font> tag. Protonk ( talk) 06:02, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
Your NPOV inputs to the article the Book of Mormon would be greatly appreciated. I added highly relevant verifiable facts from reliable sources summarizing the origin of the Book of Mormon in the section Origin of the Book of Mormon, namely Smith's method of translation and the role of the Harris's, yet two editors are deleting this information without justification. It appears that this is being done in violation of WP:PRESERVE, and possibly in violation of WP:OWN based upon the discussion at the talk page, in which one editor appears to demand that all edits be cleared by him first. Please take a look if you have a chance—it looks like a group effort to keep some facts off of the page. Écrasez l'infâme ( talk) 19:50, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
Hey again, Duke53. I've seen your frustration about the vandal who keeps inserting partisan shots into various Duke basketball related pages. I don't blame you for being annoyed. I've left a message on the talk page of the admin who blocked that user, and hopefully we'll see a longer block result. Just wanted you to know that folks are working on a solution to the problem you're irritated about. Cheers, alanyst / talk/ 04:39, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the barnstar and encouragement, Duke. Hi540 ( talk) 19:34, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
I received the following request from another user, that I will be unable to help with as I'll be in Florida when these events occur. I thought of you owing to some of the photos you have added to the Lake Placid article, in one of which you indicated that you're from Tupper Lake. If you're interested, please respond to Chris; if not, do you know any other Wikipedians in the area? -- Mwanner | Talk 00:25, 1 October 2008 (UTC)
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Hey there...
I am going through a number of images that have some minor licensing issues. I came across Image:TupperLake,NY.jpg which you uploaded. The licensing on this image is not complete as it was uploaded many years ago. I wonder if you could follow the link to the image page and correct the licensing with a GFDL license (or other free license). If you have any questions or issues, please drop me a note on my talk page. Thanks. -- Jordan 1972 ( talk) 00:13, 16 October 2008 (UTC)
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"History books about the Latter Day Saint movement" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:History_books_about_the_Latter_Day_Saint_movement
Note: U. User:Tinosa/SandBox
If you have a few minutes, spend a few seconds here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tinosa/Sandbox
If you have more than a passing an interest in the MMM, you may want to contribute to the following: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Tinosa/Rescue_of_the_Mountain_Meadows_Infants_and_Early_Investigations —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tinosa ( talk • contribs) 01:06, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
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I was curious as to why you have undone my editing of a wikipedia page. SpeedyLA ( talk) 09:15, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
You suggested discussing this on your talk page. Leading me hear only to brush off my question seems odd. I was asking you what it was specifically about adding a brief explanation of proposition 8's ruling you found to be worthy of removal. Furthermore, I would like to see it you would be open to a more unbiased choice of picture. SpeedyLA ( talk) 09:41, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
I hope it is just a coincidence, but you are right that Speedy's edit history is a bit suspect, so I've requested a Sockpuppet investigation. Your input is welcome. -- Eustress ( talk) 21:20, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
Exerting near complete control over the content of a certain wiki topics in which you have a biased, vested interest.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:NVC
You refuse to accept the consensus of many users contributing to articles for which would create a balanced view of a topic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus
Your tactics include reverting and undoing most changes that is made, often without explanation why. When a reasonable explanation is given by an editor, your response has typically been "reverting BLATANT VANDALISM". Impressive argument.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:EDITWAR
Accusing editors of vandalism or censorship.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAITH
You have a history of trying to keep people from editing "your" pages by posting warnings and threats on their talk pages.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:HARASS
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:HUSH
The above behavior is unfortunate and should be noted for future reference. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.8.64.63 ( talk) 23:01, 8 February 2009 (UTC)
An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, File:Unencyclopedic2.jpg, has been listed at Wikipedia:Files for deletion. Please see the discussion to see why this is (you may have to search for the title of the image to find its entry), if you are interested in it not being deleted. Thank you. Skier Dude ( talk) 05:29, 17 February 2009 (UTC)
Hi, I noticed your recent edit to the "Dook" page, and I was a little bothered by your description for your edit. As the parent of a developmentally disabled child, I never like seeing the term "retard" thrown around, and I'm sure you recognize the difference between the behavior you were responding to and true mental retardation. I hope you can avoid using terms like that in the future. Idiotic should work fine ;-) Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.167.237.254 ( talk) 19:31, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
Duke53, maybe there's a way out of the dispute between you and Hoopsphanatic. If you put {{ NOINDEX}} on your user page, it will eventually be dropped from the major search engines' indexes. If you're willing to do that, Hoopsphanatic has indicated at his talk page that he'd consider it an acceptable outcome, since his old username would no longer appear linked to those comments in a Google search. Though I think retaining the material on your user page is contra to the spirit of WP:CIVIL, I won't press for it to be removed if it is at least NOINDEXed. Then the RfC can be closed as resolved and we can all go our merry way. What say? alanyst / talk/ 16:47, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
Thanks Duke53, I appreciate it. I have closed and archived the RfC. alanyst / talk/ 22:34, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
WP:BLP#Remove unsourced or poorly sourced contentious material:
Nice try, though. — Malik Shabazz ( talk · contribs) 06:07, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
That is only supposed to trip when people try to remove the images, which you know as well as I do is a very common form of vandalism on that article. What precisely were you trying to do when you tripped it?— Kww( talk) 13:17, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
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I've just nominated Beth Smith for deletion. Since you worked on it I am letting you know. Steve Dufour ( talk) 14:59, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
Hi there! I apologize in advance if this is the incorrect way to communicate with you, but I've never used "talk" before. I'm a rising sophomore at Duke University and am writing an article for the paper on Duke's Wikipedia page, and I had noticed you had edited that article. I was just wondering why you edited the page, if you have any affiliation with the University, and any and all comments you may have regarding the page. Feel free to reach me here, via email: haa3@duke.edu , or via AIM: haahaamagician . Thank you very much! Haahaamagician ( talk) 18:29, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
When someone says "quit being an ass" and removes your message from their talk page, do you really think it's useful to respond with yet another templated warning? Why not just disengage? If there's an actual problem with Storm Rider's edits, someone else can deal with it. Friday (talk) 19:42, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
Please refrain from repeatedly undoing other people's edits, as you are doing in dook. If you continue, you may be blocked from editing Wikipedia. The three-revert rule (3RR) prohibits making more than three reversions in a content dispute within a 24-hour period. Additionally, users who perform a large number of reversions in content disputes may be blocked for edit warring, even if they do not technically violate the three-revert rule. Rather than reverting, please discuss disputed changes on the talk page. The revision you want is not going to be implemented by edit warring. Thank you.
Stop harassing me by copying and pasting various warnings into my talk page. You are not an Administrator. You have not and you will not succeed in intimidating me. BTW, you are the one who has been attacking other editors, by claiming their edits are "moronic", "childish", etc. So stop being hypocritical. HAND. 63.88.64.5 ( talk) 14:34, 4 August 2009 (UTC)63.88.64.5
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When you undid my recent revision to the Joseph Smith, Jr page you left a message for me that started with: "You currently appear to be engaged in an edit war. . . ." Like the previous three people who undid my revision you failed to provide any commentary on the change I was making. You failed t include notes in your edit summary justifying why you undid my revision. Sorry, sending me a message that you are undoing a revision doesn't help me know if you actually read the before and after that I did or not.
For the record, people love or hate Joseph Smith for his religious history. The start of Joseph's religious history was completely missing from the page - the first vision. I added a very short blurb about Joseph's first vision. I took out a huge section on joseph's treasure hunting because it was in the spot the first vision should have gone. People don't love or hate joseph smith because he did some treasure hunting in his youth. The treasure hunting part was trivial to his history.
I am unsure if you actually read the revisions, however, if you have a passionate interest in joseph's treasure hunting experiences I suggest you make a new page for it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wmgcf ( talk • contribs) 15:31, 29 October 2009 (UTC)
...not to feed the troll. I blocked the IP address who was obviously goading you on your userpage, but please don't leave messages like this in the future. It's just giving him the attention that he's looking for — and it makes it more difficult for admins to identify the bad guy if you're using edit summaries like this one. Thanks, TenOfAllTrades( talk) 05:12, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
Incidentally, I've also semiprotected your userpage. There's no reason for IPs to be able to edit userpage in the first place. If you have any other pages which are subject to vandalism or harrassing edits then let me know, or you can post a request at WP:RFPP. TenOfAllTrades( talk) 05:14, 27 November 2009 (UTC)
(UTC)
(above revelation added by User talk:76.177.132.65)
I highly recommend that you do not try and play that game with me. My edit was not an "attack" on you, but rather it was a critical statement based on the means of your editing behaviour. It is nonetheless fair enough to say that you seek only to annoy, hold back and supress Latter Day Saint editors, and I gain that impression from a) your edits, you make no contribution to the articles whatsoever but simply seek to revert what you would consider "Pro-LDS" edits (remember "everyone is allowed their point of view except us") and try and talk them down and combined with this b) You are openly mocking mormon theology on your own userpage, that I find offensive and would class that as an attack myself. Yet despite this irrational behaviour you find it alright to try and lay the law down and try and "warn" me for simply speaking against you? I'd like you to leave me alone and my faith please. Routerone ( talk) 16:15, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
As you know, agenda-pushing editors managed to get the page on Crystal Gail Mangum deleted and salted; however, in light of her recent arrest for arson and attempted murder, I think it's time for them to be overruled. I found one version of her name which has not been salted: Crystal G Mangum. So if you want to handle this job, I think that would be great. I don't have the free time to write an article. Also, since those editors probably read this page, you'll have to work fast, as they censor rabidly. Ikilled007 ( talk) 08:34, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
Issuing warnings to admins is not necessarily the wisest course of action, but we'll see. :) ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 04:43, 24 February 2010 (UTC)
Just a few things I thought I'd mention:
Also, when you said "I think that I'm totally not surprised that you are disagreeing with me and supporting that editor" I assume you were referring to me? If so, then my response to your following question, "Leaving content aside, do you think that the 3RR rule can be excused from some editors, but not all?" is twofold.
...but what do you think? ~ B F izz 23:54, 6 March 2010 (UTC)
Lay aside your prejudices please and stop harassing my edits on Joseph Smith jr. You have previously reverted my legitimate edits as "vandalism" and now I add some content into the article sourced from direct first hand accounts and a skeptical book "(Mormonism unvailed)" and you tediously revert me accusing me of "Point of View pushing". Sorry, but there was absolutely nothing point of view pushing about my edits. I simply added in how Smith found his seer stone in a well he dug (which is true) and how Martin Harris gave several accounts of Smith locating objects with a seer stone and how he switched the seer stones over to test Smith, and that is point of view pushing how? I am truly sick of your biased, pathetic, method of not contributing to the article but shamelessly reverting anything that doesn't fit your anti-mormon agenda. You are not the arbitrator of what goes into that page or not, so lay it off now
Ps: As you started the inapropriate reversions on me, you will be the one who will get punished for 3RR if it continues, not me. Routerone ( talk) 13:25, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
Regarding my 3rr report. As Routerone has apparently self reverted and bowed out from further reversions, I decided to retract my 3rr report as a sign of good faith. Please go ahead and edit the article, avoid engaging in revert wars, and be well. I suggest you let your problems with R1 pass away. However, if you must report him for 3rr, please do not reinstate my report - instead, file your own, which I will oppose unless R1 starts reverting again. Thanks. Hipocrite ( talk) 19:42, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
Please be aware of my recent post at WP:WQA#User:Duke53 inflammatory comments. If you're really here to help improve Wikipedia, please act like it. ...comments? ~ B F izz 04:46, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
Generally when someone tells me "what I said" or "what I believe" (and I know what I've said and what I believe much better than them) I call them misinformed, not a liar. Your crusade of "not tolerating lying" isn't providing any benefit to the project that I can see. So what if you've "exposed" Routerone? Now we've been "warned"? We will know we shouldn't assume good faith of him? It all seems counterproductive to me. Why are you doing it? ...comments? ~ B F izz 16:17, 30 March 2010 (UTC)
I've made a complaint on WP:ANI regarding your behavior. ...comments? ~ B F izz 03:30, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
(on ANI and User talk:Duke53) Duke53 - Please consider this as a final warning on disruptive incivility towards other contributors to Wikipedia. WP:CIVIL and WP:NPA are core Wikipedia policy. We expect contributors here to treat each other in a collegial and adult manner. You are clearly not acting in a constructive, collegial, or friendly manner at the moment, and it's disrupting multiple locations on Wikipedia including ANI here and now. You are welcome to contribute to the discussion here on your and others' related behavior - in a collegial, adult, and civil manner. Please don't push the issue further. Georgewilliamherbert ( talk) 07:22, 31 March 2010 (UTC)
I will take lessons on civility from you when hell freezes over. — Malik Shabazz Talk/ Stalk 17:19, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
1. I have left a warning for Malik to avoid personal attacks and engage on pages such as Talk:Responses to the 2006 Duke University lacrosse case in a more polite manner.
However...
2. Your actions here were confrontational and designed to increase drama, and provoke conflict, rather than to calm down the situation and lower incivility levels. You have been warned about this. You've been blocked repeatedly. And yet this type of behavior is persisting.
Your preferred method of engagement in dispute resolution on Wikipedia appears to have devolved into poking people with sticks. That's not acceptable. Either that needs to change, or you are going to be walked out the door here by a long term or permanent block.
I have imposed a 1-week block for personal attacks and baiting other editors. Please reconsider your behavior going forwards. If you can focus on content and avoid attempting to engage on user behavior policy issues, where you have proven to make things worse over and over again, then you may well be able to have constructive ongoing participation here. Georgewilliamherbert ( talk) 18:42, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
{{
unblock|Your reason here}}
below, but you should read our
guide to appealing blocks first. Duke53 ( block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser ( log))
Request reason:
An editor came to my talk page and left a nasty message; I responded to it (on my talk page); an admin who was already involved in other incidents I was part of blocks me, without even giving the instigator an official warning. I guess that his stern talk to the instigator will undo years of similar behavior by that instigator. Cheers.
Decline reason:
Unblock requests should be limited to discussions of your actions, not the blaming of other editors or the blocking admin. TN X Man 19:44, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
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Request reason:
Being blocked doesn't bother me a single bit ... the methodology used to do it does. Banning me for personal attacks and 'baiting' because I responded to personal attacks and 'baiting' is a kid's trick. I can give as good as I can take, but WP makes a mockery of itself every time they do this type thing; no wonder Wikipedia is such a mockery in academia: < personal attack removed>.
Decline reason:
Unblock declined. PeterSymonds ( talk) 21:48, 2 April 2010 (UTC)
If you want to make any further unblock requests, please read the guide to appealing blocks first, then use the {{ unblock}} template again. If you make too many unconvincing or disruptive unblock requests, you may be prevented from editing this page until your block has expired. Do not remove this unblock review while you are blocked.
As time permits I will outline the events concerning my recent block. There seems to be a double standard in place here at WP. But what do you think ? Cheers. Duke53 | Talk 00:10, 10 April 2010 (UTC)
How you warn me for repeatedly reverting someone, but you say nothing to the person who was trying to add in statements based on a youtube video, which is classed as an unreliable source here on wikipedia. Hypocricy and downright prejudice of the highest order. Wikipedia is not a resource for you, to troll mormons. Haven't you learnt anything from your last ban? Routerone ( talk) 17:02, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
An editor ( User: Routerone) deleted a 3RR report I instigated against him, and now I cannot restore it. Can someone please reign this guy in ? Duke53 | Talk 17:38, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
Here are the diffs of his edits from that report:
Duke53 | Talk 17:42, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
Take a look at [29]. DuncanHill ( talk) 23:02, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
23:23, 22 April 2010 (UTC)
Whack! You've been whacked with a wet trout. Don't take this too seriously. Someone just wants to let you know that you did something silly. |
Please weigh in, if you are inclined to and have a chance, on the latest move to the article.-- Wehwalt ( talk) 19:23, 23 April 2010 (UTC)
{{help}} [30] Any editor is allowed to insult me in any way; if I respond I get blocked. Please help. Duke53 | Talk 10:54, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
I'm sorry I called you stupid in my edit summary. I had already provided a source, and there was no need to add a {{ fact}} tag again. — Malik Shabazz Talk/ Stalk 17:10, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
Hello. I'm not sure what happened here - it looks like you saved an old version of the page, so I've undone it. If there's something worthwhile and new you wanted to add to an old discussion, the solution is to start a new thread. -- zzuuzz (talk) 18:03, 16 May 2010 (UTC)
Hey Duke,
The only reason I re-posted is because I realized I hadn't signed with 4 tildes and assumed Tedder removed the post based on it not being signed. He removed it a second time, and I have not re-posted since. Interesting, though, that he seems embarrassed by the post enough to have removed it.
But I will visit him again in a year to let him know he still bears the greatest responsibility for my removing myself from WP. Having you discredit me is par for the course, but when admins are doing it it is clear WP has jumped the shark.
I doubt even you could find a site more biased than the Joseph Smith article as Tedder was not able to.
Canadiandy1 ( talk) 14:48, 31 May 2010 (UTC)Canadiandy
No Duke53, I don't mean another website biased against Joseph Smith, there are plenty of redneck Mormon-hater sites out there, I mean on Wikipedia.
Ask Tedder again for me, is there a single article on Wikipedia that shows a worse bias than the Joseph Smith one?
I'm still looking. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Canadiandy1 ( talk • contribs) 01:47, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for your supporting words at Book of Mormon. It's a pain when a new guy on a mission shows up, doesn't understand the Wikipedia process, and quickly becomes uncivil. The ultimate edits he made were acceptable, but his process in getting there was, well, the reason why many people avoid religious articles like the plague. Thanks for putting in your two cents. -- Taivo ( talk) 14:29, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
Seeing this
[33]. They quite obviously have ignored my request to provide me with the source, and that's their own humiliation, not mine. But that does not mean the statement I was wishing to cite is false, as FAIR is actually usually well cited
[1] from both academic works both critical/pro LDS. Happy now?
Routerone (
talk) 07:26, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
Apparently some editors believe they have more privileges here than others. What gives you the right to post here while maintaining that I am not 'allowed' to post on your talk page ? Hypocrisy lives on. Cheers. Duke53 | Talk 13:16, 1 July 2010 (UTC)
*Roger Van Noord, King of Beaver Island: The Life and Assassination of James Jesse Strang (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1988), 33-35,97, 102, 163, 219;
*Doyle C. Fitzpatrick, The King Strang Story: AVindication of James J. Strang, the Beaver Island Mormon [sic] King(Lansing, MI: National Heritage, 1970), 34-38;
*Milo M. Quaife, TheKingdom of Saint James: A Narrative of the Mormons [sic] (New Haven:Yale University Press, 1930), 2-8, 16-19, 92-93, 185-189.
I think your warnings on User talk:72.177.120.163 are a little heavy-handed. Clearly, the user's edits are POV-pushing and perhaps WP:BLP-violating, so I'm not suggesting that no discussion and/or warnings should have taken place. But couldn't we start with pointers to WP:V and WP:CITE instead of rushing into "you're about to be blocked"? The bottom line, in my mind, is that the editor was only told what not to do, not how to do it correctly. I think we as a community can do a little better. Frank | talk 15:56, 7 September 2010 (UTC)
And what do I get for WP:AGF? Special:Contributions/71.42.141.221. Frank | talk 13:13, 11 September 2010 (UTC)
It looks like you've have repeated issues with the Duke Lacrosse article. Please refrain from removing relevant sourced information because of your own wish to whitewash historical fact. 71.178.240.197 ( talk) 23:19, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
Hey Duke. I saw your additions to the Sister Wives (TV series) article, all of which are good ones. Just wanted to point out that when you use a reference, make sure you put it between <ref></ref> tags, not just between brackets, because just using brackets will only make it a hyperlink within the article, and won't put it in the "References" section. You can see the change I made here for an example of what I'm talking about. Also, it would be best if you could use templates like {{ Cite news}} or {{ Cite web}}, but it's not required. Thanks again for your edits. I plan on continuing to follow Sister Wives, so if I can ever be of any help, let me know! — Hun ter Ka hn 22:15, 28 September 2010 (UTC)
Duke, I know its easy to think that someone who doesn't agree with your additions must be your POV enemy. Well, I hate to tell you this but my involvement in this comes from having marriage/wedding related entries on my watchlist and not for any other reason. That's why I noticed the additions to Polygamy, which brought me to the reality show page. I do, coincidentally also have an interest in religion, but I do not normally edit in the Mormonism area, nor do I know particularly much about that topic. Anyway I can see that we're not going to agree about this topic area, but please understand that this disagreement does not come from some personal POV I have related to the subject matter. Cheers. Griswaldo ( talk) 16:09, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
I reverted the last changes you made to Joseph Smith without first initiating a disscussion with you because you showed others the same courtesy. Please talk this out with me, and lets see how we can make this article better. I agree with the edit that had been made earlier, which replaced plural marriage with marriage as a requisite for exaltation according to Smith. Smith practiced polygamy, but it was rather controlled within the church, only the minority of men practicing it. Smith taught several times that those practicing polygamy under the consent of his revelation were blameless and would be saved, but it is a gross misrepresentation to say that he taught it a requirement for such. That would make the majority of his following damned, as they did not participate. The majority of his followers were sealed under his supposed sealing power, and were acting for their own salvation. See section 132 of the doctrine and covenants or the section of marriage in the fabulous work joseph smith: rough rolling stone. Please discuss this with me and lets decide on a way to make the article better. If the one version is not preferable to you, that is fine. However, your version cannot stand. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Creightonian ( talk • contribs) 17:55, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
Being that you are a chief editor of the Joseph Smith page and have mormon garments on your personal page, with no other intent other than gross disrespect, it seems a no brainer that wiki would be better served by your leaving. You run around accusing others of sock-puppetry (bias) and the hypocrisy never even occurs to you because you're too damn stupid. It scares me that people as intelligent as you have editing privileges. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Creightonian ( talk • contribs) 18:48, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
Don'cha just love a user like — Creightonian ( talk • contribs) has made few or no other edits outside this topic. ?
← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 19:19, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
Hello, Duke53. This message is being sent to inform you that there currently is a discussion at Wikipedia:Wikiquette alerts regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.-- ARTEST4ECHO ( talk/ contribs) 14:52, 20 December 2010 (UTC)
Hey there - I ran across this on the Internet the other day - did you know that FAIR is tracking your wikipedia edits? I was pretty pissed off on your behalf when I saw this. [ [35]] -- Descartes1979 ( talk) 22:22, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
User:Duke53, a page you substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; please participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Duke53 and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes (~~~~). You are free to edit the content of User:Duke53 during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. ...comments? ~ B F izz 19:46, 3 February 2011 (UTC)
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In an effort to dissuade the riff-raff for a little while, I have requested semi-protection of the page. ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 21:21, 28 February 2011 (UTC)
She's pretty famous in Durham. In fact, there's a street named after her. :) ← Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 14:49, 9 March 2011 (UTC)
You are involved in a recently-filed request for arbitration. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests#Duke53 and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. Additionally, the following resources may be of use—
Thanks, alanyst / talk/ 07:51, 16 March 2011 (UTC)
Hey, Duke53.
In the arbitration case against you you have acused me as follows;
"Canadiandy (if he doesn't post under one of his alter egos, which are numerous)"
I did have a challenge with login once so that I had to repost as Canadiandy1 (I still sign as Canadiandy), but I do not see that this was ever deceptive. As well, I have never used an "alter ego." It would be appropriate for you to prove your position or kindly post a retraction. I would respectfully appreciate an apology as well.
Canadiandy1 ( talk) 02:10, 17 March 2011 (UTC)Canadiandy
I don't doubt that I may have made edits without logging in early on. When I was a new contributor I was not familiar with the whole logging in, editing, posting name, 4 tilde thing). In fact, one of the complaints I had was when I was double signing in (i.e. being logged in and doing the 4 tilde thing). In reality I have rarely edited the article at all, leaving that usually up to the senior contributors who seem to know this whole thing better than I do. But what you are suggesting is that I created numerous alter egos. Your words. Your evidence, please? Before I apologize for something I did, I'd like to know more about the details.
By the way, you keep using the term, 'Cheers,' to end your communications. I'm not sure what you are meaning by this. Do you mean a polite "hope you find cheer" kind of a thing? Or is it more that you are drawing the image of cheering from a crowd? Or perhaps a more Australian type of a "See you later, friend" kind of thing? Because you seem to use it at the end of comments both kindly and unkindly. And so it seems a bit confusing given the different contexts you use it in. I only bring it up because I'm not sure if it is truly sincere. A little clarification, please?
Canadiandy1 ( talk) 06:45, 17 March 2011 (UTC)Canadiandy
I'm waiting, Duke.
173.180.123.61 ( talk) 14:36, 18 March 2011 (UTC)Canadiandy
Duke53, I have reviewed the matters brought to arbitration, and in line with the comment by User:Jclemens, I am applying a simple administrative block to your account for multiple policy violations. These include WP:NPOV, and WP:NOR in the form of WP:SYNTH, compounded by violations of WP:BATTLE and WP:NPA. You have been blocked multiple times before, and have been editing for over five years. You should by now understand what is acceptable and what isn't. The thing that most obviously stands out is your persistent campaign to denounce Mormons on Wikipedia, such as this edit and follow on comments here. This participation is contrary to site policies. Should you wish to edit again, please post an unblock request stating what sort of productive editing you would like to do. Any administrator reviewing the matter should consult with me before processing the request. It may be advisable to place an editing restriction to keep you from getting involved in areas where you seem to have repeatedly run into difficulties. Jehochman Talk 13:03, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
I post this completely unsolicited by Duke53. Though Duke53 has already been blocked the following needs to be stated for the record. Duke53 is merely being attacked by a group of Wikipedia Mormon apologist, who have targeted him and others linked here [36]. The only statement in this link [37] to provide any examples is BFizz. Without examples, those above are merely saying soap boxing about Duke53. Not being their friend is not a reason to block him. Furthermore, the examples provided by BFizz are rather weak. They are merely examples of it takes two to tango. Further still yet, Analyst has engaged in the same behavior in the examples provided by BFizz. Take for example ridicule of a user name linked here [38] As for a mistreating a new user, Alanyst and Stormrider team up against User:Thewayandthelight [39] and successfully ran this insightful editor off. Alanyst and Stormrider have a record of using wikipedia manipulation techniques to supress and censor facts from wikipedia, instead of incorporating them. Editors such as Duke53 have repeated frustrated them in this. Now they are merely manipulating wikipedia to censor the editor himself. All statements against Duke53 were from Mormon apologist wikipedians. Without a state from a even a centrist editor such as John Foxe, the block of Duke53 comes off as manipulation. Mormography ( talk) 06:39, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
The link I provided above that proves that FAIR has targeted Duke53 and other wikipedia editors critical of Mormonism is now a dead link that redirects (presumably because I have successfully outed them here). The link can be found in search engine cache for those interested. Mormography ( talk) 11:17, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
Hello Duke53. This is just a friendly notification to inform you that I have just closed an arbitration request to which you were a party, as the filing party has withdrawn it. Cheers. Salvio Let's talk about it! 13:55, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
I withdrew the request for arbitration because several arbitrators said the request was premature: there needed to be a more recent Request for Comment to see if the community could resolve the problem. Accordingly, I intend to open an RfC/U regarding your behavior. But since you are currently blocked and have indicated you have pressing real-world concerns that are keeping you away from Wikipedia, it would not be in the interest of fairness to open the proceeding while you are unable to respond. If/when you return to Wikipedia, I will ask Jehochman to unblock you for the purpose of your participation in a new RfC, or I will support any such request you make yourself. After the block is lifted I will open the RfC. If you are not willing to participate in a new RfC, then I will not support a reversal of your block since it would not help to resolve the dispute. alanyst / talk/ 06:21, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
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