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Кирилл, прошу Вашей технической помощи с подачей иска в арбитраж англоязычной Википедии: куда писать и как оформлять. Я и в русской-то не очень ориентируюсь, а тут... Заранее большое спасибо. Hithlin ( talk) 21:14, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
- J JMesserly ( talk) 04:21, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
As an arbitrator marked as active on the above case, please can you look over the proposed decisions and vote as you feel appropriate. If you would prefer to be marked as inactive on this case, please let me know and I'll update the case pages accordingly. Many thanks, Gazi moff 13:20, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
My response is fixed now. Let my know what you think. - J JMesserly ( talk) 03:21, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks a lot for the A-Class medal! I hope I can contribute more in the future. Cheers, Nudve ( talk) 07:16, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
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There has recently been some conjecture as to how to describe the victory by the German forces. Can you or other members of the project group please assist in the discussion on the talk page. I intend to call for a consensus decision in order to establish the infobox statement regarding the outcome of the battle. FWiW Bzuk ( talk) 12:53, 2 March 2009 (UTC).
I just wanted to let you know that User:J JMesserly is making some questionable edits to dates within infoboxes without proper consensus. You can see some of the discussion at User talk:J JMesserly.-- Kumioko ( talk) 02:38, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
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I think that I am too new to MILHIST to be qualified to answer this. However, someone who has been here since the dinosaurs might... ;) — Ed 17 (Talk / Contribs) 04:30, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
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Please see the following page, The Aviator. I have been observing some vandalism of a section of the article, but now it's advanced instead of through other means to a legal threat. FWiW Bzuk ( talk) 21:34, 5 March 2009 (UTC).
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Can not say I have not thought about it. A narrative history would probably be interesting to the outsiders, and it would be fun to write about the history of the project and its process in greater detail. My two concerns about the idea are that a narrative history would grow to the point of being too large to maintain, which would require either additional page or a trim of the information. The other concern I have is that a narrative history would wind up at mfd since it does not of itself provide anything important to the project, whereas the time line is small and to the point, and consolidates the major events in such as way as to be usefully but not overpowering.
To partial beat both issues we could raise the matter and see what consensus says, if people like the idea than they may be willing to invest some time in the process and would come to the rescue of a narrative page if it was to be put at mfd. Bare in mind though that as a collage student I would be unable to put much into the idea until roughly summer, and whatever I did try would need a lot of SP&G work to bring it up to standard. TomStar81 ( Talk) 23:09, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
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Hi Kirill,
Perhaps in your long experience with WPr:MILHIST you may have come across any experience with Spoken articles. I had asked on the project talk page but was replied to by users obviously new to the concept. It would be useful to know of any previous experiences. AshLin ( talk) 02:54, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
Kirill,
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Hi there. I read your constructs on the PK page and the accompanying piece on the discussion page. Congratulations on being able to your modifications up for more that 24 hours! I agree wholeheartedly with your comments and not least your concerns with the rather aggressive tone that one of the editors, an admin who should know better, has taken. I really don't think that using 'for fucks sake' and 'removing bolloks' to any editor has a place on Wikipedia. Granted he apologised, but his comments are increasingly rude and obnoxious and as your mods to the PK page have been made previously, one wonders whether the only reason your mods to the page have survived is that you are an admin.
I can appreciate that many posts to Wiki pages are pure vandalism, yet as i see it, the mods attempted by yourself and other editors re the 'criticism' section of this page are well intentioned and the editor(s) frequently express this on the discussion page. Being an unregistered user (such as i choose), an editor or an admin really should make a difference really should affect how are edits are taken. Of course, what we have to say does.
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Hi Kirill. Sandy and I noticed that the warfare category of FAs has reached over 200 articles. Usually at this point we begin to subdivide the category. Could you please give your opinion on whether or how we should do this? Wikipedia talk:FA#Warfare.3F Thanks! Karanacs ( talk) 14:49, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
I'm coming down to help with cleanup of the Ball's Bluff site with the battlefield guide crew next weekend. You interested in popping up? Get a very personal tour by experts? You think any other MilHisters might want to join us? BusterD ( talk) 02:11, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
I am currently a graduate student, working on a semester project regarding Wikipedia. I was hoping you would be able to privately answer a few questions in reference to your personal experience with Wikipedia in order for me to get your view on the website. The questions are on my user page, and if you could answer in them in word and e-mail them to the address shown that would be really helpful. Your anonymity is assured, and any personal information you give will never be used outside of this questionnaire. Thank you for your time. Curesearcher ( talk) 02:46, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
Hockenheim
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Hi Kirill. How are you? I've requested that we make a change to the German infobox and the members of the project think it is a good idea but haven't the knowledge to change it. Basically see
User:Dr. Blofeld/Germany. What we want is to change the proportion of the coat of arms and the map. Ideally the coat of arms should go in the center on top and be slightly smaller and then the map made much larger to around 200px-220px and to go underneath with the caption as with standard maps. I would be very grateful if you could make the adjustment to
Template:Infobox German location/sandbox and change the proportion of the undersized map to basically look like it does on the right. See the
Hockenheim article and you'll see what I mean about the undersized map which looks silly the same size as the coat of arms
Dr. Blofeld
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15:09, 26 March 2009 (UTC).
That looks excellent mate. Three small things though. Can you shrink the coat of arms size a bit maybe to 80px and shrink the gap a little bit between the caption and get the pagename town title to display on the map, you know like Rouen for instance and which also uses the small pin dot for precision. The French infobox used to be like Germany but we now have the towns displayed on the map anetated rather than just a point. Can you make those slight adjustments, should be pretty perfect after that. Thanks. Dr. Blofeld White cat 08:47, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
Looks purrfect. Thanks for your help! Take care, Dr. Blofeld White cat 09:39, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
Looking forward to another great six months of working along side you. Not that you were technically up for election, but you still deserve to be part of the moment. TomStar81 ( Talk) 05:26, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
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Hi Kirill how are you doing? I know you are a busy man these days but could you have a quick look at this article Battle of Muar. Only asking as I don't know the rest of the people on Milhist project anymore. Been away too long. Anyway there are a couple of us trying to sort out the articles relating too Battle of Malaya. Would appreciate any help or time you can spare. Point me to the editer who cares enough to moniter our input if you know one. Thanks. Tristan benedict ( talk) 00:26, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks Kirill. Have a good night. Tristan benedict ( talk) 00:46, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
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Do tell me if you think I stomped on him too hard; appreciate your guidance. Regards Buckshot06( prof) 16:40, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
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Please would you advise arbcom that User:SebastianHelm has resigned as a moderator and we therefore need arbcom to appoint somebody else to take his place. Kittybrewster ☎ 21:12, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
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Activity at WestBank/J&S case that I need you to look at.-- Tznkai ( talk) 18:33, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi.
I am all but certain that
Would you be willing to look and see for sure?
J.delanoy gabs adds 03:36, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
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Template:External media has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. B ( talk) 01:18, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Kirill. I was wondering if you sort Template:Infobox Mine so when the pushpin map features on it like Ebenezer Colliery the background is white rather than gray? The headers are fine its just it needs tweaking so that the background is white around the map as it looks too dark all colored in. COuld you look into it? Cheers Dr. Blofeld White cat 10:44, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Perfect! You're awesome! Thanks Dr. Blofeld White cat 09:28, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Open matters/Devolution has been listed as under consideration for nine months now, is there a more appropriate header tag? MBisanz talk 06:42, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
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I am not a very experienced wikipedia editor, but I have been involved in the naming dispute in the past. I didn't know that we weren't allowed to add ourselves, so I did it (sorry) and then User:Grsz11 undid it suggesting that I ask this from an arbitrator. Could you add me, please? -- Radjenef ( talk) 11:46, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
Kirill, I'd be grateful if you could remove me from the list of parties in the Samaria case and also remove the accompanying findings of fact placeholder in the workshop. As I stated on WP:RFAR when this matter was raised, my only involvement has been to offer advice to the parties on WP:AE (see Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/West Bank - Judea and Samaria#Statement by ChrisO). I have had no involvement whatsoever in the issue itself or in any other issues about the West Bank/Judea and Samaria. I don't even know why I was added as a party in the first place - the decision seems to have been taken by Tznkai, who left a message on my talk page informing me that I'd been listed as a party but did not say why. I haven't contributed to the arbitration at any stage, no evidence has been presented concerning my putative involvement (because there isn't any) and I haven't even been mentioned by any party until you posted your placeholder. You can see the entire extent of my involvement at [1], in which I made a grand total of two posts advising the disputing parties. There is simply no reason at all to involve me in this arbitration. -- ChrisO ( talk) 18:21, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Kirill,
I've had to explain to NoCal100 four or five times now that the WP:BATTLE allegation in your FoF 2.8.2 is merely about that brief facetious remark you quoted and nothing else — to no avail, he insists on reading things into it that are clearly not stated. I can foresee having to explain the same thing to dozens of other editors, in all likelihood not with a significantly higher degree of success. May I ask you to make a clear statement in the comment section that the FoF is about that remark and nothing else?
On a side note, and with all respect, it's not the strongest evidence of WP:BATTLE I've seen. It only serves as a substrate for editors like NoCal to project imaginary accusations on, and for more neutral editors as a faint trail of smoke that nevertheless must be indicative of some kind of fire, since a well-respected admin found it significant enough for a FoF. Needless to say, I'd be much happier if it could be stricken. MeteorMaker ( talk) 16:03, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Kirill, I was wondering if you know any personal wiki software that replicates what wikipedia does functionally. I have tried a few, but they always screwup if you use markups for citations, infobox, language, battle box, stuff like that. Thanks a lot. Blueshirts ( talk) 03:56, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
thanks anyway man. Blueshirts ( talk) 06:29, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
Kirill, I intend to launch an RFC in the next day on my six recommendations for the proper organisation of ArbCom hearings. Please let me know if there's a problem in holding this RFC in relation to the ArbCom schedule (which I see you've just updated). Tony (talk) 08:21, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your reply. I will look through the list you mentioned and remove or modify anything in the RFC that duplicates it. On the matter of over-specifying the wording, well ... the devil is in the detail, and I believe it's important to walk backwards from the result. Would it solve that matter if I made it clear that (i) the wordings are intended to be only examples of how the proposals might be put into effect in the policy, (ii) put the exemplified wording in footnotes instead of cluttering the main proposal text, and (iii) remove thislink from the process? That might leave the latitude to execute the spirit of any proposal that gained clear support by whatever wording subsequently worked best.
I presume you've seen the latest version (posted recently), which includes "Objections" in the lead. I would like to invite people on the Provional Draft talk page to comment on those. Is it possible to locate the RFC as a subpage of the talk page there (with a slash in the title)? I have no idea of the mechanics of setting up an RFC, and the WP:RFC page I find confusing. Tony (talk) 15:16, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
I've asked here if you would be kind enough to comment on the thinking behind your proposed remedies. Thank you, Jd2718 ( talk) 03:11, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
I seriously think that's clever. Read my replies--if you added in a simple set of conditions that can 'reset' the timer/counter, that's pretty much the most clever editing restriction I've seen yet. Demonstrate reforms from whatever you'd done wrong? OK, totally clear barometer you're here for the right reasons. Do it again right after, your bad stuff? Give us another 10 as penance if you really want to work on that topic area. Oops, did you edit war again? You really want to work that topic? Congratulations, you're now the all-time leader in Featured Articles. Wikipedia can only win with that carrot/stick method. Put in the reversal condition and shit, I'd say put that into every decision or motion about a topic/subject ban. rootology ( C)( T) 03:58, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
Kirill, I find it odd that a user in the arbcomm case is under injunction to stay away from the case pages, but in your editor specific findings for the case you haven't even put in a place holder for the user. I'd recommend you at least add a placeholder, and if the injunction was merited then a finding is going to be merited also. GRBerry 16:54, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
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We seem to have a near-consensus version of the naming conventions draft. Would we be allowed to finish the work before your suggested remedy takes effect? MeteorMaker ( talk) 08:30, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi can you fix Template:Infobox Surfer. See Kelly Slater for some reason the template insists on coming first meaning that there is a gap above the text in the article. Can you fix it? Thanks Dr. Blofeld White cat 11:38, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
Ahaa its been fixed already! I managed to work out the alignment the Hawaiian guy managed to fix the gap. Its perfect now. Hey I create an infobox surfer and it attracts people from Hawaii! Thanks anyway.20:54, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
[2] Do you feel it would be appropriate to list who has access to the clerks mailing list, just like all of the others? Tiptoety talk 03:46, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
Re: "Was some part of "complaints should be sent *privately*" unclear?" [3] It's not at all unclear. Your purpose here, in my opinion, is to keep it private so you can cover it up again. 71.227.191.107 ( talk) 03:45, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
I've duplicated the wording at general sanctions. A heads-up at the original discussion about the change in plan would not have gone unappreciated, but thanks. Ncmvocalist ( talk) 06:38, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
...have a look at this. MeteorMaker ( talk) 22:18, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Several editors
[4]
[5], including one ArbCom member
[6], have remarked that this finding is insufficiently sourced. Appreciate if you could look into this.
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Further points have been raised
[7] and further evidence has been requested.
[8] Forgive me for bothering you again, but a number of editors feel it's important that serious accusations in final decisions are well supported with diffs.
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I interpret Vassyana's comment here as an indication there might be some confusion as to what part of the diff is claimed as evidence of the alleged infraction. This potential for confusion did not exist in the draft version of the FoF because the exact quote was specified. Could perhaps the "faux pas" line be reinserted to make it clear what the voting is on? MeteorMaker ( talk) 05:38, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
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Greetings, I wonder if you could clarify somewhere what you had in mind by the term "functionary" in this and related arbitration remedies. There is widespread confusion at Wikipedia talk:Functionary as to what the term delineates, and it would seem that the Arbitration Committee is uniquely placed to offer a definition and scope. It would be helpful to have the ambiguity cleared up so that editors and particularly those considered functionaries by the committee know what behaviour is expected of a functionary. Regards, Skomorokh 19:41, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
Hello, Kirill, I saw you change the date for the Tang case. What is the target date? Is it related to Arbitrators' voting or drafting final decisions? -- Caspian blue 20:02, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
Indefinite full protection? [9] Was that intentional? Durova Charge! 05:39, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi Kirill. Unfortunately your move of Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Completed requests has created lots of broken links, see August 06. Paul August ☎ 16:39, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
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Kirill,—
On the Committee agenda entry for "Appoint CU & OS auditing subcommittee," would it be wise to set a preliminary date for holding public elections to the subcommittee?
Regards,
Let's start by saying all the last six should all be done, and a modified form of 1 that explicitly declares all findings about me invalid, as opposed to simply withdrawn. I don't think all the findings about Hoffman actually are valid - for instance, it claims he was not a POV-pusher, which, anything else aside, he certainly was, but they aren't important, and he's never showed up again since anyway, so let's let that pass.
If you want #2 to not be done, I think I'm justified in asking for answers to the following:
Ball's in your court. Shoemaker's Holiday ( talk) 00:28, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
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Hi Kirill. I'm preparing the article Kareena Kapoor for FAC and I was wondering if you knew how to solve a problem that's concerning me. Could you see if you can add a currency coverter to the revenues of the films which are stated in rupees in this article? Dr. Blofeld ( talk) 17:52, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
For instance: "The film performed well internationally and became the year's top-grossing Bollywood film overseas, earning over Rs 350 million/$/£ "?
That should be OK thanks Kirill. Dr. Blofeld White cat 09:37, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi Kirill. Would you mind taking a quick look at this article? There's a table under the 'aircraft inventory' that will not display whatever I do. Thanks very much, cheers Buckshot06( prof) 20:16, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
Hey Kirill. In the Ryulong case voting page, finding 15 states "Mythdon has been posting notes at Ryulong's talk page about Ryulong's use of the rollback feature for more than a year" which is not evidenced in the evidence in the finding. In fact, another statement in the finding contradicts that by saying "However, most of Mythdon's posts in early 2009 consisted of warnings in relation to Ryulong's use of the rollback tool". I made a similar post on the voting talk page, see here but there was no response. The posts in 2008 were just useless questions, and that the diffs in the finding do not evidence any rollback warning in 2008 nor does it evidence that I was making warnings for over a year. You as well as other Arbitration Committee members voted in support of the finding, but I hope the false statement in the finding is fixed. Could you please fix this problem in a solution you think is necessary? Thanks. — Mythdon ( talk • contribs) 23:17, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
Looks like this text (Based on Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Starwood) was accidentally removed in this edit [10]. I would fix it myself, but that page is intended to be edited by Arbitrators and Clerks. Cheers, Cirt ( talk) 02:30, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
Dear Kirril,
Can I have an update on this? Thanks, Shoemaker's Holiday ( talk) 04:06, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
I have replied to your comment(s) here. Thanks. — Mythdon ( talk • contribs) 04:08, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for replying, Kirill. I've responded there. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 16:35, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
Hello, I just saw your votes on the Macedonia case. Three requests:
Hello, Kirill. A few words regarding your support for proposals against me, in the Macedonia 2 case. I also sent Coren a message. I understand that time is limited and I just want everyone to get his/her facts straight, as there are bits and pieces in various places.
First of all, the SPA accusation is untrue. Rlevse wrote "SQRT5P1D2 is a Macedonia-focused single-purposed account", that "has been almost entirely been focused on editing a handful of Macedonia-related articles". As showed here, the vast majority of my article edits are not Macedonia-related. You can verify that yourself.
Regarding "meatpuppetry" and "canvassing", I'm not aware if you read all the facts. I sent one (1) neutral public message. Not to mention that in the same message, I condemn nationalism (I requested "no sarissas, the referee will show you a red card"; that means "be rational and leave nationalism outside of the field", as sarissas were weapons that ancient Macedonians took pride in). I also wrote that ChrisO's actions were not made "according to the regulations on neutrality and naming by using credible sources, such as academic ones". I condemned nationalism and asked for conformance to the regulations on neutrality, thus the accusations are unjustifiable.
In addition, as you can read in my response to Horologium, Wikipedia is not isolated from the rest of the Internet. Various blogs and forums reported about ChrisO's actions. Many added their nationalistic overtones, like "Macedonia is ours" and asked for support. Even TV stations reported about it! Is ChrisO the one to blame? Nobody is responsible for what others do and I certainly have nothing to do with what others may did.
If you want to examine the facts more closely, please do. Should you have any questions, please leave me a message. SQRT5P1D2 ( talk) 16:15, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the interesting proposal about admin supervision. Since I've already stated that the article move was an exceptional action in response to an exceptional situation, I certainly don't see any circumstances in which I would repeat that action. Given that, I would be happy to agree to your proposal. -- ChrisO ( talk) 20:54, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi Kirill. Over at Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#Some data I've noted that, through no fault of your own - people just neglected to ask you - you haven't AFAIK given an explicit response to the question "have you ever edited enwiki under another username". For the sake of completeness and propriety, would you mind doing so? Happy‑ melon 14:24, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
Reviewing the case and noticed that you still need to vote on enforcement.
Sydney
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Hi, I sent Arbcom an e-mail concerning my alternate account and you responded back to me. Could you please put a message on my talk page or user page confirming that Arbcom is aware of this in case anyone else has concerns?-- Sandor Clegane ( talk) 23:33, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi Kirill. You did brill at Samaria voting those people off the island. Can you get Jayjg back as soon as possible orcould you make Jaakobou an administrator? That would really stuff them! 81.156.221.178 ( talk) 17:44, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
FYI rootology/ equality 21:51, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
In the "Tang Dynasty" ArbCom case, the "locus of dispute" factfinding should be rejected as written.
A new, better locus of dispute should be adduced.
I write to encourage you to re-visit this because the first and last sentences are fundamentally flawed.
NO to 1st sentence. The case originated when Teeninvestor rejected any and all inquiry relating to WP:V, WP:Burden and WP:RSUE, alleging vandalism and disruptive editing instead. This persistent confrontational strategy is endorsed and encouraged by those voting in support Newyorkbrad's locus of dispute. These votes effectively disregard Tenmei's locus, Teeninvestor's locus and, most importantly, Teeninvestor's restatment at Summarizing "more or less the entire dispute". This obfuscation marginalizes even the attempt to pursue a strategy of collaborative editing; and for this very practical reason, I could not disagree more with this sentence
NO to 3rd sentence. In the specific context of this case, it is procedurally unsound to adopt the expanded scope proposed by Teeninvestor and Caspian blue. One of the few areas of agreement acknowledged the initially limited focus of our case when it was opened. I could not disagree more with this sentence.
In support, I highlight a crucial fulcrum or pivot between "A" and "B" below:
In this instance, Tenmei's paraphrase of Coren's moderating analysis was posted on the talk pages of all arguably interested participants at Talk:Inner Asia during the Tang Dynasty. The "out of control" accusatory phrasing was repeated in diffs on the talk pages of PericlesofAthens and Arilang1234. This suggests a deliberate strategy rather than a merely transient outburst.
In these pivotal diffs, Teeninvestor cannot feign to have misunderstood my writing. These are plainly Coren's paraphrased words; and yet, this modest effort to frame collaborative editing issues was immediately converted into a contrived hostile encounter. This destructive pattern is reflected ad nauseam on the evidence and workshop pages. Despite the cumulative attacks, the edit history confirms my participation focused on issues, but this outcome tells me clearly that I was wrong to take the high road.
In voting to support this awkward "spin", ArbCom's counter-intuitive judgment effectively affirms that the contributions of Teeninvestor and Caspian blue were above reproach and I was not.
This alchemy is difficult to digest. ArbCom rewards what is bad and denigrates what is good. -- Tenmei ( talk) 19:03, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
Hello, Kirill! I was told that you are pretty good with templates and I need help around one. The Template:Infobox Royalty needs to be edited, to reduce its length. Could you please put all the succession elements (predecessor, successor, reign, regent, coronation) into a hide/show box? You can see how the Spanish did it on es:Plantilla:Ficha de monarca. The infobox of Eleanor of Aquitaine article, for example, has three succession parameters. If we could make them collapsable, the infobox would be significantly shorter, but nothing would be lost. I've tried to do it, but there is always something wrong. Thanks! Surtsicna ( talk) 12:13, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
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Hey, Kirill. It's been about a month, I think. Could I have another update? Shoemaker's Holiday ( talk) 12:20, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
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Kirill, as you may or may not have noticed, I posted a statement about the MH appeal. In it, I raised questions about the actions of a former ArbCom member using his privileges to access confidential submissions in a case in which he was recused as an arbitrator and acting as a party to the case. I would appreciate it if you could make sure all present ArbCom members are aware of the statement (as it was made quite some time after Shoemaker's Holiday launched the appeal). In my view, the issue of misuse of information provided through the arbcom mailing list is a serious one, calling for a substantive response from the Committee about the policy implications. EdChem ( talk) 04:19, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
Kirill, Sorry to pester, but I wonder whether you could outlay a few minutes to provide an opinion on the definition of "mass delinking" with respect to the examples given; and possibly to liaise with other arbitrators about the matter. I think it would be unhelpful for admins to be engaged in circular debate with editors—and running to arbitrators for advice—about whether their edits fall inside or outside the ambit of Motion 1.3. Thanks in advance. Tony (talk) 05:37, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
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Hi, I haven't been following the dates case for the sake of my sanity, but am shocked to discover that I've suddenly been banned from "style and editing guideline pages" for 3 months, including discussion pages. This is absolutely bizarre to me - I can't imagine what of my behaviour could have provoked such a long ban (3RR infringers get 24 hours, and though I may have been provoked into edit wars a few times, I don't think I've even done anything as bad as a 3RR infringement). In particular I see no reason why I should be banned from discussion pages - there's no sugggestion I've been uncivil there. Since you voted for this restriction, can you explain why? Also is there anything I can do to get it overturned - I feel it is horribly unjust in view of the contributions I've made in this area, including continually seeking consensus in difficult situations. I think I'm being punished here for the sins of others. Anyway, explain your reasoning please.-- Kotniski ( talk) 13:16, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
I applaud your decision on Obama articles but it is not enough. There are other editors not mentioned and some got off too lightly.
The mess with Obama hurts Wikipedia. I used to contribute until about a year ago because some Obama people were just too nasty. Suggest a good edit and they jump all over you. Many people not listed have a clear political agenda (only positive things and oppose all neutral or negative things for some; only negative things and oppose all positive things for others).
One trouble is that people write something and have a reference. But there is no editorial consideration of what goes in the article. As a result, there is more positive stuff and negative stuff is censored because more people are disciples of Obama than haters.
This mess also hurts Wikipedia that I've decided only to read Wikipedia, not add to it. If I see something that is poorly written, I think "why help?". There is no appreciation for helping but swift attacks by people who have a political agenda. Then they stalk you in the other articles.
The solution to Obama hasn't been reached. ArbCom has taken a long time but just nipped a few people. A real solution would be to have professional reviewers, even English and History teachers to act as referees. This would be done only in exceptional cases, such as the Obama article and only for a limited period, such as 3-4 months. Until then, I don't write for Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Formerwiki ( talk • contribs) 20:25, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
I don't know if you remember me, but you welcomed me to the Military History WikiProject. I recently proposed that a task force be made for the Cold War. I was wondering that if you liked the idea, you could put your support on the Military History talk page. - JayLeno175 ( talk) 16:08, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
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Dear Kirill
I write to you in your capacity as Coordinating Arbitrator. Ryan has been issuing warnings such as this and this and this to the revelant parties in the recent Date Linking case who've !voted in the full-date unlinking bot RFC, related to the remedies concerning these bans from style and editing guidelines, and any related discussions". The clerk has taken the lead from a comment by User SilkTork, No. 10 here.
I wonder whether you could read my note to Ryan on this matter and clear up what is very possibly a misunderstanding. Tony (talk) 16:35, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
That brings me to an even better solution for you guys: Let me back on to WT:MOS, WP:MOS, WP:MOSNUM, and WT:MOSNUM for everything else I do there (math, science, and units of measurement), and just keep me out of anything to do with date linking/delinking for six months to a year. I never was all that animated about date linking in the first place; my record never once shows me going in and delinking mass quantities of dates—perhaps only one date ever few weeks or so. The only exception to this proposed restriction would be if the date linking issue pertains to an article on which I am a major contributor; I should be able to restore an article I’ve been working on to make it MOSNUM-compliant if someone goes in and links a date, or if it is a date-related discussion on my talk page or that of one of my wikifriends. This results in “Greg L” entirely out of date linking and lets MOSNUM benefit from my contributions on math and science issues.
Between the above and my pledge to exercise as restraint and employ as much civility as any admin out there, doesn’t this seem like a perfectly reasonable solution that meets all your objectives? Greg L ( talk) 22:58, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
Hello kirill, If you could please delete my page and page history, I'd be much obliged.
I requested speedy deletion on 1Apr for reason 1.6. jayron deleted it, then acted as if s/he did me a favour. I feel jayron shouldnt have been the one to delete it initially as s/he and I have negatively interacted in the past. Followups from jayron included an unneccesary block; followed by telling me to get a yahoo email so that I may contact wiki admins!
Wiki is all about anon editing : as such I didnt and wont get an email account in order to communicate as it is not required.
Since then jayron,redpen, mufka have been repeatedly editing my page. I blank my page they restore it. This has been happening since April, so for 3months now. I bet if I changed their pages they'd posting threats of "i'll report you" and/or "you will be banned". It is quite easy for me to get a new ip address but I dont think Ive done anything wrong, so I wont change my ip address.
If my pages needed to be restored /reverted, I definitely think those three arent the ones who should do it as they/I have a convoluted history.
If you could please delete my page and page history, I'd be much obliged.
If you could contact jayron, redpen, & mufka & ask that any problems they have they let an admin or arbitrator know, instread of making changes or posting to me.
I'd like to edit wiki in peace Thanks.
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I have a Q at the Cold War notice board. At the moment the entire Cold War project seems to be a subset of the MILHIST one, according to the stats, even if directly tagged, meaning that things like anti/pro-communist summits/laws/referndums to ban communist parties etc will be in there. YellowMonkey ( cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV 04:20, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
Hi Kirill: nice work. However, this statement:
The Committee may call interim elections, in a comparable format to the regular annual elections, if it determines that arbitrator resignations or inactivity have created an immediate need for additional arbitrators.
leaves open whether arbs elected at such "interim" elections would have a full term or would be elected only until the following January 1, where presumably the annual elections would fill the gap. Your clarification would be much appreciated. Tony (talk) 09:23, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
Hey Kirill, I left a note here as we need some help countering systemic bias on Ruff - any elp much appreciated. cheers, Casliber ( talk · contribs) 21:10, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
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Thanks for agreeing to take a look at this. I'd like to start working on my evidence submission, but this has been going on long enough with enough editors that it seems like it would be in TLDR territory. What's the best way to focus in on the useful stuff for an evidence submission? Thanks again. -- SarekOfVulcan ( talk) 04:10, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
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WP:Firearms keep reverting him and telling him about an elusive consensus that neither have been willing to point out to anyone. Rather, they are telling
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Hi Kirill. I've made a proposal for the German infoboxes to use regional locators. Could you offer your thoughts and also would you be able to reprogramme the infobox to read each of the 16 states it is in and use the relative svg pin map? Each if the word Bavaria appears in the state section of the box by default it displays the File:Bavaria location map.svg from Template:Location map Germany Bavaria? I'm sure you know what I mean. Dr. Blofeld White cat 12:07, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
Yeah thats a good thing because people don't mind either way. I was thinking about something like below to feature the regional map and national map side by side and get the pin to display on both. We'd need to shrink the country map size to about 160px. The reaosn why I think the regional maps are useful is because they show where the settlements are within the sub districts of them. If you see Hockenheim for instance at the moment there is quite a gap either side of the central map so fitting the two in could be done I think. We have all 16 state maps at Category:Germany location map templates and I believe they all follow the same naming convention so I'd imagine you just programme the template to read the state parameter with that {{if thing and programme it to display the relative svg map by default.
Dr. Blofeld White cat 14:01, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
OK that sounds good thanks. We might have to do a trial and error in regards to individual state maps as they may differ in size so the px may vary for some state locators to align tidely with the national map. Regards. Dr. Blofeld White cat 14:10, 2 July 2009 (UTC) Actually there is something you could do in the mean time. Can you move the general information section of Template:Infobox City Spain to the bottom below population, move the Time zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer : CEST (GMT +2) part down to just above post code once the general information section is at the bottom and shrink the width of the box. It's too bloated! Perhaps impose a set width on it, otherwise you could write something and it will float the width of the page! Sometime I'd like to impose Template:location map Spain to the template and replace the old set markers but first things first. Dr. Blofeld White cat 16:20, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
OK thanks. Dr. Blofeld White cat 07:58, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the clarification, but please consider this: how I am involvement when the arbitration case is being cited with regards to an editor with whom I hardly interacted, in an article which I have never or hardy edited, in a content conflict in which I have not taken place? If mere fact that I was a party to those arbitrations is sufficient to make me involved, fine, but could you clarify if this is indeed the definition being used, and if this makes every admin who was a party to those cases involved as well? Thanks, -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 05:00, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing that, I couldn't quite get the coding. The important thing those is that we have the TF coordinators now. Happy Forth of July! TomStar81 ( Talk) 01:38, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
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Hi Kirill. I've made a proposal for the German infoboxes to use regional locators. Could you offer your thoughts and also would you be able to reprogramme the infobox to read each of the 16 states it is in and use the relative svg pin map? Each if the word Bavaria appears in the state section of the box by default it displays the File:Bavaria location map.svg from Template:Location map Germany Bavaria? I'm sure you know what I mean. Dr. Blofeld White cat 12:07, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
Yeah thats a good thing because people don't mind either way. I was thinking about something like below to feature the regional map and national map side by side and get the pin to display on both. We'd need to shrink the country map size to about 160px. The reaosn why I think the regional maps are useful is because they show where the settlements are within the sub districts of them. If you see Hockenheim for instance at the moment there is quite a gap either side of the central map so fitting the two in could be done I think. We have all 16 state maps at Category:Germany location map templates and I believe they all follow the same naming convention so I'd imagine you just programme the template to read the state parameter with that {{if thing and programme it to display the relative svg map by default.
Dr. Blofeld White cat 14:01, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
OK that sounds good thanks. We might have to do a trial and error in regards to individual state maps as they may differ in size so the px may vary for some state locators to align tidely with the national map. Regards. Dr. Blofeld White cat 14:10, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
Everything OK?
As per your sugegstion, I have opened Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification#Request for clarification: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Digwuren#Discretionary sanctions. Sandstein 13:59, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
Your conduct as an arbitrator appears to have been improper. Perhaps you should correct yourself. See Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee, specifically my comments on the Durova case. The evidence before the court is incontrovertible; there's no need for the jury to retire! Jehochman Talk 13:10, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi, please could you have a look at my "appeal" at
WP:A/R/A. The situation I find myself in at the moment is ridiculous - I'm being warned for commenting on pages (the RFC on the date unlinking bot) which are not in any shape or form "style and editing guidelines". This leads me to conclude that when the arbs set this restriction, they were using "style and editing guidelines" as some kind of euphemism for "anything to do with date linking". In any case I've yet to hear any justification for the scope of this restriction - it seems entirely arbitrary and nothing to do with the supposed offences. For example, I was just about to make a comment at
WT:Disambiguation, but on checking found that this WP page is marked as an "editing guideline", so going by the wording of the restriction I shouldn't be commenting on it, but WHY?? It makes absolutely no sense to me, yet most arbs have not even responded to my request for amendment, and those who have responded negatively have not answered my reasonable enough points made in response to them - in particular, no-one has given any reason as to why the restriction should include discussions. So please, could you have a look at this and help get this entirely inappropriate restriction changed - at least so as to exclude discussions that don't relate to dates.--
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I'm extremely concerned by User:Some_guy and his... unco-operative remarks and general attitude. He's already had User:Nukes4Tots and User:Koalorka blocked for a week for disagreeing with him (he says it's for "personal insults- I disagree) and honestly, I think it's time someone with some authority came in and told him to either get with the programme or clear off and stop wasting our time. He's already said he's too good to even take a moment to join the MILHIST project, and I for one will not support any proposals made by people who can't be bothered pitching in and helping the projects. Please, I'd appreciate some backup here. It's not a good direction for a prestigous project like MILHIST to be heading in. Commander Zulu ( talk) 10:46, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
At any rate, I admire your ability to remain professional about the whole thing! :) Commander Zulu ( talk) 12:56, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
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I understand. One thing though. Any idea how you can {{subst: a surname in the page title to DEFAULTSORT sort the categories? Its just I have a large batch of German politicians to transwiki and I want to do it more quickly. So basically when you create the page it automatically places e.g Fritz Baier as Baier, Fritz in the categories. If not I gather there is a bot that can default sort the categories by surname and fix it afterwards? Dr. Blofeld White cat 11:12, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
I'd imagine it is something like {subst:PAGENAME} but with a little programming to read the last word of the title and place it first. It would save a great deal of time anyway.Regards. Dr. Blofeld White cat 11:49, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
Out of curiosity would you happen to know of any tools that check the copyright status of images here in a manner similar to the ones we use for the ACR process to check for dead external links and dab links? And if we don't have any tools, would you happen to know anyone to whom I could suggest such a tool if it has not already been suggested? TomStar81 ( Talk • Some say ¥€$, I say NO) 02:42, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
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It's regrettable that you feel the need to resign from the ArbCom, unfortunately, it would probably be best if all of the members who voted for this ill-advised council do so as well. You are well-respected, and I hope that you will continue to be a strong member of the community. Who then was a gentleman? ( talk) 21:18, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
this bit --> 'throwing vague ideas and premature proposals up on random pages.' made me smile - is there really any other possible approach? (and would those dribbling at their keyboards in opposition to the council idea consider reflecting on that?) - either ways, it made me smile for obvious reasons :-) Privatemusings ( talk) 21:50, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
I believe that one of the members of the special committee has personally attacked me: Giano [12] I would appreciate your asking him to desist such attacks, if you mean this "committee" to be acting in good faith. Regards, — Mattisse ( Talk) 22:42, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
Kirill, would like to offer you a restoration on the image of your choice. Perhaps something like this is close enough to your interests? It's from a manuscript of military designs. About a century late for your favorite period, but still Italian. With respect, Durova 275 05:53, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
What you chose was enough to work with. Hasn't thumbnailed yet on my screen (am heading out to brunch). Will address that if it remains a problem. Best regards, Durova 275 16:13, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
Thanks Kirill for all your good work on the Arbitration Committee. Paul August ☎ 17:16, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
Years ago, as a simple creator you were an elegant, cheerful, energetic content machine, an inspiration for a new editor like myself. You led the Military History project to success by example, delegation, organization and sheer energy. I was one who called for the position of coordinator emeritus, mostly to honor the enormous positive influence you'd have on the project even without your continued and direct input, after it was apparent you'd become truly desired by the community at Arbcom. Then, well, dude, you really set an amazing pace.
The emergence of Roger Davies first in the Military History project and then at Arbcom suggests that the organic success of your structural and ethical model for leadership at WPHILHIST wasn't a mere accident (lots of other reasons too, not the least of which is the friendship and long interaction you two have with each other, plus Roger's tendency to prove somewhat useful and durable himself). Many people here in the pedia have interacted with you, have learned to heed your council, have enjoyed engaging you in good faith disagreement, and mostly IMHO have developed strong reasons to reside trust in your internal process. I myself think I know you (or something about you) because of my cumulative associations and the knowledge of unknown others with which I trust you. Don't know everything, couldn't, and wouldn't want to; I know enough. You've got nothing to prove to anyone here; you're among friends. Truly.
With that in mind I say what I would say to a younger brother or nephew: Do whatever the hell you feel like doing. With joy in your heart. Chart whatever bright course your center pulls you toward and go change the world. You have proven yourself vastly capable in your youngest years; you should be a powerhouse in your life whatever path you choose.
With your long term interests at heart, I would suggest, take some kind of afk time before making firm decisions. Nobody here would begrudge you a moment. Peace and Love, my wiki-friend (and we've still got Portal:American Revolutionary War to finish). BusterD ( talk) 17:43, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
Per your request, I've removed your oversight and checkuser permissions on this wiki. Thanks for your service to the project. — Mike. lifeguard | @en.wb 21:02, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
... if you are determined to do so. Thanks for all your work. Johnbod ( talk) 01:17, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
Gee, I leave town for a few days for a nephew's wedding and here you are having more excitement than a bunch of piranha in a fishbowl (a precise analogy, I will offer). While I rarely follow the drama of grandpoobah-level wiki-politics, I believe I know what led you to your decision to resign from ArbCom. When you started out on this role, I remember telling you that you were a braver man than I. Leaders here are eaten, preferably alive. However, I hope you leave ArbCom with the understanding that inducing some measure of productive change in a highly politicized environment is the greatest level of achievement that a true leader can expect. And you have accomplished more than most, Kirill, so please take a due measure of pride in that. For all you’ve done for Wikipedia, let me say, Спасибо, моя подруга. Askari Mark (Talk) 03:13, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
Bugger. -- Dweller ( talk) 12:15, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
Re Wikipedia:Advisory Council on Project Development. You wrote: with the endorsement of Jimbo Wales but (other than his not removing that text) there is no obvious evidence of that endorsement. Can you provide a diff, or is it via private email? Forgive me if this has been clearly stated somewhere else; I couldn't see it William M. Connolley ( talk) 21:03, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
Now don't go taking the long walk to bring justice to the Cursed earth. Unless you really want to, of course ;-)-- R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) ( talk) 13:57, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
I can and do understand how you might resign from the Arbitration Committee over this, even if I do think maybe it might be a good idea if you could show a little less integrity once in a while. But I do have to question why you would additionally withdraw from the new Advisory Council. Actually, when I first saw you had resigned from the ArbCom, I thought it was because you thought you might be more needed on the new Council, and I still think that. I'd probably do it myself, if there were a snowball's chance in hell that I would ever get put in either group. I would very seriously ask you to reconsider that move. Anyway, thanks for everything you've done to date for both groups. John Carter ( talk) 20:53, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
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I have no idea what's going on, other than some sort of council thingie was being formed, and it caused an uproar. I'm not really even sure if that's the cause of your resignation from ArbCom. Speaking as someone who is emphatically not a happy-buddy IRC gimme-a-hug-and-a-smiley-icon kinda editor, I am deeply saddened about your choice (although it is yours to make, of course). Wikipedia is trending toward rampant mediocrity driven by clusters of... folks who care little about academic excellence or stringent quality standards (who in fact do not even comprehend what either of those mean, having never been exposed to them), and much about having many online friends and pretty barnstars. On the other side, it is also under attack by flame-wielding legends in their own minds. People who are mature, wise and balanced are in desperately short supply. It would probably be impolite for me to ask you to reconsider. But reconsider. :-) Ling.Nut ( talk) 12:10, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi Kirill. Thanks for being such a steady voice of reason, and I'm very sorry to hear about your resignation. From I saw of your arbitration work, your contribution to the quality of life of this community was significant. Take care, Clayoquot ( talk | contribs) 05:30, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
"Coordinators be thou for the contributors. You were elected to the position of coordinator by virtue of an approval vote obtained from your fellow contributors, but your fellow contributors will quickly become a jury of your peers if you overstep your authority on a matter. You must endeavor to exercise moderation in all things you do as a coordinator. The mark of a great user is that he or she can leave a position of power yet still retain the respect and admiration of the project as whole or near whole. If you can leave coordinatorship behind you but still be looked up to, then you have grasped the essence of what it means to serve in the position of a coordinator, and it will unlock doors for you within the project and across Wikipedia."
Based on this advice to the coordinators, and applied under the circumstances to arbitrators, then I dare say you have grasped the concept perfectly :) Take a long break, from arbcom, I would even consider taking a few weeks off from Wikipedia altogether, and when you come back I would be that everything will look and feel a little better. Good luck, whatever you decide to do, and thanks for on outstanding arbcom committee. TomStar81 ( Talk • Some say ¥€$, I say NO) 14:29, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
well forget a week, t'would seem an hour's a long time in wiki-politics! - Are you sure you're up for resigning over the council thing, at this point? - Bear in mind the truism that the vast majority of 'the community' is actually just perfectly happy editing away on a few articles in the blissful ignorance that should they ever run into hot water, the 'management' levels of the community are you know.... a bit... idiosyncratic? ( / broken / stupid / embarrassing / colourful adjective of your own choice here ;-) - have a cup of tea, and mebbe reconsider? If not - then thanks heaps for all your work etc. etc. (first of many, I'm sure) :-) Privatemusings ( talk) 21:26, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
What? (I missed this.) Kirill. No. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 21:48, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
Everyone, thank you for your kind words; they mean a great deal to me. Kirill [talk] [pf] 01:33, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
Kirill, two comments. First, IMO the iteration of ArbCOM that we had 24 hours ago was without a doubt one of the best group of people sitting in that thankless job. You guys did a great job and I think you and an Rlevse were among the best on the Committee. The only reason I won't say "the best on the committee" is because there are still some wonderfully gifted and dedicated members there. You and Rlvese brought something the committee needed. Second, do what is right for Kirill. You are a volunteer and if Kirill needs to step down/step away, then by all means do so and don't look back.--- Balloonman NO! I'm Spartacus! 03:26, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
Again, thank you all for your kind words. I'm quite comfortable with my decision, however—not waking up to an inbox full of hate mail definitely helps!—so my resignation remains in effect.
I realize that this is probably quite disappointing to many of you, and I apologize for not living up to your expectations; but, overall, I think that my stepping down is in the best interests of the project. The Committee is more than capable of carrying on without me, and I have no desire to cling to my position merely for its own sake, or to drag the Committee into my own affairs.
I'm sure that I'll continue to play an active role in the project and advocate for reform, in any case, regardless of whether I'm on the Committee. Kirill [talk] [pf] 14:28, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
I think you've come too far to resign. Please reconsider mate. Dr. Blofeld White cat 11:36, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
I noticed you recently redirected the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Council in order to "...centralize discussion to one page so that we don't have so many unanswered questions". Did you take any measures to move open questions somewhere? I ask because without that my open question will never get an answer because it is now hidden by the redirect. Astronaut ( talk) 03:13, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
On the subject of the WPC, what do you think of my proposal to turn it into an elected content policy-making body?-- R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) ( talk) 12:25, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
was wondering what peer review criteria decide what gets posted for each wikiproject. 陣 内 Jinnai 01:18, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
I go on WikiBreak for a good two or so weeks, and I come back to find one of the most diligent arbitrators in the history of the project has resigned. I'm not sure if we've ever interacted before, but I wanted to say that I've always appreciated the work you did on ArbCom, regardless of if I disagreed with you or not. This may be a bit overdue at this point, but I just wanted to say thank you for your service in a thankless job. 2 1/2 years of defining ArbCom's image and making Wikipedia a better place is something to be proud of. Master&Expert ( Talk) 02:42, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
Me too, please say you aren't leaving wikipedia too? We need you greatly. Maybe it is for the better if you want to concentrate more on encyclopedia with less stress from arb but I also thought you did a great job and would still do if you hadb't have resigned. Best regards. Dr. Blofeld White cat 11:42, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi Kirill, could I bother you for a little bit of help with a template. Somewhere in {{ LondonGazette}} there is a bit of whitespace between the external link and the date. I can't seem to find it anywhere. See List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Royal Air Force#References for an example of it. Any help would be appreciated, thanks. Regards, Woody ( talk) 13:19, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
I'm hoping to be doing some more mainspace work...you know, those articles we were discussing above ;-)-- R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) ( talk) 11:35, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for putting this into peer review. Since it is currently a GA Candidate should we remove it or can we have both going at the same time? -- Kumioko ( talk) 04:15, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
I posed a question at User talk:Roger Davies#sourcing question that I thought you might be able to provide some wisdom with. I would appreciate any input you might have. bahamut0013 words deeds 13:09, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
thanks for your feedback at the wikiproject council. I am now suggesting at WP:SCOTUS that we become a task force of WP:LAW, and in doing so I quoted your brief comment, "Frankly, I'm not sure why SCOTUS isn't a task force of LAW to begin with, but that's just me." I've been a contributor at both WikiProjects for "only" about six months (there are some very senior contributors there), but my impression is that this solution simply hasn't been thought of. I'm wondering if you'd be willing to keep an eye on the discussion that may-or-may-not ensue at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_U.S._Supreme_Court_cases#Have_we_considered_making_this_wikiproject_a_.22task_force.22_of_WP:Law.3F.
(These projects tend to die down over the summer when school is not in session.) Agradman talk/ contribs 15:56, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
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Hi Kirill, I didn't realize this was you from the NYC WikiConference. Thanks for your advice at WP:LAW regarding task forces.
Using your subst: template, I created [[ WP:Hornbook.
I requested that someone make me a userbox, at
Wikipedia_talk:Userboxes/Ideas#Request:_can_you_make_a_userbox_for_my_new_task_force.3F.
Once that's done, I'm going to advertise the task force at the talk pages of the 80-ish people in WP:SCOTUS, WP:LAW, and Category:Wikipedian_law_students.
As I've mentioned in various places, I'm starting a club at my law school for this purpose, so I'm not worried about recruitment.
If you don't mind, I'd like to stay in touch with you as this process unfolds ... Agradman talk/ contribs 21:29, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
Update:
I made the userbox myself! {{ User Hornbook}}
I am going to begin drafting a solicitation to leave on talk pages of people who might be interested. I'll be drafting it at User:Agradman/taskforcespam, but it will take a while. If it's all right, I'd like to show it to you to get your feedback. I'll let you know when. Thanks. Agradman talk/ contribs 00:03, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
OK, I reproduced your offer at the WP:LAW talk page. It might take a while to generate a response -- since the bar exam for graduating law students was yesterday, and everyone else is winding up their summer internships, we've had low turnout on the project page -- I might need to start pasting the inquiry into user pages to get attention on this. Agradman talk/ contribs 03:34, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
Could you please warn Poeticbent about his disruptive and abusive behavior in the article Massacres of Poles in Volhynia ? I have a detailed example with all relevent diffs here: [13]. When he got caught vhanging the info, he then decided to move it tot he back of the article. The discussion is here: [14]. Note the abusive nature of his posts. This guy had been blocked before when writing on a similar topic: [15]. I'm not looking for a block now, just a warning so that he settles down a bit. Thanks! Faustian ( talk) 16:06, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for that, ive done this plenty of times now so i dont know why i messed it up - ill blame lack of sleep lol-- EnigmaMcmxc ( talk) 11:55, 30 July 2009 (UTC)
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Кирилл, прошу Вашей технической помощи с подачей иска в арбитраж англоязычной Википедии: куда писать и как оформлять. Я и в русской-то не очень ориентируюсь, а тут... Заранее большое спасибо. Hithlin ( talk) 21:14, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
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As an arbitrator marked as active on the above case, please can you look over the proposed decisions and vote as you feel appropriate. If you would prefer to be marked as inactive on this case, please let me know and I'll update the case pages accordingly. Many thanks, Gazi moff 13:20, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
My response is fixed now. Let my know what you think. - J JMesserly ( talk) 03:21, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks a lot for the A-Class medal! I hope I can contribute more in the future. Cheers, Nudve ( talk) 07:16, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
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Can not say I have not thought about it. A narrative history would probably be interesting to the outsiders, and it would be fun to write about the history of the project and its process in greater detail. My two concerns about the idea are that a narrative history would grow to the point of being too large to maintain, which would require either additional page or a trim of the information. The other concern I have is that a narrative history would wind up at mfd since it does not of itself provide anything important to the project, whereas the time line is small and to the point, and consolidates the major events in such as way as to be usefully but not overpowering.
To partial beat both issues we could raise the matter and see what consensus says, if people like the idea than they may be willing to invest some time in the process and would come to the rescue of a narrative page if it was to be put at mfd. Bare in mind though that as a collage student I would be unable to put much into the idea until roughly summer, and whatever I did try would need a lot of SP&G work to bring it up to standard. TomStar81 ( Talk) 23:09, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
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Hi there. I read your constructs on the PK page and the accompanying piece on the discussion page. Congratulations on being able to your modifications up for more that 24 hours! I agree wholeheartedly with your comments and not least your concerns with the rather aggressive tone that one of the editors, an admin who should know better, has taken. I really don't think that using 'for fucks sake' and 'removing bolloks' to any editor has a place on Wikipedia. Granted he apologised, but his comments are increasingly rude and obnoxious and as your mods to the PK page have been made previously, one wonders whether the only reason your mods to the page have survived is that you are an admin.
I can appreciate that many posts to Wiki pages are pure vandalism, yet as i see it, the mods attempted by yourself and other editors re the 'criticism' section of this page are well intentioned and the editor(s) frequently express this on the discussion page. Being an unregistered user (such as i choose), an editor or an admin really should make a difference really should affect how are edits are taken. Of course, what we have to say does.
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Hi Kirill. Sandy and I noticed that the warfare category of FAs has reached over 200 articles. Usually at this point we begin to subdivide the category. Could you please give your opinion on whether or how we should do this? Wikipedia talk:FA#Warfare.3F Thanks! Karanacs ( talk) 14:49, 25 March 2009 (UTC)
I'm coming down to help with cleanup of the Ball's Bluff site with the battlefield guide crew next weekend. You interested in popping up? Get a very personal tour by experts? You think any other MilHisters might want to join us? BusterD ( talk) 02:11, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
I am currently a graduate student, working on a semester project regarding Wikipedia. I was hoping you would be able to privately answer a few questions in reference to your personal experience with Wikipedia in order for me to get your view on the website. The questions are on my user page, and if you could answer in them in word and e-mail them to the address shown that would be really helpful. Your anonymity is assured, and any personal information you give will never be used outside of this questionnaire. Thank you for your time. Curesearcher ( talk) 02:46, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
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Hi Kirill. How are you? I've requested that we make a change to the German infobox and the members of the project think it is a good idea but haven't the knowledge to change it. Basically see
User:Dr. Blofeld/Germany. What we want is to change the proportion of the coat of arms and the map. Ideally the coat of arms should go in the center on top and be slightly smaller and then the map made much larger to around 200px-220px and to go underneath with the caption as with standard maps. I would be very grateful if you could make the adjustment to
Template:Infobox German location/sandbox and change the proportion of the undersized map to basically look like it does on the right. See the
Hockenheim article and you'll see what I mean about the undersized map which looks silly the same size as the coat of arms
Dr. Blofeld
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That looks excellent mate. Three small things though. Can you shrink the coat of arms size a bit maybe to 80px and shrink the gap a little bit between the caption and get the pagename town title to display on the map, you know like Rouen for instance and which also uses the small pin dot for precision. The French infobox used to be like Germany but we now have the towns displayed on the map anetated rather than just a point. Can you make those slight adjustments, should be pretty perfect after that. Thanks. Dr. Blofeld White cat 08:47, 29 March 2009 (UTC)
Looks purrfect. Thanks for your help! Take care, Dr. Blofeld White cat 09:39, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
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Hi Kirill how are you doing? I know you are a busy man these days but could you have a quick look at this article Battle of Muar. Only asking as I don't know the rest of the people on Milhist project anymore. Been away too long. Anyway there are a couple of us trying to sort out the articles relating too Battle of Malaya. Would appreciate any help or time you can spare. Point me to the editer who cares enough to moniter our input if you know one. Thanks. Tristan benedict ( talk) 00:26, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks Kirill. Have a good night. Tristan benedict ( talk) 00:46, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
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Please would you advise arbcom that User:SebastianHelm has resigned as a moderator and we therefore need arbcom to appoint somebody else to take his place. Kittybrewster ☎ 21:12, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
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Activity at WestBank/J&S case that I need you to look at.-- Tznkai ( talk) 18:33, 11 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi.
I am all but certain that
Would you be willing to look and see for sure?
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Template:External media has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. B ( talk) 01:18, 15 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Kirill. I was wondering if you sort Template:Infobox Mine so when the pushpin map features on it like Ebenezer Colliery the background is white rather than gray? The headers are fine its just it needs tweaking so that the background is white around the map as it looks too dark all colored in. COuld you look into it? Cheers Dr. Blofeld White cat 10:44, 17 April 2009 (UTC)
Perfect! You're awesome! Thanks Dr. Blofeld White cat 09:28, 19 April 2009 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Open matters/Devolution has been listed as under consideration for nine months now, is there a more appropriate header tag? MBisanz talk 06:42, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
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I am not a very experienced wikipedia editor, but I have been involved in the naming dispute in the past. I didn't know that we weren't allowed to add ourselves, so I did it (sorry) and then User:Grsz11 undid it suggesting that I ask this from an arbitrator. Could you add me, please? -- Radjenef ( talk) 11:46, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
Kirill, I'd be grateful if you could remove me from the list of parties in the Samaria case and also remove the accompanying findings of fact placeholder in the workshop. As I stated on WP:RFAR when this matter was raised, my only involvement has been to offer advice to the parties on WP:AE (see Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/West Bank - Judea and Samaria#Statement by ChrisO). I have had no involvement whatsoever in the issue itself or in any other issues about the West Bank/Judea and Samaria. I don't even know why I was added as a party in the first place - the decision seems to have been taken by Tznkai, who left a message on my talk page informing me that I'd been listed as a party but did not say why. I haven't contributed to the arbitration at any stage, no evidence has been presented concerning my putative involvement (because there isn't any) and I haven't even been mentioned by any party until you posted your placeholder. You can see the entire extent of my involvement at [1], in which I made a grand total of two posts advising the disputing parties. There is simply no reason at all to involve me in this arbitration. -- ChrisO ( talk) 18:21, 23 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Kirill,
I've had to explain to NoCal100 four or five times now that the WP:BATTLE allegation in your FoF 2.8.2 is merely about that brief facetious remark you quoted and nothing else — to no avail, he insists on reading things into it that are clearly not stated. I can foresee having to explain the same thing to dozens of other editors, in all likelihood not with a significantly higher degree of success. May I ask you to make a clear statement in the comment section that the FoF is about that remark and nothing else?
On a side note, and with all respect, it's not the strongest evidence of WP:BATTLE I've seen. It only serves as a substrate for editors like NoCal to project imaginary accusations on, and for more neutral editors as a faint trail of smoke that nevertheless must be indicative of some kind of fire, since a well-respected admin found it significant enough for a FoF. Needless to say, I'd be much happier if it could be stricken. MeteorMaker ( talk) 16:03, 24 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi Kirill, I was wondering if you know any personal wiki software that replicates what wikipedia does functionally. I have tried a few, but they always screwup if you use markups for citations, infobox, language, battle box, stuff like that. Thanks a lot. Blueshirts ( talk) 03:56, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
thanks anyway man. Blueshirts ( talk) 06:29, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
Kirill, I intend to launch an RFC in the next day on my six recommendations for the proper organisation of ArbCom hearings. Please let me know if there's a problem in holding this RFC in relation to the ArbCom schedule (which I see you've just updated). Tony (talk) 08:21, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for your reply. I will look through the list you mentioned and remove or modify anything in the RFC that duplicates it. On the matter of over-specifying the wording, well ... the devil is in the detail, and I believe it's important to walk backwards from the result. Would it solve that matter if I made it clear that (i) the wordings are intended to be only examples of how the proposals might be put into effect in the policy, (ii) put the exemplified wording in footnotes instead of cluttering the main proposal text, and (iii) remove thislink from the process? That might leave the latitude to execute the spirit of any proposal that gained clear support by whatever wording subsequently worked best.
I presume you've seen the latest version (posted recently), which includes "Objections" in the lead. I would like to invite people on the Provional Draft talk page to comment on those. Is it possible to locate the RFC as a subpage of the talk page there (with a slash in the title)? I have no idea of the mechanics of setting up an RFC, and the WP:RFC page I find confusing. Tony (talk) 15:16, 26 April 2009 (UTC)
I've asked here if you would be kind enough to comment on the thinking behind your proposed remedies. Thank you, Jd2718 ( talk) 03:11, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
I seriously think that's clever. Read my replies--if you added in a simple set of conditions that can 'reset' the timer/counter, that's pretty much the most clever editing restriction I've seen yet. Demonstrate reforms from whatever you'd done wrong? OK, totally clear barometer you're here for the right reasons. Do it again right after, your bad stuff? Give us another 10 as penance if you really want to work on that topic area. Oops, did you edit war again? You really want to work that topic? Congratulations, you're now the all-time leader in Featured Articles. Wikipedia can only win with that carrot/stick method. Put in the reversal condition and shit, I'd say put that into every decision or motion about a topic/subject ban. rootology ( C)( T) 03:58, 27 April 2009 (UTC)
Kirill, I find it odd that a user in the arbcomm case is under injunction to stay away from the case pages, but in your editor specific findings for the case you haven't even put in a place holder for the user. I'd recommend you at least add a placeholder, and if the injunction was merited then a finding is going to be merited also. GRBerry 16:54, 28 April 2009 (UTC)
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We seem to have a near-consensus version of the naming conventions draft. Would we be allowed to finish the work before your suggested remedy takes effect? MeteorMaker ( talk) 08:30, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
Hi can you fix Template:Infobox Surfer. See Kelly Slater for some reason the template insists on coming first meaning that there is a gap above the text in the article. Can you fix it? Thanks Dr. Blofeld White cat 11:38, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
Ahaa its been fixed already! I managed to work out the alignment the Hawaiian guy managed to fix the gap. Its perfect now. Hey I create an infobox surfer and it attracts people from Hawaii! Thanks anyway.20:54, 2 May 2009 (UTC)
[2] Do you feel it would be appropriate to list who has access to the clerks mailing list, just like all of the others? Tiptoety talk 03:46, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
Re: "Was some part of "complaints should be sent *privately*" unclear?" [3] It's not at all unclear. Your purpose here, in my opinion, is to keep it private so you can cover it up again. 71.227.191.107 ( talk) 03:45, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
I've duplicated the wording at general sanctions. A heads-up at the original discussion about the change in plan would not have gone unappreciated, but thanks. Ncmvocalist ( talk) 06:38, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
...have a look at this. MeteorMaker ( talk) 22:18, 4 May 2009 (UTC)
Several editors
[4]
[5], including one ArbCom member
[6], have remarked that this finding is insufficiently sourced. Appreciate if you could look into this.
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Further points have been raised
[7] and further evidence has been requested.
[8] Forgive me for bothering you again, but a number of editors feel it's important that serious accusations in final decisions are well supported with diffs.
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I interpret Vassyana's comment here as an indication there might be some confusion as to what part of the diff is claimed as evidence of the alleged infraction. This potential for confusion did not exist in the draft version of the FoF because the exact quote was specified. Could perhaps the "faux pas" line be reinserted to make it clear what the voting is on? MeteorMaker ( talk) 05:38, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
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Greetings, I wonder if you could clarify somewhere what you had in mind by the term "functionary" in this and related arbitration remedies. There is widespread confusion at Wikipedia talk:Functionary as to what the term delineates, and it would seem that the Arbitration Committee is uniquely placed to offer a definition and scope. It would be helpful to have the ambiguity cleared up so that editors and particularly those considered functionaries by the committee know what behaviour is expected of a functionary. Regards, Skomorokh 19:41, 7 May 2009 (UTC)
Hello, Kirill, I saw you change the date for the Tang case. What is the target date? Is it related to Arbitrators' voting or drafting final decisions? -- Caspian blue 20:02, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
Indefinite full protection? [9] Was that intentional? Durova Charge! 05:39, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi Kirill. Unfortunately your move of Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Completed requests has created lots of broken links, see August 06. Paul August ☎ 16:39, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
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Kirill,—
On the Committee agenda entry for "Appoint CU & OS auditing subcommittee," would it be wise to set a preliminary date for holding public elections to the subcommittee?
Regards,
Let's start by saying all the last six should all be done, and a modified form of 1 that explicitly declares all findings about me invalid, as opposed to simply withdrawn. I don't think all the findings about Hoffman actually are valid - for instance, it claims he was not a POV-pusher, which, anything else aside, he certainly was, but they aren't important, and he's never showed up again since anyway, so let's let that pass.
If you want #2 to not be done, I think I'm justified in asking for answers to the following:
Ball's in your court. Shoemaker's Holiday ( talk) 00:28, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
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Hi Kirill. I'm preparing the article Kareena Kapoor for FAC and I was wondering if you knew how to solve a problem that's concerning me. Could you see if you can add a currency coverter to the revenues of the films which are stated in rupees in this article? Dr. Blofeld ( talk) 17:52, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
For instance: "The film performed well internationally and became the year's top-grossing Bollywood film overseas, earning over Rs 350 million/$/£ "?
That should be OK thanks Kirill. Dr. Blofeld White cat 09:37, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi Kirill. Would you mind taking a quick look at this article? There's a table under the 'aircraft inventory' that will not display whatever I do. Thanks very much, cheers Buckshot06( prof) 20:16, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
Hey Kirill. In the Ryulong case voting page, finding 15 states "Mythdon has been posting notes at Ryulong's talk page about Ryulong's use of the rollback feature for more than a year" which is not evidenced in the evidence in the finding. In fact, another statement in the finding contradicts that by saying "However, most of Mythdon's posts in early 2009 consisted of warnings in relation to Ryulong's use of the rollback tool". I made a similar post on the voting talk page, see here but there was no response. The posts in 2008 were just useless questions, and that the diffs in the finding do not evidence any rollback warning in 2008 nor does it evidence that I was making warnings for over a year. You as well as other Arbitration Committee members voted in support of the finding, but I hope the false statement in the finding is fixed. Could you please fix this problem in a solution you think is necessary? Thanks. — Mythdon ( talk • contribs) 23:17, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
Looks like this text (Based on Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Starwood) was accidentally removed in this edit [10]. I would fix it myself, but that page is intended to be edited by Arbitrators and Clerks. Cheers, Cirt ( talk) 02:30, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
Dear Kirril,
Can I have an update on this? Thanks, Shoemaker's Holiday ( talk) 04:06, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
I have replied to your comment(s) here. Thanks. — Mythdon ( talk • contribs) 04:08, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for replying, Kirill. I've responded there. Septentrionalis PMAnderson 16:35, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
Hello, I just saw your votes on the Macedonia case. Three requests:
Hello, Kirill. A few words regarding your support for proposals against me, in the Macedonia 2 case. I also sent Coren a message. I understand that time is limited and I just want everyone to get his/her facts straight, as there are bits and pieces in various places.
First of all, the SPA accusation is untrue. Rlevse wrote "SQRT5P1D2 is a Macedonia-focused single-purposed account", that "has been almost entirely been focused on editing a handful of Macedonia-related articles". As showed here, the vast majority of my article edits are not Macedonia-related. You can verify that yourself.
Regarding "meatpuppetry" and "canvassing", I'm not aware if you read all the facts. I sent one (1) neutral public message. Not to mention that in the same message, I condemn nationalism (I requested "no sarissas, the referee will show you a red card"; that means "be rational and leave nationalism outside of the field", as sarissas were weapons that ancient Macedonians took pride in). I also wrote that ChrisO's actions were not made "according to the regulations on neutrality and naming by using credible sources, such as academic ones". I condemned nationalism and asked for conformance to the regulations on neutrality, thus the accusations are unjustifiable.
In addition, as you can read in my response to Horologium, Wikipedia is not isolated from the rest of the Internet. Various blogs and forums reported about ChrisO's actions. Many added their nationalistic overtones, like "Macedonia is ours" and asked for support. Even TV stations reported about it! Is ChrisO the one to blame? Nobody is responsible for what others do and I certainly have nothing to do with what others may did.
If you want to examine the facts more closely, please do. Should you have any questions, please leave me a message. SQRT5P1D2 ( talk) 16:15, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the interesting proposal about admin supervision. Since I've already stated that the article move was an exceptional action in response to an exceptional situation, I certainly don't see any circumstances in which I would repeat that action. Given that, I would be happy to agree to your proposal. -- ChrisO ( talk) 20:54, 24 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi Kirill. Over at Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard#Some data I've noted that, through no fault of your own - people just neglected to ask you - you haven't AFAIK given an explicit response to the question "have you ever edited enwiki under another username". For the sake of completeness and propriety, would you mind doing so? Happy‑ melon 14:24, 25 May 2009 (UTC)
Reviewing the case and noticed that you still need to vote on enforcement.
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Hi, I sent Arbcom an e-mail concerning my alternate account and you responded back to me. Could you please put a message on my talk page or user page confirming that Arbcom is aware of this in case anyone else has concerns?-- Sandor Clegane ( talk) 23:33, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
Hi Kirill. You did brill at Samaria voting those people off the island. Can you get Jayjg back as soon as possible orcould you make Jaakobou an administrator? That would really stuff them! 81.156.221.178 ( talk) 17:44, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
FYI rootology/ equality 21:51, 28 May 2009 (UTC)
In the "Tang Dynasty" ArbCom case, the "locus of dispute" factfinding should be rejected as written.
A new, better locus of dispute should be adduced.
I write to encourage you to re-visit this because the first and last sentences are fundamentally flawed.
NO to 1st sentence. The case originated when Teeninvestor rejected any and all inquiry relating to WP:V, WP:Burden and WP:RSUE, alleging vandalism and disruptive editing instead. This persistent confrontational strategy is endorsed and encouraged by those voting in support Newyorkbrad's locus of dispute. These votes effectively disregard Tenmei's locus, Teeninvestor's locus and, most importantly, Teeninvestor's restatment at Summarizing "more or less the entire dispute". This obfuscation marginalizes even the attempt to pursue a strategy of collaborative editing; and for this very practical reason, I could not disagree more with this sentence
NO to 3rd sentence. In the specific context of this case, it is procedurally unsound to adopt the expanded scope proposed by Teeninvestor and Caspian blue. One of the few areas of agreement acknowledged the initially limited focus of our case when it was opened. I could not disagree more with this sentence.
In support, I highlight a crucial fulcrum or pivot between "A" and "B" below:
In this instance, Tenmei's paraphrase of Coren's moderating analysis was posted on the talk pages of all arguably interested participants at Talk:Inner Asia during the Tang Dynasty. The "out of control" accusatory phrasing was repeated in diffs on the talk pages of PericlesofAthens and Arilang1234. This suggests a deliberate strategy rather than a merely transient outburst.
In these pivotal diffs, Teeninvestor cannot feign to have misunderstood my writing. These are plainly Coren's paraphrased words; and yet, this modest effort to frame collaborative editing issues was immediately converted into a contrived hostile encounter. This destructive pattern is reflected ad nauseam on the evidence and workshop pages. Despite the cumulative attacks, the edit history confirms my participation focused on issues, but this outcome tells me clearly that I was wrong to take the high road.
In voting to support this awkward "spin", ArbCom's counter-intuitive judgment effectively affirms that the contributions of Teeninvestor and Caspian blue were above reproach and I was not.
This alchemy is difficult to digest. ArbCom rewards what is bad and denigrates what is good. -- Tenmei ( talk) 19:03, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
Hello, Kirill! I was told that you are pretty good with templates and I need help around one. The Template:Infobox Royalty needs to be edited, to reduce its length. Could you please put all the succession elements (predecessor, successor, reign, regent, coronation) into a hide/show box? You can see how the Spanish did it on es:Plantilla:Ficha de monarca. The infobox of Eleanor of Aquitaine article, for example, has three succession parameters. If we could make them collapsable, the infobox would be significantly shorter, but nothing would be lost. I've tried to do it, but there is always something wrong. Thanks! Surtsicna ( talk) 12:13, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
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Hey, Kirill. It's been about a month, I think. Could I have another update? Shoemaker's Holiday ( talk) 12:20, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
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Hello. When in the arb thing going to occur as you said in the email? Its been days now and there is not any hint of it. 78.148.198.170 ( talk) 00:45, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
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Really? I did not know that. Do you know how to turn it on/enable it? TomStar81 ( Talk) 15:55, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
Kirill, as you may or may not have noticed, I posted a statement about the MH appeal. In it, I raised questions about the actions of a former ArbCom member using his privileges to access confidential submissions in a case in which he was recused as an arbitrator and acting as a party to the case. I would appreciate it if you could make sure all present ArbCom members are aware of the statement (as it was made quite some time after Shoemaker's Holiday launched the appeal). In my view, the issue of misuse of information provided through the arbcom mailing list is a serious one, calling for a substantive response from the Committee about the policy implications. EdChem ( talk) 04:19, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
Kirill, Sorry to pester, but I wonder whether you could outlay a few minutes to provide an opinion on the definition of "mass delinking" with respect to the examples given; and possibly to liaise with other arbitrators about the matter. I think it would be unhelpful for admins to be engaged in circular debate with editors—and running to arbitrators for advice—about whether their edits fall inside or outside the ambit of Motion 1.3. Thanks in advance. Tony (talk) 05:37, 11 June 2009 (UTC)
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Hi, I haven't been following the dates case for the sake of my sanity, but am shocked to discover that I've suddenly been banned from "style and editing guideline pages" for 3 months, including discussion pages. This is absolutely bizarre to me - I can't imagine what of my behaviour could have provoked such a long ban (3RR infringers get 24 hours, and though I may have been provoked into edit wars a few times, I don't think I've even done anything as bad as a 3RR infringement). In particular I see no reason why I should be banned from discussion pages - there's no sugggestion I've been uncivil there. Since you voted for this restriction, can you explain why? Also is there anything I can do to get it overturned - I feel it is horribly unjust in view of the contributions I've made in this area, including continually seeking consensus in difficult situations. I think I'm being punished here for the sins of others. Anyway, explain your reasoning please.-- Kotniski ( talk) 13:16, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
I applaud your decision on Obama articles but it is not enough. There are other editors not mentioned and some got off too lightly.
The mess with Obama hurts Wikipedia. I used to contribute until about a year ago because some Obama people were just too nasty. Suggest a good edit and they jump all over you. Many people not listed have a clear political agenda (only positive things and oppose all neutral or negative things for some; only negative things and oppose all positive things for others).
One trouble is that people write something and have a reference. But there is no editorial consideration of what goes in the article. As a result, there is more positive stuff and negative stuff is censored because more people are disciples of Obama than haters.
This mess also hurts Wikipedia that I've decided only to read Wikipedia, not add to it. If I see something that is poorly written, I think "why help?". There is no appreciation for helping but swift attacks by people who have a political agenda. Then they stalk you in the other articles.
The solution to Obama hasn't been reached. ArbCom has taken a long time but just nipped a few people. A real solution would be to have professional reviewers, even English and History teachers to act as referees. This would be done only in exceptional cases, such as the Obama article and only for a limited period, such as 3-4 months. Until then, I don't write for Wikipedia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Formerwiki ( talk • contribs) 20:25, 20 June 2009 (UTC)
I don't know if you remember me, but you welcomed me to the Military History WikiProject. I recently proposed that a task force be made for the Cold War. I was wondering that if you liked the idea, you could put your support on the Military History talk page. - JayLeno175 ( talk) 16:08, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
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Dear Kirill
I write to you in your capacity as Coordinating Arbitrator. Ryan has been issuing warnings such as this and this and this to the revelant parties in the recent Date Linking case who've !voted in the full-date unlinking bot RFC, related to the remedies concerning these bans from style and editing guidelines, and any related discussions". The clerk has taken the lead from a comment by User SilkTork, No. 10 here.
I wonder whether you could read my note to Ryan on this matter and clear up what is very possibly a misunderstanding. Tony (talk) 16:35, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
That brings me to an even better solution for you guys: Let me back on to WT:MOS, WP:MOS, WP:MOSNUM, and WT:MOSNUM for everything else I do there (math, science, and units of measurement), and just keep me out of anything to do with date linking/delinking for six months to a year. I never was all that animated about date linking in the first place; my record never once shows me going in and delinking mass quantities of dates—perhaps only one date ever few weeks or so. The only exception to this proposed restriction would be if the date linking issue pertains to an article on which I am a major contributor; I should be able to restore an article I’ve been working on to make it MOSNUM-compliant if someone goes in and links a date, or if it is a date-related discussion on my talk page or that of one of my wikifriends. This results in “Greg L” entirely out of date linking and lets MOSNUM benefit from my contributions on math and science issues.
Between the above and my pledge to exercise as restraint and employ as much civility as any admin out there, doesn’t this seem like a perfectly reasonable solution that meets all your objectives? Greg L ( talk) 22:58, 25 June 2009 (UTC)
Hello kirill, If you could please delete my page and page history, I'd be much obliged.
I requested speedy deletion on 1Apr for reason 1.6. jayron deleted it, then acted as if s/he did me a favour. I feel jayron shouldnt have been the one to delete it initially as s/he and I have negatively interacted in the past. Followups from jayron included an unneccesary block; followed by telling me to get a yahoo email so that I may contact wiki admins!
Wiki is all about anon editing : as such I didnt and wont get an email account in order to communicate as it is not required.
Since then jayron,redpen, mufka have been repeatedly editing my page. I blank my page they restore it. This has been happening since April, so for 3months now. I bet if I changed their pages they'd posting threats of "i'll report you" and/or "you will be banned". It is quite easy for me to get a new ip address but I dont think Ive done anything wrong, so I wont change my ip address.
If my pages needed to be restored /reverted, I definitely think those three arent the ones who should do it as they/I have a convoluted history.
If you could please delete my page and page history, I'd be much obliged.
If you could contact jayron, redpen, & mufka & ask that any problems they have they let an admin or arbitrator know, instread of making changes or posting to me.
I'd like to edit wiki in peace Thanks.
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I have a Q at the Cold War notice board. At the moment the entire Cold War project seems to be a subset of the MILHIST one, according to the stats, even if directly tagged, meaning that things like anti/pro-communist summits/laws/referndums to ban communist parties etc will be in there. YellowMonkey ( cricket calendar poll!) paid editing=POV 04:20, 26 June 2009 (UTC)
Hi Kirill: nice work. However, this statement:
The Committee may call interim elections, in a comparable format to the regular annual elections, if it determines that arbitrator resignations or inactivity have created an immediate need for additional arbitrators.
leaves open whether arbs elected at such "interim" elections would have a full term or would be elected only until the following January 1, where presumably the annual elections would fill the gap. Your clarification would be much appreciated. Tony (talk) 09:23, 28 June 2009 (UTC)
Hey Kirill, I left a note here as we need some help countering systemic bias on Ruff - any elp much appreciated. cheers, Casliber ( talk · contribs) 21:10, 29 June 2009 (UTC)
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Thanks for agreeing to take a look at this. I'd like to start working on my evidence submission, but this has been going on long enough with enough editors that it seems like it would be in TLDR territory. What's the best way to focus in on the useful stuff for an evidence submission? Thanks again. -- SarekOfVulcan ( talk) 04:10, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
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Hi Kirill. I've made a proposal for the German infoboxes to use regional locators. Could you offer your thoughts and also would you be able to reprogramme the infobox to read each of the 16 states it is in and use the relative svg pin map? Each if the word Bavaria appears in the state section of the box by default it displays the File:Bavaria location map.svg from Template:Location map Germany Bavaria? I'm sure you know what I mean. Dr. Blofeld White cat 12:07, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
Yeah thats a good thing because people don't mind either way. I was thinking about something like below to feature the regional map and national map side by side and get the pin to display on both. We'd need to shrink the country map size to about 160px. The reaosn why I think the regional maps are useful is because they show where the settlements are within the sub districts of them. If you see Hockenheim for instance at the moment there is quite a gap either side of the central map so fitting the two in could be done I think. We have all 16 state maps at Category:Germany location map templates and I believe they all follow the same naming convention so I'd imagine you just programme the template to read the state parameter with that {{if thing and programme it to display the relative svg map by default.
Dr. Blofeld White cat 14:01, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
OK that sounds good thanks. We might have to do a trial and error in regards to individual state maps as they may differ in size so the px may vary for some state locators to align tidely with the national map. Regards. Dr. Blofeld White cat 14:10, 2 July 2009 (UTC) Actually there is something you could do in the mean time. Can you move the general information section of Template:Infobox City Spain to the bottom below population, move the Time zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer : CEST (GMT +2) part down to just above post code once the general information section is at the bottom and shrink the width of the box. It's too bloated! Perhaps impose a set width on it, otherwise you could write something and it will float the width of the page! Sometime I'd like to impose Template:location map Spain to the template and replace the old set markers but first things first. Dr. Blofeld White cat 16:20, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
OK thanks. Dr. Blofeld White cat 07:58, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for the clarification, but please consider this: how I am involvement when the arbitration case is being cited with regards to an editor with whom I hardly interacted, in an article which I have never or hardy edited, in a content conflict in which I have not taken place? If mere fact that I was a party to those arbitrations is sufficient to make me involved, fine, but could you clarify if this is indeed the definition being used, and if this makes every admin who was a party to those cases involved as well? Thanks, -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk 05:00, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing that, I couldn't quite get the coding. The important thing those is that we have the TF coordinators now. Happy Forth of July! TomStar81 ( Talk) 01:38, 5 July 2009 (UTC)
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Hi Kirill. I've made a proposal for the German infoboxes to use regional locators. Could you offer your thoughts and also would you be able to reprogramme the infobox to read each of the 16 states it is in and use the relative svg pin map? Each if the word Bavaria appears in the state section of the box by default it displays the File:Bavaria location map.svg from Template:Location map Germany Bavaria? I'm sure you know what I mean. Dr. Blofeld White cat 12:07, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
Yeah thats a good thing because people don't mind either way. I was thinking about something like below to feature the regional map and national map side by side and get the pin to display on both. We'd need to shrink the country map size to about 160px. The reaosn why I think the regional maps are useful is because they show where the settlements are within the sub districts of them. If you see Hockenheim for instance at the moment there is quite a gap either side of the central map so fitting the two in could be done I think. We have all 16 state maps at Category:Germany location map templates and I believe they all follow the same naming convention so I'd imagine you just programme the template to read the state parameter with that {{if thing and programme it to display the relative svg map by default.
Dr. Blofeld White cat 14:01, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
OK that sounds good thanks. We might have to do a trial and error in regards to individual state maps as they may differ in size so the px may vary for some state locators to align tidely with the national map. Regards. Dr. Blofeld White cat 14:10, 2 July 2009 (UTC)
Everything OK?
As per your sugegstion, I have opened Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Clarification#Request for clarification: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Digwuren#Discretionary sanctions. Sandstein 13:59, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
Your conduct as an arbitrator appears to have been improper. Perhaps you should correct yourself. See Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee, specifically my comments on the Durova case. The evidence before the court is incontrovertible; there's no need for the jury to retire! Jehochman Talk 13:10, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi, please could you have a look at my "appeal" at
WP:A/R/A. The situation I find myself in at the moment is ridiculous - I'm being warned for commenting on pages (the RFC on the date unlinking bot) which are not in any shape or form "style and editing guidelines". This leads me to conclude that when the arbs set this restriction, they were using "style and editing guidelines" as some kind of euphemism for "anything to do with date linking". In any case I've yet to hear any justification for the scope of this restriction - it seems entirely arbitrary and nothing to do with the supposed offences. For example, I was just about to make a comment at
WT:Disambiguation, but on checking found that this WP page is marked as an "editing guideline", so going by the wording of the restriction I shouldn't be commenting on it, but WHY?? It makes absolutely no sense to me, yet most arbs have not even responded to my request for amendment, and those who have responded negatively have not answered my reasonable enough points made in response to them - in particular, no-one has given any reason as to why the restriction should include discussions. So please, could you have a look at this and help get this entirely inappropriate restriction changed - at least so as to exclude discussions that don't relate to dates.--
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I'm extremely concerned by User:Some_guy and his... unco-operative remarks and general attitude. He's already had User:Nukes4Tots and User:Koalorka blocked for a week for disagreeing with him (he says it's for "personal insults- I disagree) and honestly, I think it's time someone with some authority came in and told him to either get with the programme or clear off and stop wasting our time. He's already said he's too good to even take a moment to join the MILHIST project, and I for one will not support any proposals made by people who can't be bothered pitching in and helping the projects. Please, I'd appreciate some backup here. It's not a good direction for a prestigous project like MILHIST to be heading in. Commander Zulu ( talk) 10:46, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
At any rate, I admire your ability to remain professional about the whole thing! :) Commander Zulu ( talk) 12:56, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
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The Wikimedia Foundation will be conducting an all-day Academy at the National Institutes of Health, in Bethesda, Maryland, on Thursday, July 16. The team that will be teaching at the Academy, a mix of paid staff and volunteers, is looking for four more volunteers to be teaching assistants, providing one-to-one assistance in workshops whenever a workshop participant has a problem following the instructional directions. (We currently have two editors signed up as teaching assistants, and are looking for a total of six.)
The NIH editing workshops are only for two hours, but volunteers are asked to meet the Wikimedia Foundation team at the hotel in Bethesda at about 7:15 a.m. (time to be finalized shortly) and to stay for the entire day, which ends at 4:30 p.m. Lunch will be provided. (The full schedule can be found here.)
The team is not necessarily looking for expert editors (though they are welcome), just people who can help novices who might get stuck when trying to do some basic things. If you've been an editor for at least 3 months, and have done at least 500 edits, you probably qualify.
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You mentioned in your notification that interested editors can apply to be a part of the Advisory Council on Project Development. Where should interested editors (for example, me) send such applications? -- Hemlock Martinis ( talk) 03:52, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
I have started an ANI discussion on Some guy: WP:ANI#Some guy You may want to comment there. Thank you. Georgewilliamherbert ( talk) 05:07, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
I understand. One thing though. Any idea how you can {{subst: a surname in the page title to DEFAULTSORT sort the categories? Its just I have a large batch of German politicians to transwiki and I want to do it more quickly. So basically when you create the page it automatically places e.g Fritz Baier as Baier, Fritz in the categories. If not I gather there is a bot that can default sort the categories by surname and fix it afterwards? Dr. Blofeld White cat 11:12, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
I'd imagine it is something like {subst:PAGENAME} but with a little programming to read the last word of the title and place it first. It would save a great deal of time anyway.Regards. Dr. Blofeld White cat 11:49, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
Out of curiosity would you happen to know of any tools that check the copyright status of images here in a manner similar to the ones we use for the ACR process to check for dead external links and dab links? And if we don't have any tools, would you happen to know anyone to whom I could suggest such a tool if it has not already been suggested? TomStar81 ( Talk • Some say ¥€$, I say NO) 02:42, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
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It's regrettable that you feel the need to resign from the ArbCom, unfortunately, it would probably be best if all of the members who voted for this ill-advised council do so as well. You are well-respected, and I hope that you will continue to be a strong member of the community. Who then was a gentleman? ( talk) 21:18, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
this bit --> 'throwing vague ideas and premature proposals up on random pages.' made me smile - is there really any other possible approach? (and would those dribbling at their keyboards in opposition to the council idea consider reflecting on that?) - either ways, it made me smile for obvious reasons :-) Privatemusings ( talk) 21:50, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
I believe that one of the members of the special committee has personally attacked me: Giano [12] I would appreciate your asking him to desist such attacks, if you mean this "committee" to be acting in good faith. Regards, — Mattisse ( Talk) 22:42, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
Kirill, would like to offer you a restoration on the image of your choice. Perhaps something like this is close enough to your interests? It's from a manuscript of military designs. About a century late for your favorite period, but still Italian. With respect, Durova 275 05:53, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
What you chose was enough to work with. Hasn't thumbnailed yet on my screen (am heading out to brunch). Will address that if it remains a problem. Best regards, Durova 275 16:13, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
Thanks Kirill for all your good work on the Arbitration Committee. Paul August ☎ 17:16, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
Years ago, as a simple creator you were an elegant, cheerful, energetic content machine, an inspiration for a new editor like myself. You led the Military History project to success by example, delegation, organization and sheer energy. I was one who called for the position of coordinator emeritus, mostly to honor the enormous positive influence you'd have on the project even without your continued and direct input, after it was apparent you'd become truly desired by the community at Arbcom. Then, well, dude, you really set an amazing pace.
The emergence of Roger Davies first in the Military History project and then at Arbcom suggests that the organic success of your structural and ethical model for leadership at WPHILHIST wasn't a mere accident (lots of other reasons too, not the least of which is the friendship and long interaction you two have with each other, plus Roger's tendency to prove somewhat useful and durable himself). Many people here in the pedia have interacted with you, have learned to heed your council, have enjoyed engaging you in good faith disagreement, and mostly IMHO have developed strong reasons to reside trust in your internal process. I myself think I know you (or something about you) because of my cumulative associations and the knowledge of unknown others with which I trust you. Don't know everything, couldn't, and wouldn't want to; I know enough. You've got nothing to prove to anyone here; you're among friends. Truly.
With that in mind I say what I would say to a younger brother or nephew: Do whatever the hell you feel like doing. With joy in your heart. Chart whatever bright course your center pulls you toward and go change the world. You have proven yourself vastly capable in your youngest years; you should be a powerhouse in your life whatever path you choose.
With your long term interests at heart, I would suggest, take some kind of afk time before making firm decisions. Nobody here would begrudge you a moment. Peace and Love, my wiki-friend (and we've still got Portal:American Revolutionary War to finish). BusterD ( talk) 17:43, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
Per your request, I've removed your oversight and checkuser permissions on this wiki. Thanks for your service to the project. — Mike. lifeguard | @en.wb 21:02, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
... if you are determined to do so. Thanks for all your work. Johnbod ( talk) 01:17, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
Gee, I leave town for a few days for a nephew's wedding and here you are having more excitement than a bunch of piranha in a fishbowl (a precise analogy, I will offer). While I rarely follow the drama of grandpoobah-level wiki-politics, I believe I know what led you to your decision to resign from ArbCom. When you started out on this role, I remember telling you that you were a braver man than I. Leaders here are eaten, preferably alive. However, I hope you leave ArbCom with the understanding that inducing some measure of productive change in a highly politicized environment is the greatest level of achievement that a true leader can expect. And you have accomplished more than most, Kirill, so please take a due measure of pride in that. For all you’ve done for Wikipedia, let me say, Спасибо, моя подруга. Askari Mark (Talk) 03:13, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
Bugger. -- Dweller ( talk) 12:15, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
Re Wikipedia:Advisory Council on Project Development. You wrote: with the endorsement of Jimbo Wales but (other than his not removing that text) there is no obvious evidence of that endorsement. Can you provide a diff, or is it via private email? Forgive me if this has been clearly stated somewhere else; I couldn't see it William M. Connolley ( talk) 21:03, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
Now don't go taking the long walk to bring justice to the Cursed earth. Unless you really want to, of course ;-)-- R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) ( talk) 13:57, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
I can and do understand how you might resign from the Arbitration Committee over this, even if I do think maybe it might be a good idea if you could show a little less integrity once in a while. But I do have to question why you would additionally withdraw from the new Advisory Council. Actually, when I first saw you had resigned from the ArbCom, I thought it was because you thought you might be more needed on the new Council, and I still think that. I'd probably do it myself, if there were a snowball's chance in hell that I would ever get put in either group. I would very seriously ask you to reconsider that move. Anyway, thanks for everything you've done to date for both groups. John Carter ( talk) 20:53, 13 July 2009 (UTC)
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I have no idea what's going on, other than some sort of council thingie was being formed, and it caused an uproar. I'm not really even sure if that's the cause of your resignation from ArbCom. Speaking as someone who is emphatically not a happy-buddy IRC gimme-a-hug-and-a-smiley-icon kinda editor, I am deeply saddened about your choice (although it is yours to make, of course). Wikipedia is trending toward rampant mediocrity driven by clusters of... folks who care little about academic excellence or stringent quality standards (who in fact do not even comprehend what either of those mean, having never been exposed to them), and much about having many online friends and pretty barnstars. On the other side, it is also under attack by flame-wielding legends in their own minds. People who are mature, wise and balanced are in desperately short supply. It would probably be impolite for me to ask you to reconsider. But reconsider. :-) Ling.Nut ( talk) 12:10, 14 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi Kirill. Thanks for being such a steady voice of reason, and I'm very sorry to hear about your resignation. From I saw of your arbitration work, your contribution to the quality of life of this community was significant. Take care, Clayoquot ( talk | contribs) 05:30, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
"Coordinators be thou for the contributors. You were elected to the position of coordinator by virtue of an approval vote obtained from your fellow contributors, but your fellow contributors will quickly become a jury of your peers if you overstep your authority on a matter. You must endeavor to exercise moderation in all things you do as a coordinator. The mark of a great user is that he or she can leave a position of power yet still retain the respect and admiration of the project as whole or near whole. If you can leave coordinatorship behind you but still be looked up to, then you have grasped the essence of what it means to serve in the position of a coordinator, and it will unlock doors for you within the project and across Wikipedia."
Based on this advice to the coordinators, and applied under the circumstances to arbitrators, then I dare say you have grasped the concept perfectly :) Take a long break, from arbcom, I would even consider taking a few weeks off from Wikipedia altogether, and when you come back I would be that everything will look and feel a little better. Good luck, whatever you decide to do, and thanks for on outstanding arbcom committee. TomStar81 ( Talk • Some say ¥€$, I say NO) 14:29, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
well forget a week, t'would seem an hour's a long time in wiki-politics! - Are you sure you're up for resigning over the council thing, at this point? - Bear in mind the truism that the vast majority of 'the community' is actually just perfectly happy editing away on a few articles in the blissful ignorance that should they ever run into hot water, the 'management' levels of the community are you know.... a bit... idiosyncratic? ( / broken / stupid / embarrassing / colourful adjective of your own choice here ;-) - have a cup of tea, and mebbe reconsider? If not - then thanks heaps for all your work etc. etc. (first of many, I'm sure) :-) Privatemusings ( talk) 21:26, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
What? (I missed this.) Kirill. No. SandyGeorgia ( Talk) 21:48, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
Everyone, thank you for your kind words; they mean a great deal to me. Kirill [talk] [pf] 01:33, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
Kirill, two comments. First, IMO the iteration of ArbCOM that we had 24 hours ago was without a doubt one of the best group of people sitting in that thankless job. You guys did a great job and I think you and an Rlevse were among the best on the Committee. The only reason I won't say "the best on the committee" is because there are still some wonderfully gifted and dedicated members there. You and Rlvese brought something the committee needed. Second, do what is right for Kirill. You are a volunteer and if Kirill needs to step down/step away, then by all means do so and don't look back.--- Balloonman NO! I'm Spartacus! 03:26, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
Again, thank you all for your kind words. I'm quite comfortable with my decision, however—not waking up to an inbox full of hate mail definitely helps!—so my resignation remains in effect.
I realize that this is probably quite disappointing to many of you, and I apologize for not living up to your expectations; but, overall, I think that my stepping down is in the best interests of the project. The Committee is more than capable of carrying on without me, and I have no desire to cling to my position merely for its own sake, or to drag the Committee into my own affairs.
I'm sure that I'll continue to play an active role in the project and advocate for reform, in any case, regardless of whether I'm on the Committee. Kirill [talk] [pf] 14:28, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
I think you've come too far to resign. Please reconsider mate. Dr. Blofeld White cat 11:36, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
I noticed you recently redirected the Wikipedia talk:WikiProject to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Council in order to "...centralize discussion to one page so that we don't have so many unanswered questions". Did you take any measures to move open questions somewhere? I ask because without that my open question will never get an answer because it is now hidden by the redirect. Astronaut ( talk) 03:13, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
On the subject of the WPC, what do you think of my proposal to turn it into an elected content policy-making body?-- R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) ( talk) 12:25, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
was wondering what peer review criteria decide what gets posted for each wikiproject. 陣 内 Jinnai 01:18, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
I go on WikiBreak for a good two or so weeks, and I come back to find one of the most diligent arbitrators in the history of the project has resigned. I'm not sure if we've ever interacted before, but I wanted to say that I've always appreciated the work you did on ArbCom, regardless of if I disagreed with you or not. This may be a bit overdue at this point, but I just wanted to say thank you for your service in a thankless job. 2 1/2 years of defining ArbCom's image and making Wikipedia a better place is something to be proud of. Master&Expert ( Talk) 02:42, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
Me too, please say you aren't leaving wikipedia too? We need you greatly. Maybe it is for the better if you want to concentrate more on encyclopedia with less stress from arb but I also thought you did a great job and would still do if you hadb't have resigned. Best regards. Dr. Blofeld White cat 11:42, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
Hi Kirill, could I bother you for a little bit of help with a template. Somewhere in {{ LondonGazette}} there is a bit of whitespace between the external link and the date. I can't seem to find it anywhere. See List of Victoria Cross recipients of the Royal Air Force#References for an example of it. Any help would be appreciated, thanks. Regards, Woody ( talk) 13:19, 18 July 2009 (UTC)
I'm hoping to be doing some more mainspace work...you know, those articles we were discussing above ;-)-- R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine) ( talk) 11:35, 20 July 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for putting this into peer review. Since it is currently a GA Candidate should we remove it or can we have both going at the same time? -- Kumioko ( talk) 04:15, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
I posed a question at User talk:Roger Davies#sourcing question that I thought you might be able to provide some wisdom with. I would appreciate any input you might have. bahamut0013 words deeds 13:09, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
thanks for your feedback at the wikiproject council. I am now suggesting at WP:SCOTUS that we become a task force of WP:LAW, and in doing so I quoted your brief comment, "Frankly, I'm not sure why SCOTUS isn't a task force of LAW to begin with, but that's just me." I've been a contributor at both WikiProjects for "only" about six months (there are some very senior contributors there), but my impression is that this solution simply hasn't been thought of. I'm wondering if you'd be willing to keep an eye on the discussion that may-or-may-not ensue at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_U.S._Supreme_Court_cases#Have_we_considered_making_this_wikiproject_a_.22task_force.22_of_WP:Law.3F.
(These projects tend to die down over the summer when school is not in session.) Agradman talk/ contribs 15:56, 27 July 2009 (UTC)
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Hi Kirill, I didn't realize this was you from the NYC WikiConference. Thanks for your advice at WP:LAW regarding task forces.
Using your subst: template, I created [[ WP:Hornbook.
I requested that someone make me a userbox, at
Wikipedia_talk:Userboxes/Ideas#Request:_can_you_make_a_userbox_for_my_new_task_force.3F.
Once that's done, I'm going to advertise the task force at the talk pages of the 80-ish people in WP:SCOTUS, WP:LAW, and Category:Wikipedian_law_students.
As I've mentioned in various places, I'm starting a club at my law school for this purpose, so I'm not worried about recruitment.
If you don't mind, I'd like to stay in touch with you as this process unfolds ... Agradman talk/ contribs 21:29, 28 July 2009 (UTC)
Update:
I made the userbox myself! {{ User Hornbook}}
I am going to begin drafting a solicitation to leave on talk pages of people who might be interested. I'll be drafting it at User:Agradman/taskforcespam, but it will take a while. If it's all right, I'd like to show it to you to get your feedback. I'll let you know when. Thanks. Agradman talk/ contribs 00:03, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
OK, I reproduced your offer at the WP:LAW talk page. It might take a while to generate a response -- since the bar exam for graduating law students was yesterday, and everyone else is winding up their summer internships, we've had low turnout on the project page -- I might need to start pasting the inquiry into user pages to get attention on this. Agradman talk/ contribs 03:34, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
Could you please warn Poeticbent about his disruptive and abusive behavior in the article Massacres of Poles in Volhynia ? I have a detailed example with all relevent diffs here: [13]. When he got caught vhanging the info, he then decided to move it tot he back of the article. The discussion is here: [14]. Note the abusive nature of his posts. This guy had been blocked before when writing on a similar topic: [15]. I'm not looking for a block now, just a warning so that he settles down a bit. Thanks! Faustian ( talk) 16:06, 29 July 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for that, ive done this plenty of times now so i dont know why i messed it up - ill blame lack of sleep lol-- EnigmaMcmxc ( talk) 11:55, 30 July 2009 (UTC)