I was wondering if there is a way that admins choose to go over the incidents at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RR. Some much earlier reports are skipped with no decision, block or no block. Regards -- Jeff3000 01:18, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
Your lack of explanation for this ban instills the fear to make comments on this wiki. The block log says disruption, without further explaination it would seem that the motive for the block is Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Self_taken_Provocative_Photos:.
This makes me fearful to suggest future edits and makes me nervous about being bold. Perhaps a more detailed explanation of your rational will put my fears to bed. HighInBC 15:10, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
Hey El_C. I would also like you to see this [2] Could you give some input into this possiblility. Maybe a indefblock was a tad bit harsh, IMO. Maybe a week-long block like Bunchesofgrapes has suggested in the above diff, then when she returns, maybe some mentoring to see if she's willing to improve? — The Future 18:05, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
I sent you an email, and would be grateful if you could let me know if it's arrived, as one of mine to someone else didn't, and I'm beginning to wonder if there's a bug in the system. I have also sent a second one marked "test". Thanks. Tyrenius 21:51, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
El_C - I've tried to email you at all the email addresses I have for you. I miss you. Come back for a visit sometime! - Ack
Would you be willing to comment, here: [3] Slrubenstein | Talk 15:49, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
Hello El C, it seems from your comment that your view is that the lead should be somewhere between what is currently on the article and SlimVirigin's no? ( → Netscott) 13:08, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
I'm a bit concerned about the additions being made here. (and no, I'm not really back, just calling by!) Perhaps you could take a look? I've already mentioned it to Zero0000 and Ramallite, but I then thought you might be more available. Regards to Kitty. Palmiro | Talk 20:35, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Cowbell2.gif , 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 it not being deleted. Thank you. Peter G Werner 00:49, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
I've taken a try at implementing this (in userspace at the moment, so there's no fallout). If you want to see what I've come up with, try making a user subpage and tagging it with {{subst: User:ais523/ElC/afd}}; this should create a catted AfD if you follow the maintenance links at the bottom of the template. (It's based on the recent AfD instruction streamlining whereby the links do some of the editing automatically.) -- ais523 15:23, 30 August 2006 ( U T C)
I noticed you recently moved requests for page protection to the fulfilled requests section, but Voice of All's bot already does that, and purposely leaves one request at minimum in each area so people can already see the format for requesting a page protection on record. So, in the future, it's unnecessary to move the requests unless the bot seems to overlook it. Thanks. Cowman109 Talk 06:57, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Was it fun deleting nearly 100 user pages? I wondered when an admin would act. Andy 1 — 0 Spammers. :) -- Andeh 12:30, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Template:Test (first level warning) Gerry Ashton 15:25, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi,
I've gone rouge and reopened this debate -- just because Mr. Colbert is American, it doesn't mean that a "humor policy" page devoted to him is totally insane. I'm not saying I like the page, but I am saying that it deserves discussing per the precedent of WP:SPIDER. Best wishes, Xoloz 17:13, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
I must protest your removal of my sockpuppet report page for Shravak. The result was that the sockpuppet did not understand why I had tagged his page because the evidence I provided had been deleted and he became hostile as he believed I had tagged his page simply b/c I didn't like his edits. I have no problem with no action being taken, but that should simply be commented on the evidence page. Deleting the evidence opens the accuser to unneeded animosity, having to explain myself to several people, nasty notes on my talk page, etc. All this could have been avoided by leaving the evidence in place so others could see that the complaint was reasonable. I have restored the evidence page to avoid more nastiness. - 999 ( Talk) 19:34, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
You just protected a vandalized page. GM is inserting his POV over cited facts. Please atleast protect the correct version of the article. Khosrow II 21:49, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
I've finished implementing and testing this, but need admin help to change AfD over to the new process. Look near the bottom of today's AfD log to see the category system in action; the categories contain all unclosed deletion debates in the relevant category and all log pages containing such deletion debates (so hopefully there won't be any lost debates any more).
The changes I would like made are as follows:
These changes should implement the new category system across all new AfDs.
P.S. There's been a bit of an edit war on {{ afd}} recently, so I'm suggesting a compromise version on the change.-- ais523 10:47, 1 September 2006 ( U T C)
Hi. Looks like we have shared interests ;-) Miaou... El Gato Del Che 18:20, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
I had originally decided not to archive it because I was informed of my mistake by someone else, prior to your question. This is why I include "at my discretion" at the top of my talk page. I felt that it was not really necessary, but since you insist (I swear it's either guilt or a WP:POINT) I have archived the discussion. Ryūlóng 03:59, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi El_C, it turns out that a user you banned earlier for 3RR, Shravak wasn't a sockpuppeteer after all. Checkuser has now confirmed that User:Dattat was in fact a puppet of Mattisse. -- Netsnipe ► 07:58, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
Delete when you feel ready :). Andypandy.UK
Why did you move it? There's no consensus for it, and you've not provided a reason in your edit summary. Could you at least explain yourself on the talk page, please? Iorek85 08:56, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
I've tried reasoning with User:Nickjohnsonhill who insists on removing speedy deletion notices from his copyvio/spam and won't answer my inquiries. I no longer have admin privileges or I'd whammy him myself. Thanks. - Lucky 6.9 16:17, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Excuse me, but according to you I violated the three revert policy, can you defend your block as I cannot find where I reverted over 3 times.-- Shravak 17:10, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
Your request for clarification, and the responses to it, have been moved to Wikipedia talk:Requests for arbitration/Zeq.
For the arbitration committee. -- Tony Sidaway 02:15, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
My 1666 fire article draft has come out of the closet now—not moved to article space, but I've let the cat out of the bag (Hello, Kitty, was it horrible in there?). It's not a secret any more, so feel free to refer to it. There's a little there now about politics, what do you think? There will be more, as Charles II was very worried that the huge social problem prsented by homelessness and rising prices after the fire would lead to another London rebellion. I believe that's why he was so keen to help the homeless settle elsewhere, the farther away the better. Just as long as they didn't march on the Bastille...no, he can't have been thinking that, can he? Anyway, he was scared the Good Old Cause would come and get him. Bishonen | talk 01:04, 11 September 2006 (UTC).
Hi El_C: Please take a look at the vote at Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 September 10#Category:Israel Defense Forces. Your expertise is required. Thanks a lot. IZAK 12:09, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
Any ideas on what to do about SA and my page? I'm fed up. Eric Lerner Elerner 03:48, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi, please use the {{ at}} and {{ ab}} templates when closing afds (instead of mfd top and bottom). The mfd templates make the log pages harder to read (because of random spots of color) and might break the count at WP:AFD/Old. And it's faster to type 'at' than 'mfd top'. Thanks. - Bobet 10:55, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
Please feel free to put the talk on your talk page. It doesn't belong on mine; a user's page is a user's page, and one doesn't have to tolerate gratuitous insults by other private users there. Clossius 19:36, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
How are you holding up these days? :) — Khoikhoi 19:42, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
Dear El C, may I please ask you to comment on Talk:Florence#External_Links ? Since you were the last one to delete the contested external links, your input would be welcome in face of the personal accusations brought forward by User:Angiolo77. Thanks a lot, Sergio Ballestrero 19:48, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
Why did you protect Taretone's page? I think the best away to finish this NOW, is to request mediation or arbitration. I am tired of disputes with Tryenius, Taretone, and Charlesknight. What do you think about mediation/arbitration? Sugar pine t 20:38, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
We have tried every dispute but mediation. I don't feel mediation will work. I'd like you to unblock him so he can praticipate in Arbitration. Sugar pine t 20:58, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
Are you still online? — Khoikhoi 22:46, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
This article can't remain taged forever! There is no point if the visitors of Wikipedia read article whose neutrality and factual accurancy is disputed. Anyone who disputes the article can explain the reason on the talk page. A.Garnet doesn't disputes something specific, and even if we back the article up with state of the art references he is still going to dispute it. Maybe we should delete the article because A.Garnet disputes it???? Please reply on my talk page. Thanks Mitsos 08:18, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
User:Mustafa Akalp has vandalised the article twice and wasn't blocked even once! I was blocked not because I vandalised the article (which I didn't) but because I 'm a WN... Mitsos 19:01, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
User:Kuhnster has posted to the unblock mailing list inquiring about his block. There isn't anything posted on the talk page or in the block log that explains the reason for an indefinite block. Are there deleted articles? Is this user account a sockpuppet? Could you let me know why this user was indefinitely blocked? Thanks. Gamaliel 22:53, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
Some of his reverts from the vandalism were to pages that were PRIOR to the most recent one - so he did a revert to the wrong version to cure the vandalism plus delete my content at the same time. Some of the revers were a combination. Stick to the Facts 09:26, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I don't know how to put this, but I am kinda shocked with all this nationalistic matcho s*** taking place in Talk:Pontian Greek Genocide and User talk:Mitsos. I thought I should bring certain quotes to your attention, and hope you'll figure out what to do:
I really have never seen such extreme behavior and I am anxiously looking forward to your opinion or action. •NikoSilver• 14:00, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
Hello, I noticed that you removed the Stormfront AfD tag early. I believe there were more votes to delete than to keep the article at that time. Why was't the tag left in place? There doesn't seem to be an explanation. Thanks, Stick to the Facts 15:55, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
The changes look good to me. Jayjg (talk) 18:24, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
Is there anything I could do to get you to comment on Stormfront(Talk)? If there is not, simply say NO or don't do anything, I won't bother you anymore, this will be my last entry. You would lose respect in my eyes, but why should you care about that? -- ExpImp talk con 11:12, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi,Regarding the merger you performed between Votebank and Votebank politics in India, don't you think that the history of Votebank Politics in India is long enought to merit a separate article. Also, given how poorly the Votebank politics in India article was written, might it not have been better to add a brief synopsis to the Votebank article about the Indian experience with votebank politics, and add a {{ main}} link to the other article. Gamesmaster G-9 20:39, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi! I noticed that you have removed the unreferenced tag from this article. I was hoping that the article would get to featured status as it has a lot of content. But unless it is referenced, it will never get there. When I added the tag, there were many more such statements. It is slowly getting better but there are still many that require references. The tag brings it to the attention of the reference project and hence will bring in references. So would you mind if I readd the template? Thanks. Shushruth \ talk page \ contribs 05:54, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
That position is taken, I'm afraid. If it's supreme overlordship you're after, I suggest you consider becoming a clerk. It's a tried and tested path, apparently, and I have a few papers you could pretend to shuffle while beating the masses into submission (to me). SlimVirgin (talk) 09:11, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
I'm very sorry to have to bother you, but, with regards to his recent issues, where he promised to act civil. I believe that he is not following through on it. He has just made accusations against myself and Gamesmaster G-9 on Talk:Votebank [4] and has violated WP:OWN, insinuating that we should "leave" and thustly claiming ownership of the article Votebank. In addition, he has made statements so inarticulate that I could not even understand them. Then he told me to "Plz go through VHF on my user page" here. The VHF says: "Discover a Fool inside you and present him wisely" here. Calling me a "fool" does, I believe. constitute a personal attack. I would appreciate your mediation on these matters. Hkelkar 10:05, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi , I would like to let you know that the article was started by me and mostly contributed by me too (though you must not interpret it as I wish to own it).The other users involved are not interested in article,they have only one interest undoing my edits.You can check this by looking into Mamta Kulkarni talk page and edit history of vote bank politics in India.User:Hkelkar in particular is following me simply after a dispute with him on Kancha Ilaiah.I would also like to let you know I have never been incivil with anyone for that matter.For proof of all I accuse of them you must try to look into the history of concerned pages.Maybe you would like to block these two even which is a long overdue task now. Ikon | no-blast 10:32, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Exactly as I thought he might, User:Ikonoblast has reneged on his promise of good behaviour. I see that User:Hkelkar has already brought it to your notice. He is consistently violating WP:OWN. I also note that he has asked you to take a look at Mamta Kulkarni, which is ironic because I was about to point to that as another blatant example of WP:OWN behaviour. Furthermore, he considers ANY edit to be a personal affront, but thinks nothing of making nonsensical edits of his own, that can only be attributed to malice. I think this has gone on far enough. Gamesmaster G-9 14:47, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
All right, here's a more detailed description of events.
The original article was created by User:Ikonoblast, and looked like this [5]. Since it did not contain a proper definition of the term, I moved the article to Votebank politics in india and added a {{ POV}} tag [6]. User:Ikonoblast immediately reverted both changes [7]. I reapplied the changes, and this led to an edit war where the page was moved back and forth and the template was applied and removed continuously [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16]. Finally, he stopped his reversions, but only after I created the new page [17]. At this point, he immediately listed this for deletion, the result of which was Keep [18]. At this point, User:Ikonoblast started getting really malicious. He tagged it and tried merging [19]. This started yet another revert war [20], [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26], [27], [28], [29]. Please also note that during each revert war, I made it a point to explain my actions on the talk pages Talk:Votebank and Talk:Votebank politics in India, but the responses made it amply clear that User:Ikonoblast was making the whole matter personal. Finally, when you did merge it, I began a cleanup, as I had said I would do. At this point, he started YET another edit war, beginning by tagging the page with {{ dubious}} tags - which make no sense whatsoever, and reverting all the material I had edited [30]. At the same time, he was feigning offense when some material he included was similarly tagged [31]. Yet another revert war began, this time with User:Hkelkar joining in [32], [33], [34], [35], [36].
That is the situation as it stands. I realise its a lot of information - I haven't even brought up the problems I had with Mamta Kulkarni. I hope you will agree that User:Ikonoblast's behaviour is a clear violation of WP:OWN, because I'm pretty sure that he is going to continue this petty behaviour till kingdom come. Thanks. Gamesmaster G-9 01:10, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
I have to register for the record that I am extremely disappointed by what you said earlier.. I recognize it as a genocide because there are casualty figures in the hundreds of thousands.. What is this?? Are you an international lawyer?? How can you claim to make such a statement?? Genocide is a legal term, not a layword.. Massacre is a layword.. I put an extremely detailed post on the talk page that responds directly to this claim, please read it before jumping the gun as you did at that point... This is exactly the reason why genocide recognition isn't left to ordinary people but to countries, academicians, lawyers and judges... Regards... Baristarim 08:18, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
Re: September 2006 Thailand coup, for an article of this size 7,800 words long (40-50,000 characters, depending on how they are counted), a 1 paragraph introduction of 100 words is unacceptable. See Wikipedia guidelines at Wikipedia:Lead section#Length. The guidelines suggest 3-4 paragraphs. If you think that my summaries are not concise enough, then rewrite them. But please do not delete them. Patiwat 12:29, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
Someone that you reverted here [38] then changed the picture on your userpage. It has been on there for 5 hours, so maybe you don't mind or didn't notice. Never know, my hunch is that it probably should be changed back. DVD+ R/W 20:17, 23 September 2006 (UTC) Note: another person changed it back while I was writing this. DVD+ R/W 20:19, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
And while I'm here, I wanted to mention that I've stumbled across a couple of translations that you've made, one of a Yom Kippur War memo at Usertalk:Raul654 a couple of weeks ago, and another from the Babylonian Talmud at Wikiproject Judaism, and I'm really impressed by your ability at this. Regards, DVD+ R/W 20:36, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
hey El C. you may recall putting up a note stating that off-topic discussions would not be allowed on the talk page. sadly, the soapboxing continues with some anon's or new accounts and User TharkunColl ( talk · contribs) continuing to use the talk page as a forum for advocacy and personal evaluation of the subject, the latter user having already been warned about trolling in this manner on that talk page (although he has clearly ignored this and continued per [39], [40], [41] and maybe more). can anything be done about this? thank you. ITAQALLAH 00:06, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
Even though reasons were specifically stated at Talk:Pontian Greek Genocide, the removal of the tags continues... :( — Khoi khoi 08:21, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
Hey El C, thank you for supporting my recent RfA. It finished with an amazing final tally of 160/4/1. I really appreciate your support. Cheers, Sarah Ewart ( Talk) 10:48, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi El_C,
I see that you've made some contributions to the discussion there recently. I'd like to get your general view on the whole article, what you think of its title, its content, its sources etc. Thanks, -- A.Garnet 12:59, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
I have noticed when you closed the above AfD, you did not remove the category template, "REMOVE THIS TEMPLATE WHEN CLOSING THIS AfD". By deleting this when closing it pulls the discussion out of the category. I have deleted it from this discussion, but if you could review any other closures you have done recently and remove the tag from them it would be greatly appreicated. This is a fairly recent change. The official policy is at WP:AFDC. I have been going through the listing in each of the categories CAT:AFD and removing the tag from pages that are closed and adding the approriate category code for those in the uncatagorised group. Thanks.-- Gay Cdn (talk) (email) (Contr.) 20:34, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
The title of the first section that you added to the article you helped me on, I keep thinking of that as personal advice to me from you. And I sort of wish I could. How did you learn to read so well, by the way? DVD+ R/W 23:36, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi Che
You wrote me that mon february:
Hi. Looking at the website's forum, it appears it has not yet reached sufficient notability so as to be included in North Africa. Thanks. El_C 07:21, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
I let the site grow and now put again the links Thanks Skafis 18:55, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
I noticed you reverted my userpage. What about the comment on User:Jiang that says Dalai Lama owns slave? Taiwan=shame and comment that says President Chen should be executed definitely violated WP:NPA according to your reasoning. This is obviously double-standard. An admin support my claim that userpage and talkpage doesn't fall under wikipedia rules. see [ [42]], User:Nlu clearly states this is a userpage, not an article. [ [43]] [ [44]]. I got lots more if you're interested. Meanwhile, I already made it clear that until Jiang removed his PA and racist image toward Taiwanese I will not remove mine. Please help us to reach a peaceful resolution.-- Bonafide.hustla 04:16, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
Well, Taiwan=shame is a clear display of racial hatred. The content include stuff slandering Dalai Lama and promoting China to invade Taiwan (communist propaganda). Jiang claimed he doesn' "endorse" the content on his page but I think it's a violation of WP:POINT and should be removed. The 2 diff. link I provided above is based on a discussion with admin User:Nlu who clearly pointed out that even if I put racist contents (for example making fun of the Muslim prophet Muhammad, he doesn't care 'cause he would only revert the article not my userpage/talkpage). So either way, please read the diff. link I provided above. The more likley reason you failed to see the racial hatred is I'm assuming you can't read Mandarin. Anyway thanks for looking into the situation.-- Bonafide.hustla 04:49, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
Well, did you read the diff. I provided? Race is a really vague concept. His image clearly insulted the 23 million Taiwanese population. While his outburst is allowed, mine isn't??-- Bonafide.hustla 05:42, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
Okay, it's promoting violence against Taiwanese population and encourage communist invasion to Taiwan. In addition, it also make personal attack on President Chen and Dalai Lama. Can you unprotect my userpage after reading the diff. I provided above?-- Bonafide.hustla 06:05, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
I really don't see my userpage content being anymore offensive than Jiang's. Mine's targeting at Chinese while Jiang's is targeting Taiwanese (promote Chinese invasion, assassinate President, Taiwan=shame, etc). By telling me to remove the offensive contents on mine but not his seem to be quite trivial not to mention double-standard. I would respectfully advise you to contact User:Nlu who, accordingly to the diff. provided above, have different interpretation than yours regarding wikipedia regulations.-- Bonafide.hustla 07:18, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
I already did a few months ago. I provided some diff. link above. Please read it and unprotect my talkpage or discuss with other admins. It seems to me that pro-China/communist influence is very high on here (i'm not accusing you of anythin because I assume you are neutral) but clearly this seems to be a blatant example of double standard (favoring China's annexation of Taiwan but disregard Taiwanese nationalistic feelings)-- Bonafide.hustla 03:14, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
Both contains racial nature but mine deserved punitive actions while his isn't? Mine is actually a quote from a Taiwanese politician, so that is why I pointed out specifically that I don't endorse the quote. User:Nlu already pointed out that as long as no endorsement was stated, it might, just might, be a violation of wikipedia policy. Also, in regard to the sexist allegation, well I mean, I don't find it sexist or offensive at all. I'm just stating some girls that I really like. (they are like some of my fantasy girlfriends) And of course, all of us have had crushes and fantasies over these celebrities and wish to see them in scanty clothing. They are completely natural reaction. That is what this society stands for, more or less. Can't we just make wikipedia a little more humorous, a little more fun, a little more human? Anyway thanks for your attention. -- Bonafide.hustla
I think we've established that the alledgely racist heading is the one you're having problem with. Nevertheless, China=shame is strictly a statement about China, nothing better or worse than Taiwan=shame. I will remove the content under that heading (but not the heading itself) if those are the stuff that you're concern about and replace it by a quote of a Taiwanese politician. An unprotection is respectfully requested.-- Certified.Gangsta 19:27, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
Sorry, I might have missed a trick here - can you explain to me why the result of this debate was delete when the result from the vote count is actually even (6/0/6)? Are we deleting articles that show no overall concensus now or have I just miscounted? Mammal4 10:39, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
You closed this as delete, but the associated User:Modern Industry which I added to the nom (probably in a less than obvious way looking back at it) wasn't deleted. Will you delete this or shall I open a new MFD? Cheers, Yomangani talk 11:46, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
How can you see the result as being in part "edit away the OR"? Three people expressed OR concerns, all of whom weren't part of the majority view to keep, and a number of contributors disagreed that OR was present- not to mention that implicitly, those who voted Keep were rejecting the idea that the article was OR. Gabrielthursday 20:17, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
My thanks for having closed the MfD on the Kingstonjr gallery. I think that may well have been a rather difficult decision to make. I do have one slight, marginally related question. I just recently noticed that there is a new proposal at Wikipedia:Galleries addressing how and when galleries can be permitted. I was going to post a link to the proposal on the MfD comments when I noticed that the discussion was closed. As you seem to be an admin, which I am not, do you have any suggestions on how I would go about letting people know that this proposal exists? I've never actually dealt with proposals before, so frankly I don't have a clue. If you do, please let me know. And, again, thank you very much for your fulfilling your admin duties, both in this instance and elsewhere. Badbilltucker 15:03, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for the note. I'm not an admin, so my actions are pretty much limited to voicing my opinion. That, I've already done. Take care, Mexcellent 04:23, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi -- I moved the Russian yield estimate out of the lead of the North Korea article. Even when it was announced it was very much at odds with all other estimates (even, it now appears, with what the North Koreans estimated their yield would have been in the most ideal circumstances) and the "5-15 kilotons" line itself seems at odds with their own seismic readings (there is an interesting but brief discussion of this here — and yes, it is a blog, but the blogger in question is the head of the Managing the Atom policy program at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, so he's not just some guy off the street, to say the least). In any case, as time goes on almost all other sources have put it in the sub-kiloton range, and even the most optimistic don't put it anywhere near the Russian estimate. Personally I doubt even the Russians would still hold strong to that. So, whatever the case behind the Russian estimate, I don't think it should be in the lead (I of course support it being in the yield section of course). Hope that makes sense. -- Fastfission 14:47, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
I removed the ITN headline you added regarding Ecuadorian run-off elections, because I believe it really isn't necessary to have a headline about an upcoming event. I think it would be best to actually add the headline when the run-off actually occurs, and the final results are tabulated. Thanks. If you have any comments, feel free to message me back. Nishkid 64 21:59, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
When dealing with SVG images from the Commons, please be careful. You actually uploaded and protected the 800px PNG version rendered by MediaWiki ( Image:800px-Flag of Ecuador.svg.png) and placed Image:Flag of Ecuador.svg on the main page unprotected. Thank you! — David Levy 22:10, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for contributing to my RFA. Unfortunately it failed (final tally 26/17/3). As a result of the concerns raised in my RFA, I intend to undergo coaching, get involved in the welcoming committee and try to further improve the quality of my contributions to AFD and RFA. All the best. Cynical 14:58, 19 October 2006 (UTC) |
Np. I'm sure next time will be a flash. El_C 08:05, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
Hey El C, thanks a lot for supporting me in my recent RfA. It succeeded, and I am very grateful to all of you. If you ever need help with anything, please don't hesitate to ask. Also, feel free point out any mistakes I make! Thanks again, — Khoi khoi 04:22, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
Did you put a warning on my talk page? I am asking because there is one there with your signature on it. TY Duke53 | Talk 07:45, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi. I would really appreciate if you could find a minute and have a look here: [47]
Sarah Ewart has been so kind as to try help resolve my dispute with Khosrow. I would appreciate your input as well. It looks like the more people are involved in this is the better. Thanks in advance. Regards, Grandmaster 18:52, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
In addition to being generally updated, perhaps a renaming would be in order so as to reflect the focus on the commissions, of which the soldiers' protest is only one aspect? Tewfik Talk 19:38, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi El C, I wonder if you'd be intersted in taking a look at the discussion at Allegations of tourist apartheid in Cuba. The article was originally created seemingly due to various disputes about the word apartheid in reference to Israel. It was my understanding that the Cuba apartheid article was to be merged with Tourism in Cuba, when that page became significantly more than just a stub. Having now worked on the Tourism in Cuba page - and followed the various calls for a merge between the apartheid in Cuba and tourism in Cuba page - it seems that editors from the apartheid outside South Africa article have swooped in to oppose this. I hope I'm not breaching WP:AGF by presuming that the actual motives for opposing this perfectly logical and uncontroversial merge, is to do with disputes on other pages concerning the word apartheid in the context of Israel. In which case I don't think it's helpful for readers or editors that the portrayal of another small embattled nation should get caught in the crossfire and suffer as a result. It seems an extraordinary precedent to set to oppose this merge and one which fringes on WP:POINT. Your thoughts would be of great help.-- Zleitzen 18:17, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
You and your fractals, lol. Pro-nectar? The poor little colibri looks more like it's playing Sigourney Weaver having frantic second thoughts in the molten-lead vat plunge scene at the end of Alien 3 ! Scary! :-( Bishonen | talk 15:14, 29 October 2006 (UTC).
Thanks. Electionworld Talk? 08:19, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
9 keeps, 5 deletes and you delete? Gimme a break! Vincent 01:12, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Yamanote Halloween Train. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, your reasons on how or why you did so will be greatly appreciated in the above review. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Vfp15 ( talk • contribs) .
I'm the guy who created the initial article. Your comment about "No convincing claims to notability" is pretty bizarre considering the wide-ranging arcana that routinely passes muster throughout wikipedia. Regarding my being "single-purpose", I have contributed edits and corrections to many articles -anonymously- but this was the first article I created, so I logged in to do it because I thought that was what I supposed to do. Regarding "Unresponsive", I saw some comment (I am guessing yours) about a need for more sources, but did not understand it to mean that I was expected to provide further references: I assumed it was bad for a single contributor to completely own an article, that it was better if the contributions came from many places. It would have been thoughtful of you to leave the article up past Halloween so the participants in this years' event could contribute to it. I would sign this post properly except I recently changed computers and my (saved) login is not on this machine, so I currently have no idea what my login is. Is there any way to send me that article so I can give it another go? Thanks, Mark H.
Hey El C, since you took the initial action and seem like a reasonable fellow (From the Deletion review) I decided instead of waiting a few more days for a response from another admin I was talking to, I would just come straight to you. Since the cause of the deletion seems to have been a dearth of reliable sources, I provided multiple sources (I realize that one of them linked directly to a youTube after an explanation and thats considered not kosher, but in this case since it was indisputable footage of hundreds of people at the event I figured it was ok). However, I was told by Guy (Admin I mentioned earlier) that I needed multiple mainstream coverage and I simply do not see how I can acquire that as I'm not a resident of Japan nor a native speaker. Furthermore, I believe this is following the letter of the law but not the spirit. I have provided and can provide more evidence including pictures, videos, and various sources corroborating the event and its history, which I believe prove that this is in fact a real annual cultural event in Japan. If you have any advice as to how I should continue to see this article undeleted (Or remade, I can do that too) it would be most appreciated. Thanks for reading. Isikari 00:16, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
You wrote regarding an ANI notice about Centrx deletion of several userboxes in userspace:
So I have to admit, I am curious, which pertinent discussions did you refer to there? Charon X/ talk 00:56, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
I moved the Homey thread back because that's where people know to look for it. Was there a reason you wanted to move it? SlimVirgin (talk) 03:31, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
The board is very resilient; it can cope with an active and vigorous discussion. :-) Jayjg (talk) 03:39, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the message. The Chinese casualty figures are based on internally circulated documents and hospital figures - these are not public claims. However, they would seem to roughly correspond to what the Chinese have been saying for 25 years about their casualty numbers, so I would say that they are the best estimate on the basis of the available evidence. It is a bit cluttered at the minute - I would be inclined to delete what each side claimed about the other's casualty figures, and just go with the most up-to-date numbers we have. Cripipper 11:47, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi El C, I am very thankful to you for supporting my succesful RfA. Shyam ( T/ C) 06:58, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
I'm looking for assistance: as I've never had a username or opened an RFC, I have little experience in the area of creating them. I noticed you were involed in Adam's. He's got a real attitude problem, and is treating anyone without a username like scum. I'm working on a list of diffs demonstrating his disgraceful behavior and need to know how I would go about getting said list out. Do I somehow create a second RFC that describes his behavior, or do I add to the old one and hope someone responds to it, despite the fact that it's more than six months old? Any help would be greatly appreciated. -- 172.194.72.68 23:49, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
Examples of Adam treating anons badly/warning them out of line/being a jerk, etc...:
Excuse me if this is scewed or seemingly out of order (not to mention terribly short), but I'm in a bit of a hurry.
Some of these are fairly old, but the point I'm trying to get across is that even though he may not like anons editing, it's not his decision to make and it gives him no right to ignore and insult us. He's got an attitude problem, and that's not what Wikipedia is about. -- 172.190.75.25 20:18, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
In order:
Overall, there are few, if any, actual policy violations listed above, though the general attitude/conduct is (or rather, remains) problematic. But even if every bulletpoint involved a policy violation, it is likely that he'd be allowed to continue to operate as he does, since: 1. he contributes a lot of content. 2. his political orientation outside the prism of the welfare State is highly reactionary, so he can count on the continued supported of key members from the Wikipedia Establishment, as it largely reflects their own political views which they wish to see reflected in articles. Keep all that in mind if and/or when you consider your next step. Hope that helps. G'luck. El_C 23:14, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi El C, and thanks very much for your support during my recent RfA, which succeeded with a final tally of 64/0/0. I am grateful for the overwhelming support I received from the community, and hope I will continue to earn your trust as I expand my participation on Wikipedia. It goes without saying that if you ever need anything and I can help, please let me know. Wait, I guess it does go with saying. ; ) -- cholmes75 ( chit chat) 22:17, 12 November 2006 (UTC) |
Two weeks ago I couldn't even spell administratur and now I are one (in no small part thanks to your support). Now that I checked out those new buttons I realize that I can unleash mutant monsters on unsuspecting articles or summon batteries of laser guns in their defense. The move button has now acquired special powers, and there's even a feature to roll back time. With such awesome new powers at my fingertips I will try to tread lightly to avoid causing irreversible damage and getting into any wheel wars. Thanks again and let me know whenever I can be of use. |
My RfA passed with a tally of 71/1/0. Thank you very much for your support. I hope that my performance as an admin will not disappoint you. Please let me know if you see me doing anything inappropriate. -- Donald Albury 10:30, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
Hey El C, I have a favor to ask of you. I need a quote, something like the "אם בארזים נפלה שלהבת" one. This is for something I volunteered to help with in the next couple of weeks. Do you have one for me, or can you tell me some places to look? DVD+ R/W 21:37, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
While I agree that Beit Hanoun November 2006 incident needs some cleaning up and expansion, the problem we have had is that a number of users like Striver and Burgas00, members of the "Muslim Guild", have been incessantly trying to POV push in this, and they created another POV fork (deletion nomination Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Israeli_shelling_of_Beit_Hanoun here, POV fork named Israeli shelling of Beit Hanoun), slammed a bunch of propaganda into it, and then "suggested" a merge trying to shoehorn their POV content into the main article. Until we get it down so there's only ONE article, improving is going to be difficult even without the rest of their POV-pushing antics. RunedChozo 23:00, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
If you're going to speedy close Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beit Hanoun November 2006 incident because it was, technically, a {{ sofixit}} job, then by the same token you should close Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Israeli shelling of Beit Hanoun, as it is too. I'm a neutral observer in all this, but I feel that you've gotta be consistant. Daniel.Bryant [ T · C ] 23:01, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
You have it marked as closed - speedy delete but you haven't deleted it yet. I almost deleted it but figured given how controversial the matter is it might make more sense to wait for you to do it and/or make sure that you intended for it to be deleted. In any event, I think deleting following by making a redirect might make more sense since it seems like a reasonable search term for the matter. JoshuaZ 00:47, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
Hey!!! What is THIS???
Man, need to calm down...
Are you seriously telling me that you are buying into the notion that i created the article in bad faith as a pov fork? As an, admin you should know about the very first line of WP:POV fork: A content fork is usually an unintentional creation of several separate articles all treating the same subject.
On what grounds are you accepting that i created the article in bad faith? Did you even contact me? This is totally irresponsible, also, wikipedia policies demand that history is kept for merges. And if that is not enough, by pure chance, i happened to create the article that had a NPOV name. I urge you to reconsider your decision to close as a delete, speicaly considering that most people argued for a keep. In fact, the only reason (as i see) for closing delete is that a user that got blocked for 24 ( 48 for his sock) hours for this very issue influenced you.
Man, sorry if i sound upset, but i am. Just pretend i was not upset, and read that a few times. -- Striver 00:48, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
Oh, sorry, it was Daniel.Bryant that argued for the speedy delete. Well, i argue that both should have been speedy merge. There is no facts supporting the argument of me creating it as a POV fork, it was a content fork. I feel offended that an admin accepts such an strong accusation as truth without any facts supporting the accusation. Specially when it results in the deletion of part of my edit history on wikipedia-- Striver 00:58, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
I noticed you moved it back to the name "2006 israel-gaza conflict" and blocked future moves saying that it was moved there months ago, and while this is true, we actually held a discussion and decided that this was the incorrect name. The Al Aqsa Intifada is the wider conflict for which Operation Summer Rains is a part, it is not a new conflict in and of itself (unlike in Lebanon, where there was no ongoing armed conflict.) It was talked about here specifically. It would be good if you could either bring up your objections there so we can discuss it, or you unblock it from moves so that it can be placed back in its proper place. ~ Rangeley ( talk) 22:06, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
That is incorrect, it has not ended; these are suboperations, see the IDF website or the Hebrew Wikipedia which lists them as such in its lead (מבצעי משנה). The reason it is called the 2006 conflict is, in part, due to disengagement a year before. El_C 22:58, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
Yes I don't have confirmation that OSR is over, but it doesn't mean that it's ongoing. What we can say is that - end of OSR wasn't officially announced, but no updates were released since August. And I like El_C how you totally ignoring fact of original research you're promoting. OSR doesn't consist from all these operation! You don't have a single official info! -- tasc words deeds 12:54, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
The actions of another editor has caused me to review the policies regarding stalking. In the article it stated there were hundreds of editors to assist in monitoring problem editors, but when I clicked the link, it took me to the same statement. The article did state that you opposed the self-nominated mediator request of Coolcat; so I am contacting you for assistance. If I should go somewhere else, please direct me.
The editor in question is Duke53. He seems to show up on many of the articles I edit [79] calling edits vandalism, he copies my edits from other articles into other articles [80], copied from here [81]. He states that he was aware of the edit because it is on his watchlist, but when I did a "what links here" and a search, Duke53 did not come up. He comments on pages where he has never participated and made inappropriate comments [82]. He insists that only his point of view will remain and threatens that I and all others will be reverted [83]. I have made numerous warnings on his talk page, but without any change in behavior [84] [85] [86] [87]
I have not attempted to make an exhaustive or complete list of incidents, but just a brief overview. I am obviously biased because of ongoing conflicts with this editor, but I do request that someone track his future edit history to determine if he truly is culpable of stalking and other forms of harassment. Storm Rider (talk) 02:04, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks sweetie-pie! Bishonen | talk 18:57, 24 November 2006 (UTC).
I've reverted your changes to WP:IUP. Please join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Image use policy#Forced image size if you want to change it. Mike Dillon 16:11, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
The tools page that I keep contains other things [deletion templates] and is not just a blind copy of {{testtemplates} >< Richard Ω6 12 UW 11:26, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
I would like to express my appreciation of the time you spent considering my successful RfA. Thankyou Gnangarra 13:19, 26 November 2006 (UTC) |
"If you have the capacity to tremble with indignation every time that an injustice is committed in the world, then we are comrades. – Che.".
Excellent.
First accept my apology for mentioning mischievous non-Hindu editors. I just wanted to refer the anonymous editor involved in nefarious activities as mischievous non-Hindu editor and was not meant in general sense.
I can see the above sentence to be at top of your values. I want you to be my comrade in protecting Hinduism from nefarious activities of other religionists. Some anonymous editor included some nefarious external website links in Hinduism. I removed it. The editor, placed the same for discussion on talk page. It met strong opposition. I removed the links even from talk page as it is subversive way to place such nefarious links, intentions of which can not be presumed to be good. Abecedare strives to have them on talk page in the name of Wikipedia policy. Should something malice be allowed to remain on talk page under Wikipedia policy? Should Wikipedia policy be allowed for convenient interpretation to support un-rightous moves? How can you help? Will you kindly see the page where you put your comments and talk page of Hinduism for anti-Hindu rubbish?
Thanks. swadhyayee 04:33, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
If you are interested here is the background discussion on
And here are (some) of the diffs I objected to: [88], [89] And even though I consider this information irrelevant: I was not the anon. user who posted the original message and links. I'll let you read and come to your own conclusions. Abecedare 05:49, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
I've restored the consensus version for now; your version was intensely political, which distorts what Israel is really about. Let's work something out in Talk:. Jayjg (talk) 23:23, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
I wasn't going to send thank-you cards, but the emotional impact of hitting WP:100 (and doing so unanimously!) changed my mind. So I appreciate your confidence in me at RFA (especially from someone of such established Wikipedia tenure), and hope you'll let me know if I can do anything for you in the future. Cheers! -- nae' blis 23:20, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
Oh, the humanity!
I had my doubts about a second RfA, but even I couldn't have predicted the way it caught fire and inexorably drifted to the ground in flames, causing quite a stir on its way down. Still, it was encouraging to see the level of support and confidence. Thank you for yours, and I hope I'll still have it the next time around. Kafziel Talk 13:56, 29 November 2006 (UTC) |
Thank you for voting in my RfA, I passed. I appreciate your input. Please keep an eye on me(if you want) to see if a screw up. HighInBC (Need help? Ask me) 16:37, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
Bravo, Chaver. Muy excellente. - crz crztalk 17:34, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Ignatz Lichtenstein. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, your reasons on how or why you did so will be greatly appreciated in the above review. -- Kendrick7 talk 22:59, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
Thankyou El C for your consistent contributions to modern conflict articles on WP. BigHaz kindly nominated this article. I know you write a lot, so in future, feel free to self-nominate like the majority! Blnguyen ( bananabucket) 01:09, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
As soon as you indefinitely block Daniel575 (who identified himself as being dutch with every opportuniy), 217.132.130.193 comes and starts taking up all of Daniel575's old causes. I checked, and 217.132.130.193 is a Dutch IP address. Some of his edit explanations are oddly similar to Daniel's, and his discussion comment (the one I checked) is exactly the same style as Daniel575's (down to the ridiculing). I think 217.132.130.193 is a sockpuppet, and should similarly be banned. Thanks.-- Meshulam 15:25, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
as it stands your closing, looks really odd, you appear to have introduce a new point to the debate & closed it because of that point at the same time. were you aware that it had been resubmitted 2nd dec, so it isn't 5 days yet? ⇒ bsnowball 11:19, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi EI C. I have a problem with User:Khosrow II, who keeps including his personal interpretations of facts into the main article about Azerbaijan. Would you mind to have a look? It’s been discussed endlessly, but he keeps on inserting the same baseless statements in the etymology section. Thanks in advance. Grandmaster 13:55, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my page El C. :-) | AndonicO Talk | Sign Here 14:55, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
Universalgenius has just moved lots of posts from several different topics on two different User Talk Pages to the Discussion Page on the France 24 article. I object to my posts being moved here, and the whole thing is extremely incoherent. Could you please remove this addition to the France 24 discussion page ? -- Aquarelle 09:57, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
But what would be the tune? "Way Down Upon the Swannee River? "America the Beautiful"? "The British Grenadier"? "Roddy McCorley"? "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain"? "Sweet Betsy from Pike"? "The Patriot Game"? None of these quite fit -- either the number of syllables is wrong or the emphasis is wrong ("niceNESS" unstead of "NICEness"). Once again we must resort to "Greensleeves", with its generous allowances for multiple syllables per note or vice versa. ("Deletionist" takes up three notes, "Kittens" one, "Nice" two.)
A- las, my lo-ove, you do me wro-ong,
Dark Mis-tress of the De-le- shnist Ca- bal
to cast me o-off dis-cour-teous-ly...
a-gainst Kitt'ns, Smi-lies, and Ni- ice- ness.
I would welcome suggestions for any better fitting tune. – SAJordan talk contribs 11:24, 7 Dec 2006 (UTC).
Now you say you're sorry,
for being a Dark Mistress of the Deletionist Cab-al
But why must you be against kittens
be against kittens
kittens, and Smilies,
and Niceness too
Hi. I'm acting as advocate for an editor who has been having issues with Mitsos. As part of the DR process, we have opened an RfC in order to get community input on behavior that several users feel is uncivil and biased. Seeing as how you have interacted with Mitsos in the past, we would appreciate any input you may have on the matter. Please visit the Request for Comment page and leave your thoughts. Thanks very much, → Bobby ← 15:44, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
thanks for pointing that out about rv-ing warnings ⇒ bsnowball 06:58, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi. Why did you delete the lumanarium links in the Donne article? They are not greatly important, but I found them useful. Rintrah 13:28, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
I'd like to see this more broadly discussed, too. I'm not entirely thrilled with Luminarium (it certainly could be better written), but it seems generally accurate and well-researched, and has a lot of good materials. It is tricky to decide just what we should do in terms of linking to other basically encyclopedic materials. If there is a discussion on this somewhere, could I ask you to ping my user talk page & let me know where? Thanks. - Jmabel | Talk 18:34, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
Regarding [90], the problem is that far too many administrator's aren't following these instructions or even aware of the recent additions to the Shared IP template collection. It's causing a lot of unnecessary angst for first time editors and extra work for us at unblock-en-l. -- Netsnipe ► 14:56, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
Greetings El_C. You may wish to have a look at this article and its talk page, some questions have been raised there and I'm not sure that I'll have the time to answer them in the immediate future. Palmiro | Talk 22:24, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
Hopefully one of you will have time to look at the discussion page. I am a new user and it was my understanding from reading WP:5P& WP:V. Specifically I stated what I was going to do on the Talk page and I used the hidden tags on the parts I could not verify as well as stating on the Talk page why I did so. So on one hand I do as the wikipedia verifiability policy says. Hide the content and open a discussion on the talk page. Then the change I do is undone and no verification is given. The crux is this then, perhaps the wikipedia verifibility policy is wrong and needs to be rewritten. If so please tell me what the correct procedures are to get the content of this article either verified or fixed. El_C I will attempt to answer your questions concisely on the discussion page, however according to wikipedia policy as I find it the onus is on you to provide verification for the statements in those sections, not on me to provide other info. I would not have asked for verification if I had found it on the page. I still tend to think the article goes past what it should for the subject, indeed that much of the article has to do more with the Israel/Palestinian problem in general rather then the green line. I assume you do not want the discussion here. Wmb1957 02:17, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
Just curious since I don't know, but is deletion of the page the way that unaccepted RfC's are typically handled? It seems inappropirate to me as the record of the RfC having been brought, even if not accepted, should not be summarily deleted. — Doug Bell talk 02:19, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
Hey. How are things? El_C 13:13, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
El C - with respect, Booyaka is a vandal. The persistent use of tags in bad faith has been warned with the appropriate warnings, and he has ignored those warnings. Could you explain how this is not vandalism? He is interfering with the good operation of Wikipedia - that I have no doubt about. An incident has already been reported as has a complaint in another area. To no effect. Curse of Fenric 07:10, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
El C, I note that you are an admin. The mediation has failed. Booyaka is a threat to Wikipedia in my view, and must be dealt with. The database of independent wrestling in Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and the United Kingdom is under threat from this vandal. Please? Curse of Fenric 20:36, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
Hey El C, I was just wondering why the third reversion would count as a self revert in your opinion?- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 11:46, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
See this: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Moshe Aryeh Friedman. Thanks. IZAK 12:52, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
I actually am fairing quite well, if you look through my contributions you will see I write in good faith, this includes the seeming vandalism of my own template here, re the comments made in the TFD discussion. Anyone offended by any comment I make is free to take it up with me instead of crying to sysops. In the past I have conceded in discussions as required. frummer 15:08, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
I don't know what the standard is for templates, but do talk pages get deleted as well? If so, here's one for a template you recently deleted: [106]. Milto LOL pia 16:05, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi El_C, there is something i would like you to clear up for me. Perhaps our Greek editors will take you more seriously than me. Does having an article on an defacto entity of the above name violate the undue weight policy? A number of Greek editors seem to think so, they have in the past removed in the infobox stating it implies legitimacy, asked for it to be renamed to northern Cyprus, made clear their preference for it to be deleted and now add a pov-title tag to it, all on the basis that simply mentioning TRNC or writing about it is "pov". I'd appreciate your view. Thanks, -- A.Garnet 20:44, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Template:Bruchim. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Sorry for the impersonal templateness. And "an editor" means me. - Amarkov blah edits 00:53, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi: Thanks for your words of warning [107] to User:FrummerThanThou following his recent spate of wild and disruptive edits. Please see my most recent note to him at User talk:FrummerThanThou#Kindly do not create a Halakha category.... Thanks again for the input. Shavua Tov, IZAK 08:10, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
Please take a look at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Throw the Jew down the well. I have noted there:
Honestly El_C, I am finding this user to be incorrigible and beyond exasperating. He has even bragged to me that he is a "sock", see my response at User talk:IZAK#Close Shave. Best wishes. IZAK 11:02, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi El_C: Latest chutzpah at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/NeshAir. Thank you, IZAK 13:25, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
What does one make of the new Category:Palestinian rabbis and Category:Talmud rabbis in Palestine, should they be renamed to something like Category:Rabbis of ancient Palestine? so that it does not connect, and become confused with, the way the word "Palestinian" is used today (meaning the very unJewish modern Arab Palestinians, who have nothing to do with these rabbis!) Thanks. IZAK 09:48, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
Note: Many articles about the rabbis of the Talmud and Mishnah are derived from the archaic Jewish Encyclopedia, published between 1901-1906, over one hundred years ago (when the Middle East was still under the thumb of the Ottoman Turks) and which used the archaic expressions "Palestine" when referring to the Land of Israel, and to the Jews living in the areas of the historical Land of Israel as "Palestinians." This is a big mistake that requires constant attention and correction, especially when copying and editing articles from the Jewish Encyclopedia or from similarly archaic sources such as Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897). At this time, no-one uses the term/s "Palestinian/s" (in relation to anything associated with Jews or the land they lived in and which they regarded as their homeland) nor by any type of conventional Jewish scholarship, particularly at the present time when the label "Palestinian" is almost entirely identified with the Palestinian Arabs who are mostly Muslims. Finally, kindly take note that the name Palestinian Talmud is also not used and it redirects to the conventional term Jerusalem Talmud used in Jewish scholarship. Thank you. IZAK 13:41, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
Makes sense, I'll try to remember. However, there was a period when everyone referred to the land of Israel as Palestine. Therefore, to say something like "in 1940 Shlomo Pines emigrated to Israel" would appear to be an anachronism. Don't we have to use the term "Palestine" during a certain period for historical accuracy? What is this period? From Roman conquest until 1948? Thanks. Dfass 15:03, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi El_C: Unfortunately, User:FrummerThanThou has crossed the lines of acceptable editing. He has now created [111] a provocative new "user" User:Jesus. See User talk:Jesus#Problem with your user name. I do believe that admin intervention is overdue. Thanks. IZAK 08:54, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
So, let me get this straight. Not only can a cooperating group of editors control an article's POV, but they can block the insertion of dispute tags by rotating their reverts? 'Cause when a group of editors is ignoring Talk Page discussion, tags're the only way to note dissent on Wikipedia. 66.211.32.50 12:49, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
El C, when you don't edit for a few days I worry that the imperialists have gotten you ;-) I'm glad you are back. Well, I noticed that you (02:00, 19 בספטמבר 2005 El C (שיחה | תרומות) (en:Tumulus)) made an iwl for the he:תל article to tumulus, then YurikBot added the rest. Someone told me at Talk:Tell that a tumulus is a burial mound, whereas a tel is a settlement mound. This person probably spells this tell instead of tel though. I thought I would ask you before changing this on he: since you know more than me. What do you think about moving tell to tel on en:? DVD+ R/W 02:05, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi. You might (or might not) want to take a look at the comments on your oppose !vote here. Of course you have the right to comment/!vote however you wish, but I believe that all that might be involved in this instance is a simple misunderstanding over terminology. Regards, Newyorkbrad 03:14, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
As in the correct law was not applied? Anyway, that DRV felt overly incriminatory and assumptive. I am a professional historian, so I am not unfamiliar with scholarly standards, which policy attempts to acculturate. I would not be able to publish the entry based on the evidence provided in the first AfD. There was no abuse of discretion and it is best to refrain from legalese, especially if the jargon contains the word "abuse" — how many people know what it means? In my mind, this (and other) response(s) epitomize the reason why I created WP:AFDC — since I felt 'regulars' were increasingly treating XfD it as a quazilegal rather than an editorial mechanism. El_C 04:14, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
El C, can I ask you for a favor? I would like to get Abu Nidal up to featured article status, and one of the things I would like to add is a freely licensed photograph of the house he was raised in in Jaffa. According to Yossi Melman, Abu Nidal's biographer, the building is now the Tel Aviv Israeli military court. Could you post a request for me on the Hebrew Wikipedia, asking whether there is anyone who lives near there who would be prepared to take a photograph and release the rights to it? In case it's helpful, there's a photograph of the building opposite page 22 of Yossi Melman's The Master Terrorist: The True Story Behind Abu Nidal, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1987. ISBN 0-283-99452-9
Any help with this would be much appreciated, and you would get to bask in the reflected glory if the thing ever gets FA status. And I hope this finds you well. :-) SlimVirgin (talk) 20:05, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
Please see the Openbravo article. the same user has already recreated it after you deleted it. -- Sleepyhead 17:00, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
dear jim i know that he article was deleted previously. but now i think there is a good reason for it to be created on wikipedia. i would like to reapeat what user jordi said here "Sorry folks, but "This page may meet Wikipedia's criteria for speedy deletion. The given reason is: previously deleted" does not sound like a good reason too me since I cannot see the criteria followed to delete the page in the first time (since I did not write it). I do not see any reason why this page is wrong. Some reasons for keeping this page: - This page describes a free software/open source project like many other pages at Wikipedia. - OpenBravo, like Compiere and Adempiere is a free ERP. All of these projects release software regullary, have their communities behind them and are used by many users and are commercially backed. I do not see why Compiere or Adempiere can be in Wikipedia and Openbravo not" also the reason given for deletion previously was that there were not enough google search results for the same. now there are more than 40,000 results and 63,000 downloads for openbravo. so please restore the page sms Siddharthmukund 03:22, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure what you mean by this. You want the title to the site (included as "title="), to the news article (included as "work=", and translated too), or ...to the statement of Bakoyannis? The latter, I'm afraid, I can't find. For the rest, maybe we could swap the fields? Niko Silver 17:57, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, I'm always looking through Recent Changes, I'll find a vandalization, and by the time I get to it, somebody has already caught it and warned the editor. :) User:Zoe| (talk) 19:28, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
I wish you and yours all the best for 2007. Palmiro | Talk 22:00, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
Dear El C,
I noticed a mention of the "Lydda-Ramlah massacre" in the Lod article, so I decided to create an article on the subject. However, I noticed there already was: Lydda and Ramle during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. The problem is, the article is pretty crappy and I'm not sure if it should be split-up, renamed, or deleted. There used to be an article at Lydda massacre, but it was redirected. What do you think we should do? What is the most common term to describe these events? (I know it definitely isn't "Lydda confusion") As an Israeli historian, I'm sure you know something about the subject, right? :-) Happy new year, Khoi khoi 06:33, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi El C: Seems that the problematic user name User:Jew has not been dealt with. See User talk:Jew as this was probably a sock for a blocked user. Thanks. IZAK 00:21, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, and the same to you! Jayjg (talk) 15:47, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
A two-day hangover is always bad news! (Alarmingly frequent bad news, these days. I'm beginning to suspect it's a symptom of approiaching middle age. Urghh. Time for more booze.) Palmiro | Talk 22:52, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi El_C: Take a look at these templates:
with the displayed prominently. Honestly, of all of Hinduism's symbols' did this one have to get "headline" billing on these templates? Alternatives are aplenty if one were to look around on articles listed on {{ Hindu Deities and Texts}} where there are dozens of less offensive symbols that could be chosen for the same purpose. While the swastika may be ok with some Hindus, it should not be flashed around "in all innocence" because for the rest of the world that was caught up in World War II it was the symbol of literal EVIL, DEATH and DESTRUCTION emanating from the Nazis. It was Hitler's personal diabolical "symbol of choice" and for that reason it is VERY far from neutral, no matter in what context it is used. It violates Wikipedia:Civility to have it displayed in such an "in your face" fashion on these Hindu templates, giving it a dubious "place of pride" it does not deserve. Need one say more? IZAK 23:12, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
I'll try to have a look. If the discussion is still ongoing, that is. El_C 01:28, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi El_C,
If you remember some time ago i asked if you could consider whether using the title Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus violates undue weight? Well the article is getting quite chronic now with Greek editors applying the disputed title tag. I'd appreciate your comment on the article talk page if possible. Thanks, -- A.Garnet 23:04, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
You closed Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User talk:Letitsnow22113. I think a WP:CSD#G4 speedy deletion may be in order for the recreated page. Could you evaluate? GRBerry 01:36, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
I don't think restoring his comment was a good idea. Not only was it extremely incivil and highly disruptive, but there was also unanimous consensus on ANI to ban him from Talk:Tokusatsu and any related articles, due to the massive amount of disruption he's been causing. jgp T C 13:41, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your support on my RfA, which closed favorably this morning. I appreciate the confidence the community has placed in me and am looking forward to my new responsibilities. Please let me know if ever you have any comments or suggestions, especially as I am learning how to use the tools. Best regards, Newyorkbrad 20:52, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of fafblog. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, you might want to participate in the deletion review.
Thanks for the clarification re the UNIFIL "chefs." That one had me stumped. Raymond Arritt 03:08, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
Come on over and place your sig on my "Favorite Admins" list and make yourself a copy of my toolbox. Martial Law 22:10, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
Hello, El C/generic sub-page3, since you have made several edits to articles about Chile, you may be interested in looking at the Wikipedia:Chile-related regional notice board to pick up on other topics that need attention, or to express needs which you perceive pertaining to Chile. JAXHERE | Talk 02:33, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
I have edited an Article about Kano but you turned to revert the edition, while I am doing the right thing. Why are you editing when you don't know anything about Kano?
Thanks for fixing the infobox. I forgot to take out the commander as well. -- Borgarde 11:56, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi El_C, an attempt has just begun to resolve the Pontian Greek Genocide dispute through an arbitration committee. Since you have mediated there before, could you please voice your support or objection to such a measure here. Thanks, -- A.Garnet 16:31, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
Please don't remove a legitimate link to Stel.la on Astrology unless you have a valid reason to do so. ( Aeon2012 12:48, 28 January 2007 (UTC)) Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that exist to attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam policies for further explanations of links that are considered appropriate. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. El_C 17:37, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Hello, El C. I'd like to ask you for your input in this - literally thousands of articles have been sloppily "Anglicised" already (changing "région" for "region", for example, without modifying the phrase around it in the least to provide the proper context/meaning of the term) without any prior discussion at all, and one is continuing this rampage in spite of an ongoing discussion and WP:RFC about it. As you are major contributor to France-topic articles, so your input in this case is even important. Please help. You can find the discussion here. Thanks. THEPROMENADER 19:51, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
Greetings El C, could you take a look at this editor again? I noticed that you blocked him/her once before and that they've been blocked before for incivility and provocation regarding the Muhammad article. I notice that this user is back to the same behavior. The talk that specifically concerns me is found here and here. On this second edit he writes "Mohamed (sbuh)", I searched on google to see what he was saying with that statement and this is what I came up with. Both of these examples of talk are further unecessarily inflammatory and set up a battleground surrounding this already difficult article. Is there anything that might be able to be done to reduce this negative influence? Thanks. ( → Netscott) 02:37, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi El_C. I was wondering if I could have your views on the carbon dating article. I believe it needs to mention that the accuracy of carbon dating is disputed by some groups (often religious groups) as this is a well known fact, and I can cite numberous sources for this fact. But for some reason a user insists on removing both reference to this fact, and any sources to this reference. I'm not sure what the next step would be if this user (vsmith) does not stop. Would it be an rfc against the article or the user? The reason I'm asking you is because I remember you had a level head with regards to a small dispute over the racialism article a while back, so thought I'd ask an "old timer" such as yourself before taking it to a wider community. Thanks for any feedback you can give, -- Rebroad 15:05, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
I am not sure of what link you are speaking of. - SVRTVDude 10:59, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
The discussion party was when I originally made the page....never did one, so I wasn't sure where to put the information. If you can, or if it is needed, can you put that information in it's proper place. Sorry about that. - SVRTVDude 11:58, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
I just pasted the discssion field from the {{ RfC}} template. Thanks. El_C 12:01, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
I don't have a problem with YOU editing the section, including your revert, but Calton needs to not engage in an edit war in the complaint section, it's against the RfC rules, and for good reason. Mango juice talk 04:12, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Provide sources for that bogus information you have reverted back to. It is being removed until you do. CanadianPhaedrus 04:47, 9 February 2007 (UTC)CanadianPhaedrus
I was racing ahead somewhat. ;-D SlimVirgin (talk) 08:10, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
<weary tone> Good grief! <end weary tone> -- Zleitzen 13:32, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, thought AfD tags worked the same way PROD tags did. My apologizes. - SVRTVDude ( Yell - Work) 12:55, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
Hey El C, sorry to disturb you but another sock is at it again. Netpeache ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) ... could you perhaps put a temporary sprotect on my main user pages? Thanks. ( → Netscott) 13:20, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
Hello El C, thanks for the reverts of my talk page. It is very clear that Observation Post ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is a sockpuppet and I'm inclined to believe that the individual socking is User:Kgeza67/ User:Wik engaging in POINTed behavior. I've noticed on Kgeza67's socks he typically starts out by putting small message on both his user and talk pages (as this user did). Anyways this sock defied you and further reverted the talk off of my page. On the first removal the sockpuppet is technically correct per WP:BAN#Enforcement_by_reverting_edits but once another individual (like yourself) reestablishes the talk it becomes that other editor's edit and any subsequent reverts are against the third editor. Thanks again. ( → Netscott) 13:30, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
'The Editors Barnstar | ||
For confronting the excesses of the Arbitration Committee. Proabivouac 10:45, 12 February 2007 (UTC) |
I don't like it...but what am I gonna do? Unrelated question for ya....can you tell me why page WRAJ Internet Radio was deleted? It was AfD tagged and I massively updated it to bring it up to code so that it wouldn't be deleted and it was still deleted. - SVRTVDude ( Yell - Work) 11:45, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
I've been trying to get the story myself. As I understand it, User:Osli73 is under an ArbCom ruling, and he's supposed to discuss his edits on the talk page before making them. He's not banned from the article, he's just supposed to discuss his edits. An anonymous user has taken to censoring all of User:Osli73's comments on that talk page. If I understand the situation correctly, the anonymous user is being over-zealous, and his censorship of Osli73's comments is simple vandalism. -- Jim Douglas (talk) (contribs) 00:42, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
No, I don't know what case it was, or what specific restrictions he's under; I've left him a message asking for the details. He seems to be discussing all of his edits on the article talk page. The current dispute seems to be regarding how many people were killed in the Srebrenica massacre. Osli73 made his case here: Talk:Srebrenica massacre#~8000 vs >8300, but his subsequent edits were reverted with an edit summary of "rv". -- Jim Douglas (talk) (contribs) 05:36, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Jim and El_C, it was an arbcom on the Kosovo article back in Sept-Oct 2006. Unfortunately, I was away during the time and didn' make any statements during the arbitration process. The Kosovo arbcom found that since I had been involved in an edit war on the Srebrenica massacre article (the episode they are referring to is this) for which I had been given a 96 hour probation. This was correct (a lapse of judgement on my part following bullying and personal attacks from some of the other editors on the article, for which I am not proud).
What I can't understand is that the arbcom decided that this warranted putting me on a one year's probation and revert parole. I also don't understand why the Kosovo arbcom considered my misbehavior on the Srebrenica massacre article in their case which clearly concerned the Kosovo article. Regards Osli73 09:11, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
El_C, will do. As I mentioned, I was away at the time and didn't make any statements in the arbcom process. I didn't know that it was possible to question or challenge the findings of the arbcom or to ask for an explanation of their findings. Regards Osli73 09:58, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
El_C Unless arb comm decisions are revoked (link added. El_C), probations and paroles are to be enforced. Selective enforcement of wiki rules undermines integrity of wikipedia. If you will not respect wiki rules, if you think you can ignore wiki rules, when what do you expect others to do???
El_C, please note Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration#Request_for_clarification_on_remedy_of_the_Requests_for_arbitration.2FKosovo my recent comments] to dmcdevit's reply relating to the Kosovo arbcom's decision. Regards Osli73 10:27, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
El_C, as I've stated before, [112] yes, I was. The reason was that I had received some threatening emails to my private email address which I had strong reasons to believe were related to the harassment which I had experienced (and to a certain degree, continue to experience) in relation with the Srebrenica massacre article (the message was about my being a "#¤&% Serb" followed by threats and other insults. As it was quite apparent that the sender of these emails knew my full name (due to the prefix of my email address) and that Sweden is a rather small country, where it is not difficult to find personal information (such as postal addresses, etc), I felt it safest to (attempt) to 'change' identities to KarlXII. When I was challenged by some editors on the Srebrenica massacre article about being Osli73 I denied this. Of course this was an incorrect and 'stupid' thing to do, but at the time I was a bit shook up. Regards Osli73 11:09, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Is there anyway you can temp protect this page from being edited? It looks like there is one helluva revert war going on over there. I reverted it back to the consensus version myself after taking a long look at the talk page...and would protect it myself if I had the power (damn my non-power)...but doesn't look like this revert war is going to end anytime soon. - SVRTVDude ( Yell - Toil) 19:00, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
I don't understand why the recent page move vandal's block holds for anonymous users only. Doesn't that mean he can still vandalize by logging in? — An gr 06:16, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
I'm innocent of all charges and so is Zoe! But we do kick ass big time! And so, I suspect, does El C. Theresa Knott
I was wondering if it is OK to add a station's webstream to the info box. - SVRTVDude ( Yell - Toil) 13:24, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Got another vandal 68.160.165.46 who is screwing up all kinds of pages. I need some help. - SVRTVDude ( Yell - Toil) 14:21, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Hello El C. You recently removed a POV title tag from TRNC. That dispute has been going on for months, and I believe that there is a strong case for rename to something like Northern Cyprus. Nevertheless, do you think you could utilize the same principle by which you removed the tag from the TRNC article from the Pontian Greek Genocide article as well? There have been numerous polls there, the latest one still visible on the talkpage was 19 - 5 against changing the title, so I think it's safe to say that the chances of there ever being a consensus to rename it are close to zero. Will the tag by there in perpetuity? Admin User:Future Perfect at Sunrise once said it should not, but the tag's still there. Luckily you've mediated in this dispute before, so you know the facts well enough. Dirak 14:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I know that userpage was offensive before you protected it—that's not the point! Did you read the Village Pump discussion (which is where my own input is)? See for instance [113], [114]. Hope you like your new banner! Bishonen | talk 01:30, 15 February 2007 (UTC).
Without those section headers there are no Edit buttons on the main AIV report page to get to /TB2, all the reports get lumped together, then you click the only edit button on the top of the page and the bot reported one's aren't there. HighInBC (Need help? Ask me) 14:38, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
That section is seldom used. It mostly wastes space. Just link to it without a superfleous section. El_C 14:43, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
You recently and correctly blocked Reever2 ( talk · contribs). This user contacted the unblock-en-l list, confused about why he was blocked. We explained WP:SPAM and WP:COI to this user and indicated that even if the links were appropriate (which we weren't arguing), this user cannot add the links as it is a conflict of interest. The user has read over these policies and agrees not to add links to his own site and so I have assumed good faith and unblocked the user. Please yell and scream at me if you believe I acted inappropriately. -- Yamla 15:20, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
-- Dweller 14:20, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
Why? — Thernlund ( Talk | Contribs) 04:57, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi El C. The 58% comes from adding together the "lower" (38%) and "extremely poor" (20%) classes. The source itself specifically defines poverty as only the latter of the two classes. Maybe we could reword it to "58% at a low income level, with a full 40% of those below the poverty line". Providing comparisons to other first world countries like the US may help (the US, not the least of which because this is English Wikipedia, but also because it's often used for comparisons in the Western hemisphere). The robustness of the economy compared to the rest of Latin America should probably be included too. -- Mardavich 09:42, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
Yes I am the copyright holder of the picture. It was given to my father who is also included in the picture. ROOB323 10:42, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for declaring me exempt from 3RR on the Waldemar Matuška page. I wanted to make sure I wasn't doing the wrong thing. Bobo . 12:51, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi El C. Thanks for blocking User:Barringa. I find these diffs since your block very interesting. -- Dweller 13:34, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
I meant to say a "long post on someone's talk page", but I didn't...was damned tired when I got in last night. Sorry, teaches me to post when I am tired:) Anyway, it was a HUGE post on User:Sarah Ewart's talk page. I had responded to a question brought up by her in the WP:CN page about User:GordonWatts and Calton responded there. He responded with some 30 links, some from other people's talk pages, one from yours. Now, that is kinda creepy. The last couple posts on his talk page, I was trying to be polite and I was not rude. But when he is posting on other people's talk pages about me and dragging my name through the dirt, yeah, I am going to defend myself. I would rather not have to, as my edits and additions on Wiki have decreased considerably due to him. Calton is going to continue to post on others talk pages bashing me until, I believe, I give up and leave. Which is personally looking like a better idea each and everyday. I am not stalking him, but in my opinion he is breaking a couple important rules and getting away with it with little or no consequence and when I respond to his attacks on me, I am the bad guy. Dude, that ain't anywhere close to fair. - SVRTVDude ( Yell - Toil) 20:08, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
There seems to be a conflict in the battle of Stalingrad page, a user who has been blocked several times before and that has a history of attacking ww2 articles which can be seen in his edit history is trying to insert some information which he "has seen in some movie". He has made several threats and a personal attack where he has called me ignorant, and he is directly violating wp:ver. Can you please take a look into this matter Potaaatos 15:58, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
I notice that I've been "semi-protected". I'm not even sure what that is. Did I do something wrong or am I being protected from others doing wrong to me? I'm really confused. Loomis 21:03, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
user:60.240.254.60 is blocked only 16 hours after being a 25+ vandal only account being blocked before? Would not a longer block than a day be prudent. I mean for all we know they go to bed get up tomorrow and do the same thing. Not my place I guess. Its your call, so be it. I understand... Thanks for your time. -- Xiahou 03:00, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
You have been blocked for wheel-warring with yourself, aren't you ashamed of yourself, or at least of me? Bishonen | talk 03:57, 20 February 2007 (UTC).
Given that sleeper accounts now seem to be being used to following the semi protection of this page, do you think its appropriate to file a request for checkuser to discover how many other sleeper accounts there may be? WjB scribe 04:11, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
I see what you mean as how this page is a bit reactionary. We don't have a problem with pedophiles, the page seems to think like they are everywhere. The problem I have with myself is I assume that PeeJ is the one who is making us do this, so that is why I mentioned them. I am not sure what more can be done, or said, about this, but let's just see what happens. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 16:36, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi El C... just wanted to draw your attention to this... [115]... still having problems with this user... Gsd2000 02:41, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
Well. Dmcdevit did a IP check for me and Potaaatos uses the same IP as Deng. And since the IP check confirmed Potaaatos identity, I include the transgressions of Deng as the transgressions as Potaaatos as well. That's why I said cites policy and not always correctly. Deng has a very very long history of citing policies incorrectly so they match his particular POV. I was not necessarily speaking of this specific case. In the end, if you feel like Kurt should be blocked, block him. I certainly won't object. I blocked Potaaatos based on being another in a long line of SuperDeng socks not necessarily on his specific behavior on Battle of Stalingrad.
As for him claiming he's not SuperDeng, Deng has denied using sockpuppets in the past even after confirmed by CheckUser. But Potaaatos made several comments on his talk page that are pure Deng, including the claiming that Kurt and I are "chummy" despite the fact that I've blocked Kurt in the past multiple times. And Potaaatos complained about casuality numbers being changed, which is Deng's pet peeve about all WWII articles concerning the Soviet Union.
I guess this is my long way of saying that you should take what Potaaatos says with a grain of salt. And as for Kurt, if you feel like he should be blocked, go right ahead. He never has learned to discuss things using talk pages. So he just reverts ad nauseum until someone gets tired of it. -- Woohookitty Woohoo! 05:28, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
I'm not so sure if I agree with it. Does this mean that we'd be moving Abkhazia to Abkhazian Republic? The problem with that is that the article is about both the de facto independent republic and the de jure autonomous republic of Georgia. The article has two definitions. If we moved the page, it would mean we'd have to split into two articles. Khoi khoi 08:00, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
With all the majority of vandalism coming from IP-address only members, why not make it that you have to have an account? It would drop vandalism as vandals more-than-likely wouldn't get an account here and the good guys would. Just curious as to why this hasn't been tried before. - SVRTVDude ( Yell - Toil) 17:07, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
... an unspeakable nutcase. Bishonen (worried) 20:00, 24 February 2007 (UTC).
That you might be able to help me out with getting an article locked. It's being vandalized extensively and I'm not sure what to do about it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Rschuyler 16:12, 27 February 2007 (UTC).
Hey. List it on WP:AIV (or elsewhere on WP:VIP) if it's still ongoing. El_C 09:49, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
While I understand the desire to close this AfD quickly as you probably noticed the New York Times just ran an article on the subject. Moreoever, this piece of information only became known in the last few hours. I therefore think it makes sense to run the AfD for a little while longer and see if that alters anything. JoshuaZ 07:31, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
Surely you're kidding. You closed that with a single sentence, not even bothering to explain your reasoning? Did you read the latest comments regarding the New York Times article on Essjay's resignation and the discussion here? I had just changed my opinion from merge (as you closed it) to keep based on this new and extremely relevant information. I suspect other may as well, yet you choose to close this early? I think you need to undo that. — Doug Bell talk 07:33, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Essjay. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. -- RWR8189 07:42, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
From the tone of your comments I think you may have been way to close to this one (for whatever reason) to make any decision to wrap up the AfD. Please rv yourself? Thanks for listening (and thanks for trying to be helpful). Gwen Gale 08:56, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
El C, get some sleep and some rest and some chicken soup and stuff. Relax. Please. Look at the birds... focus on the birds... you're getting sleeeeepy... sleeeeeeeeeeepy... Bishonen | talk 08:13, 5 March 2007 (UTC).
I'v never seen such a pile-on, much less for "overturn" at deletion review. Clearly the consensus is that the AFD should continue to rerun, why not save everyone a little time and just unclose it? Milto LOL pia 16:11, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
[un-indent]I don't know what's bugging you, Doug, and indeed I don't even know you, but when somebody here is trying to cheer up someone else who evidently needs it and has expressed feeling hurt, there is little value in a third person interjecting with an uncivil comment. That applies here as much as it does in real life. Enjoy your semi-wikibreak. Metamagician3000 08:05, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Can you please provide a link to this consensus, on the WWII discussion page, before you revert the WWII infobox? There's been a lot of discussion and the result there is from an end-vote. I'd like a bit more reasoning to revert away from it. Thanks. Oberiko 17:35, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
Your deletion of the Essjay article is a farce ! Headphonos 00:00, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi, you have just reverted a link ( http://www.8thcontinent.nl back to http://www.ucpzone.com/madagascar/en) on the Madagascar article. I wanted to update the link because the site has moved to a new adress. The old adress does not exist anymore.
Regards, DylanLS 12:48, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Even if no one else did, I supported your closure. Whether or not the article should be deleted is not a part of the question, I would still support your decision regardless of how I felt about the article in question.
Thank you, I very much appreciate your support. All the best, El_C 11:16, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
I've added the link that User:72.70.196.188 is adding to Shadowbot's blacklist. That should take care of them. Shadow1 (talk) 13:14, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Your edit here show that you deleted Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Voice of All. As the case of Essjay demonstrates there is no real need to follow to the letter a structured RfC. The guidelines for RfC removal are stipulated on the RFC Request comment on user section. Your reason is not there. Frankly I consider such a speedy deletion, without a formal discussion, to be lacking in wiki policy and rules. In particular I feel that you achieve a " Petty exemple" of violating WP:CIV by personally targeting my "Good faith edit" which where intended to try and resolve a conflict. WP:CIV states:
In fact if you read through the RfC there was evidence that showed an attempt to try and resolve the issue. I ask that you please appologize for, as WP:CIV states, the greater "stress" you have caused and that you undelete the page. -- CyclePat 14:52, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
p.s.: On top of that I just find out you're are the clossing admin for Essjay's case and you deleted this RfC. Humm... We call that trying to remain at arms lenght and I think you may have failed in this one. -- CyclePat 14:59, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
The question you ask regarding "failing to discuss and resolve the issue" can be found in the delete page. If you undelete the page I will be happy to reformat the text so it can be highlited. Again though, you have not provided any wiki guideline that indicates it is mandatory to follow the RfC template and I have in fact provided a precedent where the format was not follow. Please undelete. -- CyclePat 15:06, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
I was wondering if there is a way that admins choose to go over the incidents at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3RR. Some much earlier reports are skipped with no decision, block or no block. Regards -- Jeff3000 01:18, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
Your lack of explanation for this ban instills the fear to make comments on this wiki. The block log says disruption, without further explaination it would seem that the motive for the block is Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Self_taken_Provocative_Photos:.
This makes me fearful to suggest future edits and makes me nervous about being bold. Perhaps a more detailed explanation of your rational will put my fears to bed. HighInBC 15:10, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
Hey El_C. I would also like you to see this [2] Could you give some input into this possiblility. Maybe a indefblock was a tad bit harsh, IMO. Maybe a week-long block like Bunchesofgrapes has suggested in the above diff, then when she returns, maybe some mentoring to see if she's willing to improve? — The Future 18:05, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
I sent you an email, and would be grateful if you could let me know if it's arrived, as one of mine to someone else didn't, and I'm beginning to wonder if there's a bug in the system. I have also sent a second one marked "test". Thanks. Tyrenius 21:51, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
El_C - I've tried to email you at all the email addresses I have for you. I miss you. Come back for a visit sometime! - Ack
Would you be willing to comment, here: [3] Slrubenstein | Talk 15:49, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
Hello El C, it seems from your comment that your view is that the lead should be somewhere between what is currently on the article and SlimVirigin's no? ( → Netscott) 13:08, 28 August 2006 (UTC)
I'm a bit concerned about the additions being made here. (and no, I'm not really back, just calling by!) Perhaps you could take a look? I've already mentioned it to Zero0000 and Ramallite, but I then thought you might be more available. Regards to Kitty. Palmiro | Talk 20:35, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
An image or media file that you uploaded or altered, Image:Cowbell2.gif , 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 it not being deleted. Thank you. Peter G Werner 00:49, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
I've taken a try at implementing this (in userspace at the moment, so there's no fallout). If you want to see what I've come up with, try making a user subpage and tagging it with {{subst: User:ais523/ElC/afd}}; this should create a catted AfD if you follow the maintenance links at the bottom of the template. (It's based on the recent AfD instruction streamlining whereby the links do some of the editing automatically.) -- ais523 15:23, 30 August 2006 ( U T C)
I noticed you recently moved requests for page protection to the fulfilled requests section, but Voice of All's bot already does that, and purposely leaves one request at minimum in each area so people can already see the format for requesting a page protection on record. So, in the future, it's unnecessary to move the requests unless the bot seems to overlook it. Thanks. Cowman109 Talk 06:57, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Was it fun deleting nearly 100 user pages? I wondered when an admin would act. Andy 1 — 0 Spammers. :) -- Andeh 12:30, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Template:Test (first level warning) Gerry Ashton 15:25, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Hi,
I've gone rouge and reopened this debate -- just because Mr. Colbert is American, it doesn't mean that a "humor policy" page devoted to him is totally insane. I'm not saying I like the page, but I am saying that it deserves discussing per the precedent of WP:SPIDER. Best wishes, Xoloz 17:13, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
I must protest your removal of my sockpuppet report page for Shravak. The result was that the sockpuppet did not understand why I had tagged his page because the evidence I provided had been deleted and he became hostile as he believed I had tagged his page simply b/c I didn't like his edits. I have no problem with no action being taken, but that should simply be commented on the evidence page. Deleting the evidence opens the accuser to unneeded animosity, having to explain myself to several people, nasty notes on my talk page, etc. All this could have been avoided by leaving the evidence in place so others could see that the complaint was reasonable. I have restored the evidence page to avoid more nastiness. - 999 ( Talk) 19:34, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
You just protected a vandalized page. GM is inserting his POV over cited facts. Please atleast protect the correct version of the article. Khosrow II 21:49, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
I've finished implementing and testing this, but need admin help to change AfD over to the new process. Look near the bottom of today's AfD log to see the category system in action; the categories contain all unclosed deletion debates in the relevant category and all log pages containing such deletion debates (so hopefully there won't be any lost debates any more).
The changes I would like made are as follows:
These changes should implement the new category system across all new AfDs.
P.S. There's been a bit of an edit war on {{ afd}} recently, so I'm suggesting a compromise version on the change.-- ais523 10:47, 1 September 2006 ( U T C)
Hi. Looks like we have shared interests ;-) Miaou... El Gato Del Che 18:20, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
I had originally decided not to archive it because I was informed of my mistake by someone else, prior to your question. This is why I include "at my discretion" at the top of my talk page. I felt that it was not really necessary, but since you insist (I swear it's either guilt or a WP:POINT) I have archived the discussion. Ryūlóng 03:59, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi El_C, it turns out that a user you banned earlier for 3RR, Shravak wasn't a sockpuppeteer after all. Checkuser has now confirmed that User:Dattat was in fact a puppet of Mattisse. -- Netsnipe ► 07:58, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
Delete when you feel ready :). Andypandy.UK
Why did you move it? There's no consensus for it, and you've not provided a reason in your edit summary. Could you at least explain yourself on the talk page, please? Iorek85 08:56, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
I've tried reasoning with User:Nickjohnsonhill who insists on removing speedy deletion notices from his copyvio/spam and won't answer my inquiries. I no longer have admin privileges or I'd whammy him myself. Thanks. - Lucky 6.9 16:17, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Excuse me, but according to you I violated the three revert policy, can you defend your block as I cannot find where I reverted over 3 times.-- Shravak 17:10, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
Your request for clarification, and the responses to it, have been moved to Wikipedia talk:Requests for arbitration/Zeq.
For the arbitration committee. -- Tony Sidaway 02:15, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
My 1666 fire article draft has come out of the closet now—not moved to article space, but I've let the cat out of the bag (Hello, Kitty, was it horrible in there?). It's not a secret any more, so feel free to refer to it. There's a little there now about politics, what do you think? There will be more, as Charles II was very worried that the huge social problem prsented by homelessness and rising prices after the fire would lead to another London rebellion. I believe that's why he was so keen to help the homeless settle elsewhere, the farther away the better. Just as long as they didn't march on the Bastille...no, he can't have been thinking that, can he? Anyway, he was scared the Good Old Cause would come and get him. Bishonen | talk 01:04, 11 September 2006 (UTC).
Hi El_C: Please take a look at the vote at Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Log/2006 September 10#Category:Israel Defense Forces. Your expertise is required. Thanks a lot. IZAK 12:09, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
Any ideas on what to do about SA and my page? I'm fed up. Eric Lerner Elerner 03:48, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi, please use the {{ at}} and {{ ab}} templates when closing afds (instead of mfd top and bottom). The mfd templates make the log pages harder to read (because of random spots of color) and might break the count at WP:AFD/Old. And it's faster to type 'at' than 'mfd top'. Thanks. - Bobet 10:55, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
Please feel free to put the talk on your talk page. It doesn't belong on mine; a user's page is a user's page, and one doesn't have to tolerate gratuitous insults by other private users there. Clossius 19:36, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
How are you holding up these days? :) — Khoikhoi 19:42, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
Dear El C, may I please ask you to comment on Talk:Florence#External_Links ? Since you were the last one to delete the contested external links, your input would be welcome in face of the personal accusations brought forward by User:Angiolo77. Thanks a lot, Sergio Ballestrero 19:48, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
Why did you protect Taretone's page? I think the best away to finish this NOW, is to request mediation or arbitration. I am tired of disputes with Tryenius, Taretone, and Charlesknight. What do you think about mediation/arbitration? Sugar pine t 20:38, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
We have tried every dispute but mediation. I don't feel mediation will work. I'd like you to unblock him so he can praticipate in Arbitration. Sugar pine t 20:58, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
Are you still online? — Khoikhoi 22:46, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
This article can't remain taged forever! There is no point if the visitors of Wikipedia read article whose neutrality and factual accurancy is disputed. Anyone who disputes the article can explain the reason on the talk page. A.Garnet doesn't disputes something specific, and even if we back the article up with state of the art references he is still going to dispute it. Maybe we should delete the article because A.Garnet disputes it???? Please reply on my talk page. Thanks Mitsos 08:18, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
User:Mustafa Akalp has vandalised the article twice and wasn't blocked even once! I was blocked not because I vandalised the article (which I didn't) but because I 'm a WN... Mitsos 19:01, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
User:Kuhnster has posted to the unblock mailing list inquiring about his block. There isn't anything posted on the talk page or in the block log that explains the reason for an indefinite block. Are there deleted articles? Is this user account a sockpuppet? Could you let me know why this user was indefinitely blocked? Thanks. Gamaliel 22:53, 17 September 2006 (UTC)
Some of his reverts from the vandalism were to pages that were PRIOR to the most recent one - so he did a revert to the wrong version to cure the vandalism plus delete my content at the same time. Some of the revers were a combination. Stick to the Facts 09:26, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I don't know how to put this, but I am kinda shocked with all this nationalistic matcho s*** taking place in Talk:Pontian Greek Genocide and User talk:Mitsos. I thought I should bring certain quotes to your attention, and hope you'll figure out what to do:
I really have never seen such extreme behavior and I am anxiously looking forward to your opinion or action. •NikoSilver• 14:00, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
Hello, I noticed that you removed the Stormfront AfD tag early. I believe there were more votes to delete than to keep the article at that time. Why was't the tag left in place? There doesn't seem to be an explanation. Thanks, Stick to the Facts 15:55, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
The changes look good to me. Jayjg (talk) 18:24, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
Is there anything I could do to get you to comment on Stormfront(Talk)? If there is not, simply say NO or don't do anything, I won't bother you anymore, this will be my last entry. You would lose respect in my eyes, but why should you care about that? -- ExpImp talk con 11:12, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi,Regarding the merger you performed between Votebank and Votebank politics in India, don't you think that the history of Votebank Politics in India is long enought to merit a separate article. Also, given how poorly the Votebank politics in India article was written, might it not have been better to add a brief synopsis to the Votebank article about the Indian experience with votebank politics, and add a {{ main}} link to the other article. Gamesmaster G-9 20:39, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi! I noticed that you have removed the unreferenced tag from this article. I was hoping that the article would get to featured status as it has a lot of content. But unless it is referenced, it will never get there. When I added the tag, there were many more such statements. It is slowly getting better but there are still many that require references. The tag brings it to the attention of the reference project and hence will bring in references. So would you mind if I readd the template? Thanks. Shushruth \ talk page \ contribs 05:54, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
That position is taken, I'm afraid. If it's supreme overlordship you're after, I suggest you consider becoming a clerk. It's a tried and tested path, apparently, and I have a few papers you could pretend to shuffle while beating the masses into submission (to me). SlimVirgin (talk) 09:11, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
I'm very sorry to have to bother you, but, with regards to his recent issues, where he promised to act civil. I believe that he is not following through on it. He has just made accusations against myself and Gamesmaster G-9 on Talk:Votebank [4] and has violated WP:OWN, insinuating that we should "leave" and thustly claiming ownership of the article Votebank. In addition, he has made statements so inarticulate that I could not even understand them. Then he told me to "Plz go through VHF on my user page" here. The VHF says: "Discover a Fool inside you and present him wisely" here. Calling me a "fool" does, I believe. constitute a personal attack. I would appreciate your mediation on these matters. Hkelkar 10:05, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi , I would like to let you know that the article was started by me and mostly contributed by me too (though you must not interpret it as I wish to own it).The other users involved are not interested in article,they have only one interest undoing my edits.You can check this by looking into Mamta Kulkarni talk page and edit history of vote bank politics in India.User:Hkelkar in particular is following me simply after a dispute with him on Kancha Ilaiah.I would also like to let you know I have never been incivil with anyone for that matter.For proof of all I accuse of them you must try to look into the history of concerned pages.Maybe you would like to block these two even which is a long overdue task now. Ikon | no-blast 10:32, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Exactly as I thought he might, User:Ikonoblast has reneged on his promise of good behaviour. I see that User:Hkelkar has already brought it to your notice. He is consistently violating WP:OWN. I also note that he has asked you to take a look at Mamta Kulkarni, which is ironic because I was about to point to that as another blatant example of WP:OWN behaviour. Furthermore, he considers ANY edit to be a personal affront, but thinks nothing of making nonsensical edits of his own, that can only be attributed to malice. I think this has gone on far enough. Gamesmaster G-9 14:47, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
All right, here's a more detailed description of events.
The original article was created by User:Ikonoblast, and looked like this [5]. Since it did not contain a proper definition of the term, I moved the article to Votebank politics in india and added a {{ POV}} tag [6]. User:Ikonoblast immediately reverted both changes [7]. I reapplied the changes, and this led to an edit war where the page was moved back and forth and the template was applied and removed continuously [8], [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14], [15], [16]. Finally, he stopped his reversions, but only after I created the new page [17]. At this point, he immediately listed this for deletion, the result of which was Keep [18]. At this point, User:Ikonoblast started getting really malicious. He tagged it and tried merging [19]. This started yet another revert war [20], [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26], [27], [28], [29]. Please also note that during each revert war, I made it a point to explain my actions on the talk pages Talk:Votebank and Talk:Votebank politics in India, but the responses made it amply clear that User:Ikonoblast was making the whole matter personal. Finally, when you did merge it, I began a cleanup, as I had said I would do. At this point, he started YET another edit war, beginning by tagging the page with {{ dubious}} tags - which make no sense whatsoever, and reverting all the material I had edited [30]. At the same time, he was feigning offense when some material he included was similarly tagged [31]. Yet another revert war began, this time with User:Hkelkar joining in [32], [33], [34], [35], [36].
That is the situation as it stands. I realise its a lot of information - I haven't even brought up the problems I had with Mamta Kulkarni. I hope you will agree that User:Ikonoblast's behaviour is a clear violation of WP:OWN, because I'm pretty sure that he is going to continue this petty behaviour till kingdom come. Thanks. Gamesmaster G-9 01:10, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
I have to register for the record that I am extremely disappointed by what you said earlier.. I recognize it as a genocide because there are casualty figures in the hundreds of thousands.. What is this?? Are you an international lawyer?? How can you claim to make such a statement?? Genocide is a legal term, not a layword.. Massacre is a layword.. I put an extremely detailed post on the talk page that responds directly to this claim, please read it before jumping the gun as you did at that point... This is exactly the reason why genocide recognition isn't left to ordinary people but to countries, academicians, lawyers and judges... Regards... Baristarim 08:18, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
Re: September 2006 Thailand coup, for an article of this size 7,800 words long (40-50,000 characters, depending on how they are counted), a 1 paragraph introduction of 100 words is unacceptable. See Wikipedia guidelines at Wikipedia:Lead section#Length. The guidelines suggest 3-4 paragraphs. If you think that my summaries are not concise enough, then rewrite them. But please do not delete them. Patiwat 12:29, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
Someone that you reverted here [38] then changed the picture on your userpage. It has been on there for 5 hours, so maybe you don't mind or didn't notice. Never know, my hunch is that it probably should be changed back. DVD+ R/W 20:17, 23 September 2006 (UTC) Note: another person changed it back while I was writing this. DVD+ R/W 20:19, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
And while I'm here, I wanted to mention that I've stumbled across a couple of translations that you've made, one of a Yom Kippur War memo at Usertalk:Raul654 a couple of weeks ago, and another from the Babylonian Talmud at Wikiproject Judaism, and I'm really impressed by your ability at this. Regards, DVD+ R/W 20:36, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
hey El C. you may recall putting up a note stating that off-topic discussions would not be allowed on the talk page. sadly, the soapboxing continues with some anon's or new accounts and User TharkunColl ( talk · contribs) continuing to use the talk page as a forum for advocacy and personal evaluation of the subject, the latter user having already been warned about trolling in this manner on that talk page (although he has clearly ignored this and continued per [39], [40], [41] and maybe more). can anything be done about this? thank you. ITAQALLAH 00:06, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
Even though reasons were specifically stated at Talk:Pontian Greek Genocide, the removal of the tags continues... :( — Khoi khoi 08:21, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
Hey El C, thank you for supporting my recent RfA. It finished with an amazing final tally of 160/4/1. I really appreciate your support. Cheers, Sarah Ewart ( Talk) 10:48, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi El_C,
I see that you've made some contributions to the discussion there recently. I'd like to get your general view on the whole article, what you think of its title, its content, its sources etc. Thanks, -- A.Garnet 12:59, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
I have noticed when you closed the above AfD, you did not remove the category template, "REMOVE THIS TEMPLATE WHEN CLOSING THIS AfD". By deleting this when closing it pulls the discussion out of the category. I have deleted it from this discussion, but if you could review any other closures you have done recently and remove the tag from them it would be greatly appreicated. This is a fairly recent change. The official policy is at WP:AFDC. I have been going through the listing in each of the categories CAT:AFD and removing the tag from pages that are closed and adding the approriate category code for those in the uncatagorised group. Thanks.-- Gay Cdn (talk) (email) (Contr.) 20:34, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
The title of the first section that you added to the article you helped me on, I keep thinking of that as personal advice to me from you. And I sort of wish I could. How did you learn to read so well, by the way? DVD+ R/W 23:36, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
Hi Che
You wrote me that mon february:
Hi. Looking at the website's forum, it appears it has not yet reached sufficient notability so as to be included in North Africa. Thanks. El_C 07:21, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
I let the site grow and now put again the links Thanks Skafis 18:55, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
I noticed you reverted my userpage. What about the comment on User:Jiang that says Dalai Lama owns slave? Taiwan=shame and comment that says President Chen should be executed definitely violated WP:NPA according to your reasoning. This is obviously double-standard. An admin support my claim that userpage and talkpage doesn't fall under wikipedia rules. see [ [42]], User:Nlu clearly states this is a userpage, not an article. [ [43]] [ [44]]. I got lots more if you're interested. Meanwhile, I already made it clear that until Jiang removed his PA and racist image toward Taiwanese I will not remove mine. Please help us to reach a peaceful resolution.-- Bonafide.hustla 04:16, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
Well, Taiwan=shame is a clear display of racial hatred. The content include stuff slandering Dalai Lama and promoting China to invade Taiwan (communist propaganda). Jiang claimed he doesn' "endorse" the content on his page but I think it's a violation of WP:POINT and should be removed. The 2 diff. link I provided above is based on a discussion with admin User:Nlu who clearly pointed out that even if I put racist contents (for example making fun of the Muslim prophet Muhammad, he doesn't care 'cause he would only revert the article not my userpage/talkpage). So either way, please read the diff. link I provided above. The more likley reason you failed to see the racial hatred is I'm assuming you can't read Mandarin. Anyway thanks for looking into the situation.-- Bonafide.hustla 04:49, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
Well, did you read the diff. I provided? Race is a really vague concept. His image clearly insulted the 23 million Taiwanese population. While his outburst is allowed, mine isn't??-- Bonafide.hustla 05:42, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
Okay, it's promoting violence against Taiwanese population and encourage communist invasion to Taiwan. In addition, it also make personal attack on President Chen and Dalai Lama. Can you unprotect my userpage after reading the diff. I provided above?-- Bonafide.hustla 06:05, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
I really don't see my userpage content being anymore offensive than Jiang's. Mine's targeting at Chinese while Jiang's is targeting Taiwanese (promote Chinese invasion, assassinate President, Taiwan=shame, etc). By telling me to remove the offensive contents on mine but not his seem to be quite trivial not to mention double-standard. I would respectfully advise you to contact User:Nlu who, accordingly to the diff. provided above, have different interpretation than yours regarding wikipedia regulations.-- Bonafide.hustla 07:18, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
I already did a few months ago. I provided some diff. link above. Please read it and unprotect my talkpage or discuss with other admins. It seems to me that pro-China/communist influence is very high on here (i'm not accusing you of anythin because I assume you are neutral) but clearly this seems to be a blatant example of double standard (favoring China's annexation of Taiwan but disregard Taiwanese nationalistic feelings)-- Bonafide.hustla 03:14, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
Both contains racial nature but mine deserved punitive actions while his isn't? Mine is actually a quote from a Taiwanese politician, so that is why I pointed out specifically that I don't endorse the quote. User:Nlu already pointed out that as long as no endorsement was stated, it might, just might, be a violation of wikipedia policy. Also, in regard to the sexist allegation, well I mean, I don't find it sexist or offensive at all. I'm just stating some girls that I really like. (they are like some of my fantasy girlfriends) And of course, all of us have had crushes and fantasies over these celebrities and wish to see them in scanty clothing. They are completely natural reaction. That is what this society stands for, more or less. Can't we just make wikipedia a little more humorous, a little more fun, a little more human? Anyway thanks for your attention. -- Bonafide.hustla
I think we've established that the alledgely racist heading is the one you're having problem with. Nevertheless, China=shame is strictly a statement about China, nothing better or worse than Taiwan=shame. I will remove the content under that heading (but not the heading itself) if those are the stuff that you're concern about and replace it by a quote of a Taiwanese politician. An unprotection is respectfully requested.-- Certified.Gangsta 19:27, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
Sorry, I might have missed a trick here - can you explain to me why the result of this debate was delete when the result from the vote count is actually even (6/0/6)? Are we deleting articles that show no overall concensus now or have I just miscounted? Mammal4 10:39, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
You closed this as delete, but the associated User:Modern Industry which I added to the nom (probably in a less than obvious way looking back at it) wasn't deleted. Will you delete this or shall I open a new MFD? Cheers, Yomangani talk 11:46, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
How can you see the result as being in part "edit away the OR"? Three people expressed OR concerns, all of whom weren't part of the majority view to keep, and a number of contributors disagreed that OR was present- not to mention that implicitly, those who voted Keep were rejecting the idea that the article was OR. Gabrielthursday 20:17, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
My thanks for having closed the MfD on the Kingstonjr gallery. I think that may well have been a rather difficult decision to make. I do have one slight, marginally related question. I just recently noticed that there is a new proposal at Wikipedia:Galleries addressing how and when galleries can be permitted. I was going to post a link to the proposal on the MfD comments when I noticed that the discussion was closed. As you seem to be an admin, which I am not, do you have any suggestions on how I would go about letting people know that this proposal exists? I've never actually dealt with proposals before, so frankly I don't have a clue. If you do, please let me know. And, again, thank you very much for your fulfilling your admin duties, both in this instance and elsewhere. Badbilltucker 15:03, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for the note. I'm not an admin, so my actions are pretty much limited to voicing my opinion. That, I've already done. Take care, Mexcellent 04:23, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi -- I moved the Russian yield estimate out of the lead of the North Korea article. Even when it was announced it was very much at odds with all other estimates (even, it now appears, with what the North Koreans estimated their yield would have been in the most ideal circumstances) and the "5-15 kilotons" line itself seems at odds with their own seismic readings (there is an interesting but brief discussion of this here — and yes, it is a blog, but the blogger in question is the head of the Managing the Atom policy program at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, so he's not just some guy off the street, to say the least). In any case, as time goes on almost all other sources have put it in the sub-kiloton range, and even the most optimistic don't put it anywhere near the Russian estimate. Personally I doubt even the Russians would still hold strong to that. So, whatever the case behind the Russian estimate, I don't think it should be in the lead (I of course support it being in the yield section of course). Hope that makes sense. -- Fastfission 14:47, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
I removed the ITN headline you added regarding Ecuadorian run-off elections, because I believe it really isn't necessary to have a headline about an upcoming event. I think it would be best to actually add the headline when the run-off actually occurs, and the final results are tabulated. Thanks. If you have any comments, feel free to message me back. Nishkid 64 21:59, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
When dealing with SVG images from the Commons, please be careful. You actually uploaded and protected the 800px PNG version rendered by MediaWiki ( Image:800px-Flag of Ecuador.svg.png) and placed Image:Flag of Ecuador.svg on the main page unprotected. Thank you! — David Levy 22:10, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
Thank you for contributing to my RFA. Unfortunately it failed (final tally 26/17/3). As a result of the concerns raised in my RFA, I intend to undergo coaching, get involved in the welcoming committee and try to further improve the quality of my contributions to AFD and RFA. All the best. Cynical 14:58, 19 October 2006 (UTC) |
Np. I'm sure next time will be a flash. El_C 08:05, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
Hey El C, thanks a lot for supporting me in my recent RfA. It succeeded, and I am very grateful to all of you. If you ever need help with anything, please don't hesitate to ask. Also, feel free point out any mistakes I make! Thanks again, — Khoi khoi 04:22, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
Did you put a warning on my talk page? I am asking because there is one there with your signature on it. TY Duke53 | Talk 07:45, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi. I would really appreciate if you could find a minute and have a look here: [47]
Sarah Ewart has been so kind as to try help resolve my dispute with Khosrow. I would appreciate your input as well. It looks like the more people are involved in this is the better. Thanks in advance. Regards, Grandmaster 18:52, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
In addition to being generally updated, perhaps a renaming would be in order so as to reflect the focus on the commissions, of which the soldiers' protest is only one aspect? Tewfik Talk 19:38, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
Hi El C, I wonder if you'd be intersted in taking a look at the discussion at Allegations of tourist apartheid in Cuba. The article was originally created seemingly due to various disputes about the word apartheid in reference to Israel. It was my understanding that the Cuba apartheid article was to be merged with Tourism in Cuba, when that page became significantly more than just a stub. Having now worked on the Tourism in Cuba page - and followed the various calls for a merge between the apartheid in Cuba and tourism in Cuba page - it seems that editors from the apartheid outside South Africa article have swooped in to oppose this. I hope I'm not breaching WP:AGF by presuming that the actual motives for opposing this perfectly logical and uncontroversial merge, is to do with disputes on other pages concerning the word apartheid in the context of Israel. In which case I don't think it's helpful for readers or editors that the portrayal of another small embattled nation should get caught in the crossfire and suffer as a result. It seems an extraordinary precedent to set to oppose this merge and one which fringes on WP:POINT. Your thoughts would be of great help.-- Zleitzen 18:17, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
You and your fractals, lol. Pro-nectar? The poor little colibri looks more like it's playing Sigourney Weaver having frantic second thoughts in the molten-lead vat plunge scene at the end of Alien 3 ! Scary! :-( Bishonen | talk 15:14, 29 October 2006 (UTC).
Thanks. Electionworld Talk? 08:19, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
9 keeps, 5 deletes and you delete? Gimme a break! Vincent 01:12, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Yamanote Halloween Train. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, your reasons on how or why you did so will be greatly appreciated in the above review. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Vfp15 ( talk • contribs) .
I'm the guy who created the initial article. Your comment about "No convincing claims to notability" is pretty bizarre considering the wide-ranging arcana that routinely passes muster throughout wikipedia. Regarding my being "single-purpose", I have contributed edits and corrections to many articles -anonymously- but this was the first article I created, so I logged in to do it because I thought that was what I supposed to do. Regarding "Unresponsive", I saw some comment (I am guessing yours) about a need for more sources, but did not understand it to mean that I was expected to provide further references: I assumed it was bad for a single contributor to completely own an article, that it was better if the contributions came from many places. It would have been thoughtful of you to leave the article up past Halloween so the participants in this years' event could contribute to it. I would sign this post properly except I recently changed computers and my (saved) login is not on this machine, so I currently have no idea what my login is. Is there any way to send me that article so I can give it another go? Thanks, Mark H.
Hey El C, since you took the initial action and seem like a reasonable fellow (From the Deletion review) I decided instead of waiting a few more days for a response from another admin I was talking to, I would just come straight to you. Since the cause of the deletion seems to have been a dearth of reliable sources, I provided multiple sources (I realize that one of them linked directly to a youTube after an explanation and thats considered not kosher, but in this case since it was indisputable footage of hundreds of people at the event I figured it was ok). However, I was told by Guy (Admin I mentioned earlier) that I needed multiple mainstream coverage and I simply do not see how I can acquire that as I'm not a resident of Japan nor a native speaker. Furthermore, I believe this is following the letter of the law but not the spirit. I have provided and can provide more evidence including pictures, videos, and various sources corroborating the event and its history, which I believe prove that this is in fact a real annual cultural event in Japan. If you have any advice as to how I should continue to see this article undeleted (Or remade, I can do that too) it would be most appreciated. Thanks for reading. Isikari 00:16, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
You wrote regarding an ANI notice about Centrx deletion of several userboxes in userspace:
So I have to admit, I am curious, which pertinent discussions did you refer to there? Charon X/ talk 00:56, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
I moved the Homey thread back because that's where people know to look for it. Was there a reason you wanted to move it? SlimVirgin (talk) 03:31, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
The board is very resilient; it can cope with an active and vigorous discussion. :-) Jayjg (talk) 03:39, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the message. The Chinese casualty figures are based on internally circulated documents and hospital figures - these are not public claims. However, they would seem to roughly correspond to what the Chinese have been saying for 25 years about their casualty numbers, so I would say that they are the best estimate on the basis of the available evidence. It is a bit cluttered at the minute - I would be inclined to delete what each side claimed about the other's casualty figures, and just go with the most up-to-date numbers we have. Cripipper 11:47, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi El C, I am very thankful to you for supporting my succesful RfA. Shyam ( T/ C) 06:58, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
I'm looking for assistance: as I've never had a username or opened an RFC, I have little experience in the area of creating them. I noticed you were involed in Adam's. He's got a real attitude problem, and is treating anyone without a username like scum. I'm working on a list of diffs demonstrating his disgraceful behavior and need to know how I would go about getting said list out. Do I somehow create a second RFC that describes his behavior, or do I add to the old one and hope someone responds to it, despite the fact that it's more than six months old? Any help would be greatly appreciated. -- 172.194.72.68 23:49, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
Examples of Adam treating anons badly/warning them out of line/being a jerk, etc...:
Excuse me if this is scewed or seemingly out of order (not to mention terribly short), but I'm in a bit of a hurry.
Some of these are fairly old, but the point I'm trying to get across is that even though he may not like anons editing, it's not his decision to make and it gives him no right to ignore and insult us. He's got an attitude problem, and that's not what Wikipedia is about. -- 172.190.75.25 20:18, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
In order:
Overall, there are few, if any, actual policy violations listed above, though the general attitude/conduct is (or rather, remains) problematic. But even if every bulletpoint involved a policy violation, it is likely that he'd be allowed to continue to operate as he does, since: 1. he contributes a lot of content. 2. his political orientation outside the prism of the welfare State is highly reactionary, so he can count on the continued supported of key members from the Wikipedia Establishment, as it largely reflects their own political views which they wish to see reflected in articles. Keep all that in mind if and/or when you consider your next step. Hope that helps. G'luck. El_C 23:14, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Hi El C, and thanks very much for your support during my recent RfA, which succeeded with a final tally of 64/0/0. I am grateful for the overwhelming support I received from the community, and hope I will continue to earn your trust as I expand my participation on Wikipedia. It goes without saying that if you ever need anything and I can help, please let me know. Wait, I guess it does go with saying. ; ) -- cholmes75 ( chit chat) 22:17, 12 November 2006 (UTC) |
Two weeks ago I couldn't even spell administratur and now I are one (in no small part thanks to your support). Now that I checked out those new buttons I realize that I can unleash mutant monsters on unsuspecting articles or summon batteries of laser guns in their defense. The move button has now acquired special powers, and there's even a feature to roll back time. With such awesome new powers at my fingertips I will try to tread lightly to avoid causing irreversible damage and getting into any wheel wars. Thanks again and let me know whenever I can be of use. |
My RfA passed with a tally of 71/1/0. Thank you very much for your support. I hope that my performance as an admin will not disappoint you. Please let me know if you see me doing anything inappropriate. -- Donald Albury 10:30, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
Hey El C, I have a favor to ask of you. I need a quote, something like the "אם בארזים נפלה שלהבת" one. This is for something I volunteered to help with in the next couple of weeks. Do you have one for me, or can you tell me some places to look? DVD+ R/W 21:37, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
While I agree that Beit Hanoun November 2006 incident needs some cleaning up and expansion, the problem we have had is that a number of users like Striver and Burgas00, members of the "Muslim Guild", have been incessantly trying to POV push in this, and they created another POV fork (deletion nomination Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Israeli_shelling_of_Beit_Hanoun here, POV fork named Israeli shelling of Beit Hanoun), slammed a bunch of propaganda into it, and then "suggested" a merge trying to shoehorn their POV content into the main article. Until we get it down so there's only ONE article, improving is going to be difficult even without the rest of their POV-pushing antics. RunedChozo 23:00, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
If you're going to speedy close Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Beit Hanoun November 2006 incident because it was, technically, a {{ sofixit}} job, then by the same token you should close Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Israeli shelling of Beit Hanoun, as it is too. I'm a neutral observer in all this, but I feel that you've gotta be consistant. Daniel.Bryant [ T · C ] 23:01, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
You have it marked as closed - speedy delete but you haven't deleted it yet. I almost deleted it but figured given how controversial the matter is it might make more sense to wait for you to do it and/or make sure that you intended for it to be deleted. In any event, I think deleting following by making a redirect might make more sense since it seems like a reasonable search term for the matter. JoshuaZ 00:47, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
Hey!!! What is THIS???
Man, need to calm down...
Are you seriously telling me that you are buying into the notion that i created the article in bad faith as a pov fork? As an, admin you should know about the very first line of WP:POV fork: A content fork is usually an unintentional creation of several separate articles all treating the same subject.
On what grounds are you accepting that i created the article in bad faith? Did you even contact me? This is totally irresponsible, also, wikipedia policies demand that history is kept for merges. And if that is not enough, by pure chance, i happened to create the article that had a NPOV name. I urge you to reconsider your decision to close as a delete, speicaly considering that most people argued for a keep. In fact, the only reason (as i see) for closing delete is that a user that got blocked for 24 ( 48 for his sock) hours for this very issue influenced you.
Man, sorry if i sound upset, but i am. Just pretend i was not upset, and read that a few times. -- Striver 00:48, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
Oh, sorry, it was Daniel.Bryant that argued for the speedy delete. Well, i argue that both should have been speedy merge. There is no facts supporting the argument of me creating it as a POV fork, it was a content fork. I feel offended that an admin accepts such an strong accusation as truth without any facts supporting the accusation. Specially when it results in the deletion of part of my edit history on wikipedia-- Striver 00:58, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
I noticed you moved it back to the name "2006 israel-gaza conflict" and blocked future moves saying that it was moved there months ago, and while this is true, we actually held a discussion and decided that this was the incorrect name. The Al Aqsa Intifada is the wider conflict for which Operation Summer Rains is a part, it is not a new conflict in and of itself (unlike in Lebanon, where there was no ongoing armed conflict.) It was talked about here specifically. It would be good if you could either bring up your objections there so we can discuss it, or you unblock it from moves so that it can be placed back in its proper place. ~ Rangeley ( talk) 22:06, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
That is incorrect, it has not ended; these are suboperations, see the IDF website or the Hebrew Wikipedia which lists them as such in its lead (מבצעי משנה). The reason it is called the 2006 conflict is, in part, due to disengagement a year before. El_C 22:58, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
Yes I don't have confirmation that OSR is over, but it doesn't mean that it's ongoing. What we can say is that - end of OSR wasn't officially announced, but no updates were released since August. And I like El_C how you totally ignoring fact of original research you're promoting. OSR doesn't consist from all these operation! You don't have a single official info! -- tasc words deeds 12:54, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
The actions of another editor has caused me to review the policies regarding stalking. In the article it stated there were hundreds of editors to assist in monitoring problem editors, but when I clicked the link, it took me to the same statement. The article did state that you opposed the self-nominated mediator request of Coolcat; so I am contacting you for assistance. If I should go somewhere else, please direct me.
The editor in question is Duke53. He seems to show up on many of the articles I edit [79] calling edits vandalism, he copies my edits from other articles into other articles [80], copied from here [81]. He states that he was aware of the edit because it is on his watchlist, but when I did a "what links here" and a search, Duke53 did not come up. He comments on pages where he has never participated and made inappropriate comments [82]. He insists that only his point of view will remain and threatens that I and all others will be reverted [83]. I have made numerous warnings on his talk page, but without any change in behavior [84] [85] [86] [87]
I have not attempted to make an exhaustive or complete list of incidents, but just a brief overview. I am obviously biased because of ongoing conflicts with this editor, but I do request that someone track his future edit history to determine if he truly is culpable of stalking and other forms of harassment. Storm Rider (talk) 02:04, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Thanks sweetie-pie! Bishonen | talk 18:57, 24 November 2006 (UTC).
I've reverted your changes to WP:IUP. Please join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Image use policy#Forced image size if you want to change it. Mike Dillon 16:11, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
The tools page that I keep contains other things [deletion templates] and is not just a blind copy of {{testtemplates} >< Richard Ω6 12 UW 11:26, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
I would like to express my appreciation of the time you spent considering my successful RfA. Thankyou Gnangarra 13:19, 26 November 2006 (UTC) |
"If you have the capacity to tremble with indignation every time that an injustice is committed in the world, then we are comrades. – Che.".
Excellent.
First accept my apology for mentioning mischievous non-Hindu editors. I just wanted to refer the anonymous editor involved in nefarious activities as mischievous non-Hindu editor and was not meant in general sense.
I can see the above sentence to be at top of your values. I want you to be my comrade in protecting Hinduism from nefarious activities of other religionists. Some anonymous editor included some nefarious external website links in Hinduism. I removed it. The editor, placed the same for discussion on talk page. It met strong opposition. I removed the links even from talk page as it is subversive way to place such nefarious links, intentions of which can not be presumed to be good. Abecedare strives to have them on talk page in the name of Wikipedia policy. Should something malice be allowed to remain on talk page under Wikipedia policy? Should Wikipedia policy be allowed for convenient interpretation to support un-rightous moves? How can you help? Will you kindly see the page where you put your comments and talk page of Hinduism for anti-Hindu rubbish?
Thanks. swadhyayee 04:33, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
If you are interested here is the background discussion on
And here are (some) of the diffs I objected to: [88], [89] And even though I consider this information irrelevant: I was not the anon. user who posted the original message and links. I'll let you read and come to your own conclusions. Abecedare 05:49, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
I've restored the consensus version for now; your version was intensely political, which distorts what Israel is really about. Let's work something out in Talk:. Jayjg (talk) 23:23, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
I wasn't going to send thank-you cards, but the emotional impact of hitting WP:100 (and doing so unanimously!) changed my mind. So I appreciate your confidence in me at RFA (especially from someone of such established Wikipedia tenure), and hope you'll let me know if I can do anything for you in the future. Cheers! -- nae' blis 23:20, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
Oh, the humanity!
I had my doubts about a second RfA, but even I couldn't have predicted the way it caught fire and inexorably drifted to the ground in flames, causing quite a stir on its way down. Still, it was encouraging to see the level of support and confidence. Thank you for yours, and I hope I'll still have it the next time around. Kafziel Talk 13:56, 29 November 2006 (UTC) |
Thank you for voting in my RfA, I passed. I appreciate your input. Please keep an eye on me(if you want) to see if a screw up. HighInBC (Need help? Ask me) 16:37, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
Bravo, Chaver. Muy excellente. - crz crztalk 17:34, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Ignatz Lichtenstein. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, your reasons on how or why you did so will be greatly appreciated in the above review. -- Kendrick7 talk 22:59, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
Thankyou El C for your consistent contributions to modern conflict articles on WP. BigHaz kindly nominated this article. I know you write a lot, so in future, feel free to self-nominate like the majority! Blnguyen ( bananabucket) 01:09, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
As soon as you indefinitely block Daniel575 (who identified himself as being dutch with every opportuniy), 217.132.130.193 comes and starts taking up all of Daniel575's old causes. I checked, and 217.132.130.193 is a Dutch IP address. Some of his edit explanations are oddly similar to Daniel's, and his discussion comment (the one I checked) is exactly the same style as Daniel575's (down to the ridiculing). I think 217.132.130.193 is a sockpuppet, and should similarly be banned. Thanks.-- Meshulam 15:25, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
as it stands your closing, looks really odd, you appear to have introduce a new point to the debate & closed it because of that point at the same time. were you aware that it had been resubmitted 2nd dec, so it isn't 5 days yet? ⇒ bsnowball 11:19, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi EI C. I have a problem with User:Khosrow II, who keeps including his personal interpretations of facts into the main article about Azerbaijan. Would you mind to have a look? It’s been discussed endlessly, but he keeps on inserting the same baseless statements in the etymology section. Thanks in advance. Grandmaster 13:55, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my page El C. :-) | AndonicO Talk | Sign Here 14:55, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
Universalgenius has just moved lots of posts from several different topics on two different User Talk Pages to the Discussion Page on the France 24 article. I object to my posts being moved here, and the whole thing is extremely incoherent. Could you please remove this addition to the France 24 discussion page ? -- Aquarelle 09:57, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
But what would be the tune? "Way Down Upon the Swannee River? "America the Beautiful"? "The British Grenadier"? "Roddy McCorley"? "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain"? "Sweet Betsy from Pike"? "The Patriot Game"? None of these quite fit -- either the number of syllables is wrong or the emphasis is wrong ("niceNESS" unstead of "NICEness"). Once again we must resort to "Greensleeves", with its generous allowances for multiple syllables per note or vice versa. ("Deletionist" takes up three notes, "Kittens" one, "Nice" two.)
A- las, my lo-ove, you do me wro-ong,
Dark Mis-tress of the De-le- shnist Ca- bal
to cast me o-off dis-cour-teous-ly...
a-gainst Kitt'ns, Smi-lies, and Ni- ice- ness.
I would welcome suggestions for any better fitting tune. – SAJordan talk contribs 11:24, 7 Dec 2006 (UTC).
Now you say you're sorry,
for being a Dark Mistress of the Deletionist Cab-al
But why must you be against kittens
be against kittens
kittens, and Smilies,
and Niceness too
Hi. I'm acting as advocate for an editor who has been having issues with Mitsos. As part of the DR process, we have opened an RfC in order to get community input on behavior that several users feel is uncivil and biased. Seeing as how you have interacted with Mitsos in the past, we would appreciate any input you may have on the matter. Please visit the Request for Comment page and leave your thoughts. Thanks very much, → Bobby ← 15:44, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
thanks for pointing that out about rv-ing warnings ⇒ bsnowball 06:58, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi. Why did you delete the lumanarium links in the Donne article? They are not greatly important, but I found them useful. Rintrah 13:28, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
I'd like to see this more broadly discussed, too. I'm not entirely thrilled with Luminarium (it certainly could be better written), but it seems generally accurate and well-researched, and has a lot of good materials. It is tricky to decide just what we should do in terms of linking to other basically encyclopedic materials. If there is a discussion on this somewhere, could I ask you to ping my user talk page & let me know where? Thanks. - Jmabel | Talk 18:34, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
Regarding [90], the problem is that far too many administrator's aren't following these instructions or even aware of the recent additions to the Shared IP template collection. It's causing a lot of unnecessary angst for first time editors and extra work for us at unblock-en-l. -- Netsnipe ► 14:56, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
Greetings El_C. You may wish to have a look at this article and its talk page, some questions have been raised there and I'm not sure that I'll have the time to answer them in the immediate future. Palmiro | Talk 22:24, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
Hopefully one of you will have time to look at the discussion page. I am a new user and it was my understanding from reading WP:5P& WP:V. Specifically I stated what I was going to do on the Talk page and I used the hidden tags on the parts I could not verify as well as stating on the Talk page why I did so. So on one hand I do as the wikipedia verifiability policy says. Hide the content and open a discussion on the talk page. Then the change I do is undone and no verification is given. The crux is this then, perhaps the wikipedia verifibility policy is wrong and needs to be rewritten. If so please tell me what the correct procedures are to get the content of this article either verified or fixed. El_C I will attempt to answer your questions concisely on the discussion page, however according to wikipedia policy as I find it the onus is on you to provide verification for the statements in those sections, not on me to provide other info. I would not have asked for verification if I had found it on the page. I still tend to think the article goes past what it should for the subject, indeed that much of the article has to do more with the Israel/Palestinian problem in general rather then the green line. I assume you do not want the discussion here. Wmb1957 02:17, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
Just curious since I don't know, but is deletion of the page the way that unaccepted RfC's are typically handled? It seems inappropirate to me as the record of the RfC having been brought, even if not accepted, should not be summarily deleted. — Doug Bell talk 02:19, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
Hey. How are things? El_C 13:13, 10 December 2006 (UTC)
El C - with respect, Booyaka is a vandal. The persistent use of tags in bad faith has been warned with the appropriate warnings, and he has ignored those warnings. Could you explain how this is not vandalism? He is interfering with the good operation of Wikipedia - that I have no doubt about. An incident has already been reported as has a complaint in another area. To no effect. Curse of Fenric 07:10, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
El C, I note that you are an admin. The mediation has failed. Booyaka is a threat to Wikipedia in my view, and must be dealt with. The database of independent wrestling in Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and the United Kingdom is under threat from this vandal. Please? Curse of Fenric 20:36, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
Hey El C, I was just wondering why the third reversion would count as a self revert in your opinion?- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 11:46, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
See this: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Moshe Aryeh Friedman. Thanks. IZAK 12:52, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
I actually am fairing quite well, if you look through my contributions you will see I write in good faith, this includes the seeming vandalism of my own template here, re the comments made in the TFD discussion. Anyone offended by any comment I make is free to take it up with me instead of crying to sysops. In the past I have conceded in discussions as required. frummer 15:08, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
I don't know what the standard is for templates, but do talk pages get deleted as well? If so, here's one for a template you recently deleted: [106]. Milto LOL pia 16:05, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi El_C, there is something i would like you to clear up for me. Perhaps our Greek editors will take you more seriously than me. Does having an article on an defacto entity of the above name violate the undue weight policy? A number of Greek editors seem to think so, they have in the past removed in the infobox stating it implies legitimacy, asked for it to be renamed to northern Cyprus, made clear their preference for it to be deleted and now add a pov-title tag to it, all on the basis that simply mentioning TRNC or writing about it is "pov". I'd appreciate your view. Thanks, -- A.Garnet 20:44, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Template:Bruchim. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, you might want to participate in the deletion review. Sorry for the impersonal templateness. And "an editor" means me. - Amarkov blah edits 00:53, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi: Thanks for your words of warning [107] to User:FrummerThanThou following his recent spate of wild and disruptive edits. Please see my most recent note to him at User talk:FrummerThanThou#Kindly do not create a Halakha category.... Thanks again for the input. Shavua Tov, IZAK 08:10, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
Please take a look at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Throw the Jew down the well. I have noted there:
Honestly El_C, I am finding this user to be incorrigible and beyond exasperating. He has even bragged to me that he is a "sock", see my response at User talk:IZAK#Close Shave. Best wishes. IZAK 11:02, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi El_C: Latest chutzpah at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/NeshAir. Thank you, IZAK 13:25, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
What does one make of the new Category:Palestinian rabbis and Category:Talmud rabbis in Palestine, should they be renamed to something like Category:Rabbis of ancient Palestine? so that it does not connect, and become confused with, the way the word "Palestinian" is used today (meaning the very unJewish modern Arab Palestinians, who have nothing to do with these rabbis!) Thanks. IZAK 09:48, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
Note: Many articles about the rabbis of the Talmud and Mishnah are derived from the archaic Jewish Encyclopedia, published between 1901-1906, over one hundred years ago (when the Middle East was still under the thumb of the Ottoman Turks) and which used the archaic expressions "Palestine" when referring to the Land of Israel, and to the Jews living in the areas of the historical Land of Israel as "Palestinians." This is a big mistake that requires constant attention and correction, especially when copying and editing articles from the Jewish Encyclopedia or from similarly archaic sources such as Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897). At this time, no-one uses the term/s "Palestinian/s" (in relation to anything associated with Jews or the land they lived in and which they regarded as their homeland) nor by any type of conventional Jewish scholarship, particularly at the present time when the label "Palestinian" is almost entirely identified with the Palestinian Arabs who are mostly Muslims. Finally, kindly take note that the name Palestinian Talmud is also not used and it redirects to the conventional term Jerusalem Talmud used in Jewish scholarship. Thank you. IZAK 13:41, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
Makes sense, I'll try to remember. However, there was a period when everyone referred to the land of Israel as Palestine. Therefore, to say something like "in 1940 Shlomo Pines emigrated to Israel" would appear to be an anachronism. Don't we have to use the term "Palestine" during a certain period for historical accuracy? What is this period? From Roman conquest until 1948? Thanks. Dfass 15:03, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi El_C: Unfortunately, User:FrummerThanThou has crossed the lines of acceptable editing. He has now created [111] a provocative new "user" User:Jesus. See User talk:Jesus#Problem with your user name. I do believe that admin intervention is overdue. Thanks. IZAK 08:54, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
So, let me get this straight. Not only can a cooperating group of editors control an article's POV, but they can block the insertion of dispute tags by rotating their reverts? 'Cause when a group of editors is ignoring Talk Page discussion, tags're the only way to note dissent on Wikipedia. 66.211.32.50 12:49, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
El C, when you don't edit for a few days I worry that the imperialists have gotten you ;-) I'm glad you are back. Well, I noticed that you (02:00, 19 בספטמבר 2005 El C (שיחה | תרומות) (en:Tumulus)) made an iwl for the he:תל article to tumulus, then YurikBot added the rest. Someone told me at Talk:Tell that a tumulus is a burial mound, whereas a tel is a settlement mound. This person probably spells this tell instead of tel though. I thought I would ask you before changing this on he: since you know more than me. What do you think about moving tell to tel on en:? DVD+ R/W 02:05, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi. You might (or might not) want to take a look at the comments on your oppose !vote here. Of course you have the right to comment/!vote however you wish, but I believe that all that might be involved in this instance is a simple misunderstanding over terminology. Regards, Newyorkbrad 03:14, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
As in the correct law was not applied? Anyway, that DRV felt overly incriminatory and assumptive. I am a professional historian, so I am not unfamiliar with scholarly standards, which policy attempts to acculturate. I would not be able to publish the entry based on the evidence provided in the first AfD. There was no abuse of discretion and it is best to refrain from legalese, especially if the jargon contains the word "abuse" — how many people know what it means? In my mind, this (and other) response(s) epitomize the reason why I created WP:AFDC — since I felt 'regulars' were increasingly treating XfD it as a quazilegal rather than an editorial mechanism. El_C 04:14, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
El C, can I ask you for a favor? I would like to get Abu Nidal up to featured article status, and one of the things I would like to add is a freely licensed photograph of the house he was raised in in Jaffa. According to Yossi Melman, Abu Nidal's biographer, the building is now the Tel Aviv Israeli military court. Could you post a request for me on the Hebrew Wikipedia, asking whether there is anyone who lives near there who would be prepared to take a photograph and release the rights to it? In case it's helpful, there's a photograph of the building opposite page 22 of Yossi Melman's The Master Terrorist: The True Story Behind Abu Nidal, Sidgwick and Jackson, 1987. ISBN 0-283-99452-9
Any help with this would be much appreciated, and you would get to bask in the reflected glory if the thing ever gets FA status. And I hope this finds you well. :-) SlimVirgin (talk) 20:05, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
Please see the Openbravo article. the same user has already recreated it after you deleted it. -- Sleepyhead 17:00, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
dear jim i know that he article was deleted previously. but now i think there is a good reason for it to be created on wikipedia. i would like to reapeat what user jordi said here "Sorry folks, but "This page may meet Wikipedia's criteria for speedy deletion. The given reason is: previously deleted" does not sound like a good reason too me since I cannot see the criteria followed to delete the page in the first time (since I did not write it). I do not see any reason why this page is wrong. Some reasons for keeping this page: - This page describes a free software/open source project like many other pages at Wikipedia. - OpenBravo, like Compiere and Adempiere is a free ERP. All of these projects release software regullary, have their communities behind them and are used by many users and are commercially backed. I do not see why Compiere or Adempiere can be in Wikipedia and Openbravo not" also the reason given for deletion previously was that there were not enough google search results for the same. now there are more than 40,000 results and 63,000 downloads for openbravo. so please restore the page sms Siddharthmukund 03:22, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure what you mean by this. You want the title to the site (included as "title="), to the news article (included as "work=", and translated too), or ...to the statement of Bakoyannis? The latter, I'm afraid, I can't find. For the rest, maybe we could swap the fields? Niko Silver 17:57, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, I'm always looking through Recent Changes, I'll find a vandalization, and by the time I get to it, somebody has already caught it and warned the editor. :) User:Zoe| (talk) 19:28, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
I wish you and yours all the best for 2007. Palmiro | Talk 22:00, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
Dear El C,
I noticed a mention of the "Lydda-Ramlah massacre" in the Lod article, so I decided to create an article on the subject. However, I noticed there already was: Lydda and Ramle during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. The problem is, the article is pretty crappy and I'm not sure if it should be split-up, renamed, or deleted. There used to be an article at Lydda massacre, but it was redirected. What do you think we should do? What is the most common term to describe these events? (I know it definitely isn't "Lydda confusion") As an Israeli historian, I'm sure you know something about the subject, right? :-) Happy new year, Khoi khoi 06:33, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi El C: Seems that the problematic user name User:Jew has not been dealt with. See User talk:Jew as this was probably a sock for a blocked user. Thanks. IZAK 00:21, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, and the same to you! Jayjg (talk) 15:47, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
A two-day hangover is always bad news! (Alarmingly frequent bad news, these days. I'm beginning to suspect it's a symptom of approiaching middle age. Urghh. Time for more booze.) Palmiro | Talk 22:52, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi El_C: Take a look at these templates:
with the displayed prominently. Honestly, of all of Hinduism's symbols' did this one have to get "headline" billing on these templates? Alternatives are aplenty if one were to look around on articles listed on {{ Hindu Deities and Texts}} where there are dozens of less offensive symbols that could be chosen for the same purpose. While the swastika may be ok with some Hindus, it should not be flashed around "in all innocence" because for the rest of the world that was caught up in World War II it was the symbol of literal EVIL, DEATH and DESTRUCTION emanating from the Nazis. It was Hitler's personal diabolical "symbol of choice" and for that reason it is VERY far from neutral, no matter in what context it is used. It violates Wikipedia:Civility to have it displayed in such an "in your face" fashion on these Hindu templates, giving it a dubious "place of pride" it does not deserve. Need one say more? IZAK 23:12, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
I'll try to have a look. If the discussion is still ongoing, that is. El_C 01:28, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi El_C,
If you remember some time ago i asked if you could consider whether using the title Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus violates undue weight? Well the article is getting quite chronic now with Greek editors applying the disputed title tag. I'd appreciate your comment on the article talk page if possible. Thanks, -- A.Garnet 23:04, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
You closed Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User talk:Letitsnow22113. I think a WP:CSD#G4 speedy deletion may be in order for the recreated page. Could you evaluate? GRBerry 01:36, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
I don't think restoring his comment was a good idea. Not only was it extremely incivil and highly disruptive, but there was also unanimous consensus on ANI to ban him from Talk:Tokusatsu and any related articles, due to the massive amount of disruption he's been causing. jgp T C 13:41, 19 January 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your support on my RfA, which closed favorably this morning. I appreciate the confidence the community has placed in me and am looking forward to my new responsibilities. Please let me know if ever you have any comments or suggestions, especially as I am learning how to use the tools. Best regards, Newyorkbrad 20:52, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of fafblog. Since you closed the deletion discussion for (or speedy-deleted) this article, you might want to participate in the deletion review.
Thanks for the clarification re the UNIFIL "chefs." That one had me stumped. Raymond Arritt 03:08, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
Come on over and place your sig on my "Favorite Admins" list and make yourself a copy of my toolbox. Martial Law 22:10, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
Hello, El C/generic sub-page3, since you have made several edits to articles about Chile, you may be interested in looking at the Wikipedia:Chile-related regional notice board to pick up on other topics that need attention, or to express needs which you perceive pertaining to Chile. JAXHERE | Talk 02:33, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
I have edited an Article about Kano but you turned to revert the edition, while I am doing the right thing. Why are you editing when you don't know anything about Kano?
Thanks for fixing the infobox. I forgot to take out the commander as well. -- Borgarde 11:56, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi El_C, an attempt has just begun to resolve the Pontian Greek Genocide dispute through an arbitration committee. Since you have mediated there before, could you please voice your support or objection to such a measure here. Thanks, -- A.Garnet 16:31, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
Please don't remove a legitimate link to Stel.la on Astrology unless you have a valid reason to do so. ( Aeon2012 12:48, 28 January 2007 (UTC)) Please do not add inappropriate external links to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is not a mere directory of links nor should it be used for advertising or promotion. Inappropriate links include (but are not limited to) links to personal web sites, links to web sites with which you are affiliated, and links that exist to attract visitors to a web site or promote a product. See the external links guideline and spam policies for further explanations of links that are considered appropriate. If you feel the link should be added to the article, then please discuss it on the article's talk page rather than re-adding it. See the welcome page to learn more about Wikipedia. Thank you. El_C 17:37, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
Hello, El C. I'd like to ask you for your input in this - literally thousands of articles have been sloppily "Anglicised" already (changing "région" for "region", for example, without modifying the phrase around it in the least to provide the proper context/meaning of the term) without any prior discussion at all, and one is continuing this rampage in spite of an ongoing discussion and WP:RFC about it. As you are major contributor to France-topic articles, so your input in this case is even important. Please help. You can find the discussion here. Thanks. THEPROMENADER 19:51, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
Greetings El C, could you take a look at this editor again? I noticed that you blocked him/her once before and that they've been blocked before for incivility and provocation regarding the Muhammad article. I notice that this user is back to the same behavior. The talk that specifically concerns me is found here and here. On this second edit he writes "Mohamed (sbuh)", I searched on google to see what he was saying with that statement and this is what I came up with. Both of these examples of talk are further unecessarily inflammatory and set up a battleground surrounding this already difficult article. Is there anything that might be able to be done to reduce this negative influence? Thanks. ( → Netscott) 02:37, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi El_C. I was wondering if I could have your views on the carbon dating article. I believe it needs to mention that the accuracy of carbon dating is disputed by some groups (often religious groups) as this is a well known fact, and I can cite numberous sources for this fact. But for some reason a user insists on removing both reference to this fact, and any sources to this reference. I'm not sure what the next step would be if this user (vsmith) does not stop. Would it be an rfc against the article or the user? The reason I'm asking you is because I remember you had a level head with regards to a small dispute over the racialism article a while back, so thought I'd ask an "old timer" such as yourself before taking it to a wider community. Thanks for any feedback you can give, -- Rebroad 15:05, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
I am not sure of what link you are speaking of. - SVRTVDude 10:59, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
The discussion party was when I originally made the page....never did one, so I wasn't sure where to put the information. If you can, or if it is needed, can you put that information in it's proper place. Sorry about that. - SVRTVDude 11:58, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
I just pasted the discssion field from the {{ RfC}} template. Thanks. El_C 12:01, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
I don't have a problem with YOU editing the section, including your revert, but Calton needs to not engage in an edit war in the complaint section, it's against the RfC rules, and for good reason. Mango juice talk 04:12, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Provide sources for that bogus information you have reverted back to. It is being removed until you do. CanadianPhaedrus 04:47, 9 February 2007 (UTC)CanadianPhaedrus
I was racing ahead somewhat. ;-D SlimVirgin (talk) 08:10, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
<weary tone> Good grief! <end weary tone> -- Zleitzen 13:32, 9 February 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, thought AfD tags worked the same way PROD tags did. My apologizes. - SVRTVDude ( Yell - Work) 12:55, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
Hey El C, sorry to disturb you but another sock is at it again. Netpeache ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) ... could you perhaps put a temporary sprotect on my main user pages? Thanks. ( → Netscott) 13:20, 11 February 2007 (UTC)
Hello El C, thanks for the reverts of my talk page. It is very clear that Observation Post ( talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) is a sockpuppet and I'm inclined to believe that the individual socking is User:Kgeza67/ User:Wik engaging in POINTed behavior. I've noticed on Kgeza67's socks he typically starts out by putting small message on both his user and talk pages (as this user did). Anyways this sock defied you and further reverted the talk off of my page. On the first removal the sockpuppet is technically correct per WP:BAN#Enforcement_by_reverting_edits but once another individual (like yourself) reestablishes the talk it becomes that other editor's edit and any subsequent reverts are against the third editor. Thanks again. ( → Netscott) 13:30, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
'The Editors Barnstar | ||
For confronting the excesses of the Arbitration Committee. Proabivouac 10:45, 12 February 2007 (UTC) |
I don't like it...but what am I gonna do? Unrelated question for ya....can you tell me why page WRAJ Internet Radio was deleted? It was AfD tagged and I massively updated it to bring it up to code so that it wouldn't be deleted and it was still deleted. - SVRTVDude ( Yell - Work) 11:45, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
I've been trying to get the story myself. As I understand it, User:Osli73 is under an ArbCom ruling, and he's supposed to discuss his edits on the talk page before making them. He's not banned from the article, he's just supposed to discuss his edits. An anonymous user has taken to censoring all of User:Osli73's comments on that talk page. If I understand the situation correctly, the anonymous user is being over-zealous, and his censorship of Osli73's comments is simple vandalism. -- Jim Douglas (talk) (contribs) 00:42, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
No, I don't know what case it was, or what specific restrictions he's under; I've left him a message asking for the details. He seems to be discussing all of his edits on the article talk page. The current dispute seems to be regarding how many people were killed in the Srebrenica massacre. Osli73 made his case here: Talk:Srebrenica massacre#~8000 vs >8300, but his subsequent edits were reverted with an edit summary of "rv". -- Jim Douglas (talk) (contribs) 05:36, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
Jim and El_C, it was an arbcom on the Kosovo article back in Sept-Oct 2006. Unfortunately, I was away during the time and didn' make any statements during the arbitration process. The Kosovo arbcom found that since I had been involved in an edit war on the Srebrenica massacre article (the episode they are referring to is this) for which I had been given a 96 hour probation. This was correct (a lapse of judgement on my part following bullying and personal attacks from some of the other editors on the article, for which I am not proud).
What I can't understand is that the arbcom decided that this warranted putting me on a one year's probation and revert parole. I also don't understand why the Kosovo arbcom considered my misbehavior on the Srebrenica massacre article in their case which clearly concerned the Kosovo article. Regards Osli73 09:11, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
El_C, will do. As I mentioned, I was away at the time and didn't make any statements in the arbcom process. I didn't know that it was possible to question or challenge the findings of the arbcom or to ask for an explanation of their findings. Regards Osli73 09:58, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
El_C Unless arb comm decisions are revoked (link added. El_C), probations and paroles are to be enforced. Selective enforcement of wiki rules undermines integrity of wikipedia. If you will not respect wiki rules, if you think you can ignore wiki rules, when what do you expect others to do???
El_C, please note Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration#Request_for_clarification_on_remedy_of_the_Requests_for_arbitration.2FKosovo my recent comments] to dmcdevit's reply relating to the Kosovo arbcom's decision. Regards Osli73 10:27, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
El_C, as I've stated before, [112] yes, I was. The reason was that I had received some threatening emails to my private email address which I had strong reasons to believe were related to the harassment which I had experienced (and to a certain degree, continue to experience) in relation with the Srebrenica massacre article (the message was about my being a "#¤&% Serb" followed by threats and other insults. As it was quite apparent that the sender of these emails knew my full name (due to the prefix of my email address) and that Sweden is a rather small country, where it is not difficult to find personal information (such as postal addresses, etc), I felt it safest to (attempt) to 'change' identities to KarlXII. When I was challenged by some editors on the Srebrenica massacre article about being Osli73 I denied this. Of course this was an incorrect and 'stupid' thing to do, but at the time I was a bit shook up. Regards Osli73 11:09, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Is there anyway you can temp protect this page from being edited? It looks like there is one helluva revert war going on over there. I reverted it back to the consensus version myself after taking a long look at the talk page...and would protect it myself if I had the power (damn my non-power)...but doesn't look like this revert war is going to end anytime soon. - SVRTVDude ( Yell - Toil) 19:00, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
I don't understand why the recent page move vandal's block holds for anonymous users only. Doesn't that mean he can still vandalize by logging in? — An gr 06:16, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
I'm innocent of all charges and so is Zoe! But we do kick ass big time! And so, I suspect, does El C. Theresa Knott
I was wondering if it is OK to add a station's webstream to the info box. - SVRTVDude ( Yell - Toil) 13:24, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Got another vandal 68.160.165.46 who is screwing up all kinds of pages. I need some help. - SVRTVDude ( Yell - Toil) 14:21, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Hello El C. You recently removed a POV title tag from TRNC. That dispute has been going on for months, and I believe that there is a strong case for rename to something like Northern Cyprus. Nevertheless, do you think you could utilize the same principle by which you removed the tag from the TRNC article from the Pontian Greek Genocide article as well? There have been numerous polls there, the latest one still visible on the talkpage was 19 - 5 against changing the title, so I think it's safe to say that the chances of there ever being a consensus to rename it are close to zero. Will the tag by there in perpetuity? Admin User:Future Perfect at Sunrise once said it should not, but the tag's still there. Luckily you've mediated in this dispute before, so you know the facts well enough. Dirak 14:29, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I know that userpage was offensive before you protected it—that's not the point! Did you read the Village Pump discussion (which is where my own input is)? See for instance [113], [114]. Hope you like your new banner! Bishonen | talk 01:30, 15 February 2007 (UTC).
Without those section headers there are no Edit buttons on the main AIV report page to get to /TB2, all the reports get lumped together, then you click the only edit button on the top of the page and the bot reported one's aren't there. HighInBC (Need help? Ask me) 14:38, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
That section is seldom used. It mostly wastes space. Just link to it without a superfleous section. El_C 14:43, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
You recently and correctly blocked Reever2 ( talk · contribs). This user contacted the unblock-en-l list, confused about why he was blocked. We explained WP:SPAM and WP:COI to this user and indicated that even if the links were appropriate (which we weren't arguing), this user cannot add the links as it is a conflict of interest. The user has read over these policies and agrees not to add links to his own site and so I have assumed good faith and unblocked the user. Please yell and scream at me if you believe I acted inappropriately. -- Yamla 15:20, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
-- Dweller 14:20, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
Why? — Thernlund ( Talk | Contribs) 04:57, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi El C. The 58% comes from adding together the "lower" (38%) and "extremely poor" (20%) classes. The source itself specifically defines poverty as only the latter of the two classes. Maybe we could reword it to "58% at a low income level, with a full 40% of those below the poverty line". Providing comparisons to other first world countries like the US may help (the US, not the least of which because this is English Wikipedia, but also because it's often used for comparisons in the Western hemisphere). The robustness of the economy compared to the rest of Latin America should probably be included too. -- Mardavich 09:42, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
Yes I am the copyright holder of the picture. It was given to my father who is also included in the picture. ROOB323 10:42, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for declaring me exempt from 3RR on the Waldemar Matuška page. I wanted to make sure I wasn't doing the wrong thing. Bobo . 12:51, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi El C. Thanks for blocking User:Barringa. I find these diffs since your block very interesting. -- Dweller 13:34, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
I meant to say a "long post on someone's talk page", but I didn't...was damned tired when I got in last night. Sorry, teaches me to post when I am tired:) Anyway, it was a HUGE post on User:Sarah Ewart's talk page. I had responded to a question brought up by her in the WP:CN page about User:GordonWatts and Calton responded there. He responded with some 30 links, some from other people's talk pages, one from yours. Now, that is kinda creepy. The last couple posts on his talk page, I was trying to be polite and I was not rude. But when he is posting on other people's talk pages about me and dragging my name through the dirt, yeah, I am going to defend myself. I would rather not have to, as my edits and additions on Wiki have decreased considerably due to him. Calton is going to continue to post on others talk pages bashing me until, I believe, I give up and leave. Which is personally looking like a better idea each and everyday. I am not stalking him, but in my opinion he is breaking a couple important rules and getting away with it with little or no consequence and when I respond to his attacks on me, I am the bad guy. Dude, that ain't anywhere close to fair. - SVRTVDude ( Yell - Toil) 20:08, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
There seems to be a conflict in the battle of Stalingrad page, a user who has been blocked several times before and that has a history of attacking ww2 articles which can be seen in his edit history is trying to insert some information which he "has seen in some movie". He has made several threats and a personal attack where he has called me ignorant, and he is directly violating wp:ver. Can you please take a look into this matter Potaaatos 15:58, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
I notice that I've been "semi-protected". I'm not even sure what that is. Did I do something wrong or am I being protected from others doing wrong to me? I'm really confused. Loomis 21:03, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
user:60.240.254.60 is blocked only 16 hours after being a 25+ vandal only account being blocked before? Would not a longer block than a day be prudent. I mean for all we know they go to bed get up tomorrow and do the same thing. Not my place I guess. Its your call, so be it. I understand... Thanks for your time. -- Xiahou 03:00, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
You have been blocked for wheel-warring with yourself, aren't you ashamed of yourself, or at least of me? Bishonen | talk 03:57, 20 February 2007 (UTC).
Given that sleeper accounts now seem to be being used to following the semi protection of this page, do you think its appropriate to file a request for checkuser to discover how many other sleeper accounts there may be? WjB scribe 04:11, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
I see what you mean as how this page is a bit reactionary. We don't have a problem with pedophiles, the page seems to think like they are everywhere. The problem I have with myself is I assume that PeeJ is the one who is making us do this, so that is why I mentioned them. I am not sure what more can be done, or said, about this, but let's just see what happens. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 16:36, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi El C... just wanted to draw your attention to this... [115]... still having problems with this user... Gsd2000 02:41, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
Well. Dmcdevit did a IP check for me and Potaaatos uses the same IP as Deng. And since the IP check confirmed Potaaatos identity, I include the transgressions of Deng as the transgressions as Potaaatos as well. That's why I said cites policy and not always correctly. Deng has a very very long history of citing policies incorrectly so they match his particular POV. I was not necessarily speaking of this specific case. In the end, if you feel like Kurt should be blocked, block him. I certainly won't object. I blocked Potaaatos based on being another in a long line of SuperDeng socks not necessarily on his specific behavior on Battle of Stalingrad.
As for him claiming he's not SuperDeng, Deng has denied using sockpuppets in the past even after confirmed by CheckUser. But Potaaatos made several comments on his talk page that are pure Deng, including the claiming that Kurt and I are "chummy" despite the fact that I've blocked Kurt in the past multiple times. And Potaaatos complained about casuality numbers being changed, which is Deng's pet peeve about all WWII articles concerning the Soviet Union.
I guess this is my long way of saying that you should take what Potaaatos says with a grain of salt. And as for Kurt, if you feel like he should be blocked, go right ahead. He never has learned to discuss things using talk pages. So he just reverts ad nauseum until someone gets tired of it. -- Woohookitty Woohoo! 05:28, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
I'm not so sure if I agree with it. Does this mean that we'd be moving Abkhazia to Abkhazian Republic? The problem with that is that the article is about both the de facto independent republic and the de jure autonomous republic of Georgia. The article has two definitions. If we moved the page, it would mean we'd have to split into two articles. Khoi khoi 08:00, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
With all the majority of vandalism coming from IP-address only members, why not make it that you have to have an account? It would drop vandalism as vandals more-than-likely wouldn't get an account here and the good guys would. Just curious as to why this hasn't been tried before. - SVRTVDude ( Yell - Toil) 17:07, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
... an unspeakable nutcase. Bishonen (worried) 20:00, 24 February 2007 (UTC).
That you might be able to help me out with getting an article locked. It's being vandalized extensively and I'm not sure what to do about it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Rschuyler 16:12, 27 February 2007 (UTC).
Hey. List it on WP:AIV (or elsewhere on WP:VIP) if it's still ongoing. El_C 09:49, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
While I understand the desire to close this AfD quickly as you probably noticed the New York Times just ran an article on the subject. Moreoever, this piece of information only became known in the last few hours. I therefore think it makes sense to run the AfD for a little while longer and see if that alters anything. JoshuaZ 07:31, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
Surely you're kidding. You closed that with a single sentence, not even bothering to explain your reasoning? Did you read the latest comments regarding the New York Times article on Essjay's resignation and the discussion here? I had just changed my opinion from merge (as you closed it) to keep based on this new and extremely relevant information. I suspect other may as well, yet you choose to close this early? I think you need to undo that. — Doug Bell talk 07:33, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of Essjay. Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. -- RWR8189 07:42, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
From the tone of your comments I think you may have been way to close to this one (for whatever reason) to make any decision to wrap up the AfD. Please rv yourself? Thanks for listening (and thanks for trying to be helpful). Gwen Gale 08:56, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
El C, get some sleep and some rest and some chicken soup and stuff. Relax. Please. Look at the birds... focus on the birds... you're getting sleeeeepy... sleeeeeeeeeeepy... Bishonen | talk 08:13, 5 March 2007 (UTC).
I'v never seen such a pile-on, much less for "overturn" at deletion review. Clearly the consensus is that the AFD should continue to rerun, why not save everyone a little time and just unclose it? Milto LOL pia 16:11, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
[un-indent]I don't know what's bugging you, Doug, and indeed I don't even know you, but when somebody here is trying to cheer up someone else who evidently needs it and has expressed feeling hurt, there is little value in a third person interjecting with an uncivil comment. That applies here as much as it does in real life. Enjoy your semi-wikibreak. Metamagician3000 08:05, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Can you please provide a link to this consensus, on the WWII discussion page, before you revert the WWII infobox? There's been a lot of discussion and the result there is from an end-vote. I'd like a bit more reasoning to revert away from it. Thanks. Oberiko 17:35, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
Your deletion of the Essjay article is a farce ! Headphonos 00:00, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi, you have just reverted a link ( http://www.8thcontinent.nl back to http://www.ucpzone.com/madagascar/en) on the Madagascar article. I wanted to update the link because the site has moved to a new adress. The old adress does not exist anymore.
Regards, DylanLS 12:48, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Even if no one else did, I supported your closure. Whether or not the article should be deleted is not a part of the question, I would still support your decision regardless of how I felt about the article in question.
Thank you, I very much appreciate your support. All the best, El_C 11:16, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
I've added the link that User:72.70.196.188 is adding to Shadowbot's blacklist. That should take care of them. Shadow1 (talk) 13:14, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
Your edit here show that you deleted Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Voice of All. As the case of Essjay demonstrates there is no real need to follow to the letter a structured RfC. The guidelines for RfC removal are stipulated on the RFC Request comment on user section. Your reason is not there. Frankly I consider such a speedy deletion, without a formal discussion, to be lacking in wiki policy and rules. In particular I feel that you achieve a " Petty exemple" of violating WP:CIV by personally targeting my "Good faith edit" which where intended to try and resolve a conflict. WP:CIV states:
In fact if you read through the RfC there was evidence that showed an attempt to try and resolve the issue. I ask that you please appologize for, as WP:CIV states, the greater "stress" you have caused and that you undelete the page. -- CyclePat 14:52, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
p.s.: On top of that I just find out you're are the clossing admin for Essjay's case and you deleted this RfC. Humm... We call that trying to remain at arms lenght and I think you may have failed in this one. -- CyclePat 14:59, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
The question you ask regarding "failing to discuss and resolve the issue" can be found in the delete page. If you undelete the page I will be happy to reformat the text so it can be highlited. Again though, you have not provided any wiki guideline that indicates it is mandatory to follow the RfC template and I have in fact provided a precedent where the format was not follow. Please undelete. -- CyclePat 15:06, 7 March 2007 (UTC)