Fun while it lasted. Sort of? I give up. They can go ahead and re-write all articles I've written in Russian nationalistic POV now. Well, that's what they have been doing anyways. Over the course of my editorship in Wikipedia I have seen so many attempts by nationalists to remove content related to the Circassian genocide and censor it while other attempts to belittle and remove content about Circassian culture were made. I was one of the few people trying to stand against that, yet for doing exactly that, I am ironically blamed by a mysterious IP for being a POV-pusher. They state I am "dedicated to the Circassian cause" - whatever that means. I am, or rather I was, dedicated to help develop Wikipedia in the field.
They cite the fact that I create stubs for genocidal commanders as proof that I am a POV pusher. I don't understand the logic behind that accusation, as I'm simply adding content using reliable sources, as I want them to be known, but I'm sorry I don't want to spend my time writing details about some general. That falls under Russian history and it's not in my interest or qualification to do so. I only know about Circassian history, because I read books about it, not about Russian history.
People in
historical revisionist mindset are usually the same people who defend those such as
Grigory Zass and try to make them look like saints by censoring their crimes. No difference from
Neo-Nazis. Literally.
Anyways, of course, my "guilt" is not proven, as I am not guilty, but I am honestly sick with dealing with all this. And so I say, now they can freely do their stuff. I don't care anymore. Never have I ever aimed to make POV edits in Wikipedia, things I wrote were based on sources. I am fully comfortable with this and God knows I am right. I know I am right, and that's enough, to be honest. The ones who have accused me, however, I'm afraid, have different intentions, and it's sad to see that people don't seem to realise.
Honestly, Wikipedia would have been such an awesome site if it wasn't for editors who push nationalistic POVs,
genocide
deniers, and those who defend them.
I do hope even after I leave, neutrality is maintained, and the pages do not fall in the hands of nationalists trying to erase the crimes committed.
Adigabrek
Talk
17:17, 8 November 2021 (UTC)
I am Petros Apostolopoulos, a Ph.D. candidate in Public History at North Carolina State University. My Ph.D. project examines how historical knowledge is produced on Wikipedia. If you are interested in participating in my research study by offering your own experience of writing about history on Wikipedia, you can click on this link https://ncsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9z4wmR1cIp0qBH8. There are minimal risks involved in this research.
If you have any questions, please let me know. Petros Apostolopoulos, paposto@ncsu.edu Apolo1991 ( talk) 10:06, 14 December 2021 (UTC)
An article you recently created,
Circassians in Libya, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from
reliable,
independent sources. (
?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (
verifiability is of
central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to
draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:
" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's
general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page.
Onel5969
TT me
21:02, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello Adigabrek! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as
Circassians in Libya, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted material from other websites or printed works. This article appears to contain work copied from
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Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing! DanCherek ( talk) 21:27, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
You added a couple of short citations to that article (Белевич 1910), but didn't provide the full citations. Could you add them please?
PS, you can also install User:Svick/HarvErrors.js as explained here to be made aware of these issues in the future. Headbomb { t · c · p · b} 02:20, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
{{
unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}
.
Bbb23 (
talk)
17:02, 28 April 2022 (UTC)The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/House of Limaf until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.
Merko ( talk) 18:19, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are opening in a few hours (00:01 UTC on 1 September). A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 17:50, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
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Just a quick correction to the prior message about the 2022 MILHIST coordinator election! I ( Hog Farm) didn't proofread the message well enough and left out a link to the election page itself in this message. The voting will occur here; sorry about the need for a second message and the inadvertent omission from the prior one. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 17:40, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
Voting for the upcoming project coordinator election closes soon, at 23:59 on 28 September. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. Voting is conducted using simple approval voting and questions for the candidates are welcome. The voting itself is occurring here If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 20:12, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
Hello Adigabrek, I hope you've been well. I wanted to notify you that six months have passed since your block, so now you can appeal it per WP:STANDARDOFFER. This is a Wikipedia practice that gives blocked users the chance of coming back to edit. You basically must have waited six months since your block and not have attempted to edit the English Wikipedia ever since with another accounts (though if you did positive contributions to other projects this can help you out). I recommend reading the essay, it's short.
Once (if, which they did in your case) these conditions are met, you're allowed to make a post at the administrators' noticeboard ( WP:ANI). As I've understood the process (have in mind I am not an admin), you would get unblocked on the condition that you only edit your talk page and WP:ANI. You'd have to notify an admin for your unblock, most likely the one that blocked you. You then can write a request for your unblock, in which you'd have to show you understood the reasoning of your block and that you will not repeat the behavior that provoked it again. I would also advice you not to get emotional or defensive, apologies barely matter there though you'd clearly have to show you've understood that editing with two accounts simultaneously in Wikipedia is not allowed; you can also explain why did you end up doing it and why it doesn't have to happen again.
I don't even know if you even wish to keep editing Wikipedia after so long but I believe you were a productive and valuable editor and I still regard your block as unfair. Your block was not based on your actions being harmful or disruptive for Wikipedia so I believe there is a high chance your unblock request will be successful. If you wish to attempt this, you can ask me anything you want and I will gladly assist you through this process. And if you do not care anymore, know it was a pleasure reading your niche Circassian articles. Hopefully I will hear from you again. Regards, Super Ψ Dro 20:37, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
Fun while it lasted. Sort of? I give up. They can go ahead and re-write all articles I've written in Russian nationalistic POV now. Well, that's what they have been doing anyways. Over the course of my editorship in Wikipedia I have seen so many attempts by nationalists to remove content related to the Circassian genocide and censor it while other attempts to belittle and remove content about Circassian culture were made. I was one of the few people trying to stand against that, yet for doing exactly that, I am ironically blamed by a mysterious IP for being a POV-pusher. They state I am "dedicated to the Circassian cause" - whatever that means. I am, or rather I was, dedicated to help develop Wikipedia in the field.
They cite the fact that I create stubs for genocidal commanders as proof that I am a POV pusher. I don't understand the logic behind that accusation, as I'm simply adding content using reliable sources, as I want them to be known, but I'm sorry I don't want to spend my time writing details about some general. That falls under Russian history and it's not in my interest or qualification to do so. I only know about Circassian history, because I read books about it, not about Russian history.
People in
historical revisionist mindset are usually the same people who defend those such as
Grigory Zass and try to make them look like saints by censoring their crimes. No difference from
Neo-Nazis. Literally.
Anyways, of course, my "guilt" is not proven, as I am not guilty, but I am honestly sick with dealing with all this. And so I say, now they can freely do their stuff. I don't care anymore. Never have I ever aimed to make POV edits in Wikipedia, things I wrote were based on sources. I am fully comfortable with this and God knows I am right. I know I am right, and that's enough, to be honest. The ones who have accused me, however, I'm afraid, have different intentions, and it's sad to see that people don't seem to realise.
Honestly, Wikipedia would have been such an awesome site if it wasn't for editors who push nationalistic POVs,
genocide
deniers, and those who defend them.
I do hope even after I leave, neutrality is maintained, and the pages do not fall in the hands of nationalists trying to erase the crimes committed.
Adigabrek
Talk
17:17, 8 November 2021 (UTC)
I am Petros Apostolopoulos, a Ph.D. candidate in Public History at North Carolina State University. My Ph.D. project examines how historical knowledge is produced on Wikipedia. If you are interested in participating in my research study by offering your own experience of writing about history on Wikipedia, you can click on this link https://ncsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9z4wmR1cIp0qBH8. There are minimal risks involved in this research.
If you have any questions, please let me know. Petros Apostolopoulos, paposto@ncsu.edu Apolo1991 ( talk) 10:06, 14 December 2021 (UTC)
An article you recently created,
Circassians in Libya, is not suitable as written to remain published. It needs more citations from
reliable,
independent sources. (
?) Information that can't be referenced should be removed (
verifiability is of
central importance on Wikipedia). I've moved your draft to
draftspace (with a prefix of "Draft:
" before the article title) where you can incubate the article with minimal disruption. When you feel the article meets Wikipedia's
general notability guideline and thus is ready for mainspace, please click on the "Submit your draft for review!" button at the top of the page.
Onel5969
TT me
21:02, 26 December 2021 (UTC)
Hello Adigabrek! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as
Circassians in Libya, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted material from other websites or printed works. This article appears to contain work copied from
https://jamestown.org/program/qaddafi-tries-to-secure-loyalty-of-circassians-of-misrata/, and therefore to constitute a
violation of Wikipedia's copyright policies. The copyrighted text has been or will soon be deleted. While we appreciate your contributions, copying content from other websites is unlawful and against Wikipedia's
copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators are likely to
lose their editing privileges.
If you believe that the article is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under license allowed by Wikipedia, then you should do one of the following:
It may also be necessary for the text to be modified to have an encyclopedic tone and to follow Wikipedia article layout. For more information on Wikipedia's policies, see Wikipedia's policies and guidelines.
See Wikipedia:Declaration of consent for all enquiries for a template of the permissions letter the copyright holder is expected to send.
Otherwise, you may rewrite this article from scratch. If you would like to begin working on a new version of the article you may do so at this temporary page. Leave a note at Talk:Circassians in Libya saying you have done so and an administrator will move the new article into place once the issue is resolved.
Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing! DanCherek ( talk) 21:27, 16 January 2022 (UTC)
You added a couple of short citations to that article (Белевич 1910), but didn't provide the full citations. Could you add them please?
PS, you can also install User:Svick/HarvErrors.js as explained here to be made aware of these issues in the future. Headbomb { t · c · p · b} 02:20, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
{{
unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}}
.
Bbb23 (
talk)
17:02, 28 April 2022 (UTC)The article will be discussed at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/House of Limaf until a consensus is reached, and anyone, including you, is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the article during the discussion, including to improve the article to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the article-for-deletion notice from the top of the article.
Merko ( talk) 18:19, 10 June 2022 (UTC)
Nominations for the upcoming project coordinator election are opening in a few hours (00:01 UTC on 1 September). A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. If you are interested in running, please sign up here by 23:59 UTC on 14 September! Voting doesn't commence until 15 September. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 17:50, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
Voting for the upcoming project coordinator election opens in a few hours (00:01 UTC on 15 September) and will last through 23:59 on 28 September. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. Voting is conducted using simple approval voting and questions for the candidates are welcome. If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 22:25, 14 September 2022 (UTC)
Just a quick correction to the prior message about the 2022 MILHIST coordinator election! I ( Hog Farm) didn't proofread the message well enough and left out a link to the election page itself in this message. The voting will occur here; sorry about the need for a second message and the inadvertent omission from the prior one. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 17:40, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
Voting for the upcoming project coordinator election closes soon, at 23:59 on 28 September. A team of up to ten coordinators will be elected for the next coordination year. The project coordinators are the designated points of contact for issues concerning the project, and are responsible for maintaining our internal structure and processes. They do not, however, have any authority over article content or editor conduct, or any other special powers. More information on being a coordinator is available here. Voting is conducted using simple approval voting and questions for the candidates are welcome. The voting itself is occurring here If you have any questions, you can contact any member of the current coord team. MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 20:12, 26 September 2022 (UTC)
Hello Adigabrek, I hope you've been well. I wanted to notify you that six months have passed since your block, so now you can appeal it per WP:STANDARDOFFER. This is a Wikipedia practice that gives blocked users the chance of coming back to edit. You basically must have waited six months since your block and not have attempted to edit the English Wikipedia ever since with another accounts (though if you did positive contributions to other projects this can help you out). I recommend reading the essay, it's short.
Once (if, which they did in your case) these conditions are met, you're allowed to make a post at the administrators' noticeboard ( WP:ANI). As I've understood the process (have in mind I am not an admin), you would get unblocked on the condition that you only edit your talk page and WP:ANI. You'd have to notify an admin for your unblock, most likely the one that blocked you. You then can write a request for your unblock, in which you'd have to show you understood the reasoning of your block and that you will not repeat the behavior that provoked it again. I would also advice you not to get emotional or defensive, apologies barely matter there though you'd clearly have to show you've understood that editing with two accounts simultaneously in Wikipedia is not allowed; you can also explain why did you end up doing it and why it doesn't have to happen again.
I don't even know if you even wish to keep editing Wikipedia after so long but I believe you were a productive and valuable editor and I still regard your block as unfair. Your block was not based on your actions being harmful or disruptive for Wikipedia so I believe there is a high chance your unblock request will be successful. If you wish to attempt this, you can ask me anything you want and I will gladly assist you through this process. And if you do not care anymore, know it was a pleasure reading your niche Circassian articles. Hopefully I will hear from you again. Regards, Super Ψ Dro 20:37, 15 December 2022 (UTC)