So what are you doing to fix it? So far the project looks so bad I would avoid employing or associating with anyone who claims to be a Wikipedia editor or an administrator. 77.97.24.152 ( talk) 10:26, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
Hello, I am a new(old) user, who also commented on Red Pen of Doom's AE hearing(as an ip). I was watching this GG shenanigans for a while. As an editor, I have no further intention of editing the article. But I could not help but notice the draconian administrative actions taken to the people who tried to contribute. That is why I am writing this to you. During the AE hearing, I saw
AllMyEasterEggs also sharing his opinion. This user later banned by an admin due to him being a ban evading sock-puppet account. When I checked his user page I saw that he was indeed banned for being a sock-puppet. But in his original account,
AugustRemembrancer reason for being banned is explained, again, as sock-puppetry. The user adamantly rejects this claim and challenges them to produce the other account which he is the sock-puppet of. Ironically, last time he challenged the ban, it seems his second account was counted as the sock-puppet evidence of the first.
If this ban had happened to me, as a new user who doesn't know the correct procedure, I would have opened a new account too, which would make me guilty of the crime I did not commit. I urge you to investigate this situation because this seems to me a core injustice and it is against the very spirit of Wikipedia. Bear in mind that I do not know this user, not even talked to him in any way. I am not related to any gamergate activity, just a person with a lot of free time lately. I am telling this to you, because I don't like the way Wikipedia is heading. (help me Obi-Wan you're my only hope:))And to tell the truth, I am a bit intimidated by the way they treated to this user. I know you are an involved admin, and probably can't do anything administrative-wise, or maybe you looked at it and concluded, as other admins, that he is indeed really a duck.(hah, wikilaw reference, I must be a sock(that rhymed, yea I'm weird)) But at least my conscience will be clear, for I perceive this to be part of a pattern of great injustices, and if continued, it will be the doom of the project known as the Wikipedia. Sorry for a rather long comment, Cheers!
PS: The only "proof" that is presented to him leading to his ban, is that he knows too much about wikilaws and he adjusted his user page. Well, I am digging through wiki policies and guidelines, and created a talk page similar to his, yet this is the first time that I do this. Darwinian Ape ( talk) 09:35, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
Edit- those links do not belong to my comment.
Edit- Separated this thread from those links.
Regarding this which I thought would better convey the commentary I explained on the article that it was placed on than any image. I was wondering if there were any policies against gifs? Jhenderson 777 15:37, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
@ Jhenderson777: Gifs should obviously be small and short enough to show what the animation intended, so sizewise I think you're fine. But you need to be able to explain from an NFC standpoint how the animation is critical to the readers understanding of the article. Having not played the PT demo but knowing the situation with it, I'm not 100% sure here, the article is lacking such necessary information: I get the gist from text that there are horror elements, ghosts, and strange events that happen and that you play from an first-person perspective, but that's all text stuff. You need to be able to say why this particular segment of gameplay is crticial to see. I don't know what the answer is for that. -- MASEM ( t) 15:44, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi Masem, I've noticed the questions that you raised at WT:NPOV, and thought that some of the discussion between myself & another editor at this Talk page might be apopos.
I'll try to put something together for the WT:NPOV discussion, but at a high level I think:
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I hope this helps. Please feel free to ask me any questions that you might have. - Ryk72 'c.s.n.s.' 02:22, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
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Just posting this to ya since I don't want anything to do with GamerGate articles and you're a saint for still putting up with them. Have a feeling that there may be some bias there but that's just me. GamerPro64 00:21, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
Would The Darkness game be considered an open world game? Thanks ECW28 ( talk) 16:40, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi Masem, Apologies for the interruption. I was intrigued by some of the discussions at WT:NPOV. Would it be possible for you to provide a quick ("25 words or less") run down on why the sources that I mentioned have been rejected as "unusable"? I'm finding it hard to believe that author's writings / columnist's opinion columns aren't "reliable" for verifying those opinions. Thanks in advance for any insight that you can offer. - Ryk72 'c.s.n.s.' 20:45, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi @ Masem:, I found your knowledgeable comments here and would like to ask...
I've been working on an article about a technology company, and I'm looking at the logo updated for the ForgeRock article.
I would like to do the same (put a logo in the infobox like this), but I haven't uploaded images.
Do I need to get the company's permission to use their logo? What should I do?
Thanks, Justapersona( Come talk!) 21:44, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
It's been a while since I read the full thread at NPOV, but does your question regarding us looking at non-RS affect WP: LABEL? As in whether or not we use non-RS to determine if the label being used is contentiuos. -- Kyohyi ( talk) 19:34, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
Hello! I suspect that when (sadly) the true death toll becomes known, there will be a great number of visits to Sinking of the Dong Fang Zhi Xing. I created the sinking article, while you created the original ship article that you later merged with "my" article. Please, help me watch the categories. This was NOT a maritime incident (at sea), and it is about a shipWRECK, not about a ship. Thanks for your help! There could be a lot of good faith but not helpful edits when the death toll hits the wire. Juneau Mike ( talk) 21:03, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
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'Islam', 'feminism', 'veganism', etc., are not each composed of a single individual believer, and it is anti-scientific to believe otherwise. 'Veganism' cannot be found guilty of eco-terrorism, though certainly a subset of adherents can be, and so on. Good point to make. [1] 108.52.24.214 ( talk) 14:57, 14 June 2015 (UTC)
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Not sure why you asked Gronky to respect the 1RR, they seem to only have one revert. However, that was your second revert. The first was this partial revert to add pack in the bit about alienating readers. Not a big deal as obviously the lede is always hard to get consensus for changes, but do be careful. — Strongjam ( talk) 18:59, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
My last edit was indeed bad. It changed too many things, it was bound to find opposition.
I don't think exclusively talking on the Talk page is a way to make progress here. When I originally explained the problem, it was clear from the replies that most people couldn't see what I was talking about. But then when I edited the intro I got good feedback. Most of my edits will be to the Talk page, but I think an occasional edit to the article is helpful to show concretely what people are talking about or proposing.
So far I've made no reverts. Rhoark reverted me and gave his reason on Talk. I took his point into consideration (replying on Talk) and made a new edit with my old text plus his idea. I'll make one or two further modified proposals then give up. Gronky ( talk) 19:17, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
Reverting does not always use the undo tool. Any method of editing that has the practical effect of returning some or all of the page to a previous version can be considered a reversion, the reinsertion of the old text still counts. Of course, no other "revert" so no issues with the 1RR. - Ryk72 'c.s.n.s.' 13:02, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
How do you justify claiming that there is "no real importance" to a pre-release item on any game by a mainstream news programme? Any computer game can get mentioned on gaming sites, but being mentioned on a mainstream news programme is reserved for games that look like they may be some sort of cultural landmark. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CivilizationAce ( talk • contribs) 23:56, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
So you deleted the comment about the segments without having seen them? — Preceding unsigned comment added by CivilizationAce ( talk • contribs) 12:34, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
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Please see a link to a news video I have made about sinister goings on here on Wikipedia. Episode 4 - Sinister
I am a journalist and blogger. I run my own website and I have also, from time to time, sourced stories for papers such as the Daily Mail. I am studying a Master's Degree in law combined with a solicitor's certificate. I have spent a lot of time representing vulnerable people and their families in Court pro-bono. In fact I was praised in the British Parliament by then Liberal Democrat MP John Hemming for my legal skills representing a vulnerable woman - http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140113/petntext/140113p0001.htm
My coverage of the recent ArbCom case on Grant Shapps and Richard Symonds was the source of articles in almost every UK national publication - http://matthewhopkinsnews.com/?p=1634 . My work was also directly cited by Breitbart - http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2015/06/10/shapps-case-raises-questions-for-wikipedia-and-the-guardian/
There is likely to be ongoing coverage of Mark Bernstein's conduct on the English language Wikipedia. If Bernstein's conduct and that of his supporters goes unchecked it is likely to seriously damage the project's reputation.
I recognize that Mr Bernstein believes that he is the victim of anonymous GamerGate misogynist harassers. Fairly obviously I am no such thing, being open about my identity (which is on my user page) and also having been praised for my equalities work.
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I know you've been criticized by people from both sides of the issue, but from the talk page, you seem to practically be the only editor that has not attempted to soapbox for whatever side of the issue you're on. Just thought you might like to know that it's appreciated by at least some people. -- Bionic86 ( talk) 15:45, 25 June 2015 (UTC)
I made a small edit to your recent AE request. Please revert if it displeases you. -Starke Hathaway ( talk) 18:28, 25 June 2015 (UTC)
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Hey, Masem. An editor accidentally left a comment for you at your User page instead of your Talk page back on June 19th. Not sure if you noticed it or not since it's still there. HMS Werewolf ( talk) 07:57, 5 July 2015 (UTC)
Hi,
just an accountless nobody ... who is sorry to disturb your summer vacation ... but I notice that events that reflect positively on Gamergate and those that reflect negatively are treated somewhat differently. To quote: "That seems to be another one of those "I sense that this isolated, anomalous statement by some random person actually speaks for a huge number of others that I now claim are as significant as those who have spoken again and again." " Applied to some single isolated twitter threat? Sure, this is all Gamergate is. Applied to "Gamergate is about ethics in journalism"? Balderdash. One lone voice. Who speaks for Gamergate? Nobody knows. We only know that one utterance represents all of Gamergate if it is really bad for Gamergate. Is there principle behind this? If so, what? If not, what should it be?
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Not sure if it's required to notify the evil leader of the Armies of Mordor, but I am extending the courtesy anyway. I mentioned you whom must not be name in a statement and request on Gamaliel's talk page. (need to emphasize page lest a month conspiracy erupts). I couldn't decide if you were Voldemort, Sauron, unknown master gaming villain #42 or perhaps a potential Hugo award novel focusing on the forerunners of the Bene Tleilax and a master Tleilaxu using your Spice derived powers to create Ghola armies of anonymous accounts or resurrecting Face Dancer old accounts in an effort to create the Axlotl tanks - the ultimate repression of females in the all male Tleilaxu society. From now on, I think all your future Axlotl meat puppets should be named Duncan Idaho for storyline continuity. For TPS, this is 'humour.' In no way am I advocating that Masem, or any of his evil Masem alts mentioned above, should create anything from an Axlotl tank. Oh, and Masem doesn't have any alts that I am aware of. Or an Axlotl tank but I have not seen his basement and cannot rule it out. You can delete if you think some people may not grasp the dry humor. -- DHeyward ( talk) 19:16, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
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I've been on the GameSpot forums, asked the question and received a reply. It was GameSpot itself that created the issue. It was part of GameSpot's self-defensive measures against malicious adware which were ripping and re-hoasting it for their own ad usage. They were also concerned about its impact on their search engine optimization. It's just that their anti-ripping efforts worked too well. But it seems it will not last. To quote the staff member who answered my question: "We can adjust for archive.org." -- ProtoDrake ( talk) 15:17, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
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-- Kyohyi ( talk) 21:04, 22 July 2015 (UTC)
Hey there fellow wiki editor.
I recently looked at the GamerGate page and noticed that the edits you have made to the page lacked proper sourcing. The reason why sourcing is a necessity on sites like Wikipedia or on the Internet in general is to prevent rumours and the spreading of false information. I hope you can appreciate that seeing how we live in the Information Era.
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Edit: Sorry, blamed the wrong guy. Shouldn't have jumped to the gun as quickly as I did.
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Sent you a mail re: the journal article. - Sitush ( talk) 19:00, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
What you said about "All sources call it a culture war..." is not simply not true.
These are just two references in the article I randomly found that describes with the word "subculture".
(170) http://boingboing.net/2014/12/31/how-imageboard-culture-shaped.html
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Hi, since you have been so involved in the whole Gamergate thing (about which I know almost nothing) I thought you might know what should be done with the newly created page GamerGhazi. Everymorning talk 02:07, 31 July 2015 (UTC)
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This is relevant to your interests - http://gamepolitics.com/2015/08/16/spj-airplay-ethics-side-order-bomb-threats#.VdB5wrJVhBc 77.97.24.152 ( talk) 12:20, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
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Hi there,
I've seen you make quite a few changes to the plot section of Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (and thanking you along the way). I was just wondering if you were going to work more on the article as a whole. If you are, then I'd just like to mention that myself as well as a few other editors were also going to start working on that article soon, as we're pretty busy with it's sequel, Virtue's Last Reward. We're hoping to get it up to GA status, and then move onto 999. Anyway, regardless of what you say, I just want to properly say thank you for helping with the article. Famous Hobo ( talk) 23:01, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
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That thing about No Man's Sky was silly. I was reacting on gut instinct (is kneejerk the right word? Gut instinct implies I'm right but that's not what I mean) after I just had the term procedural generation re-explained to me. Accurately even. If that confuses you, seeing as how the explanation was accurate and all, don't worry; I'm slightly confused too.
I admit I was relying on the perception of anonymity and an immediate perception of justification for my actions to, I guess, express frustration with some other qualities of Wikipedia.
I don't like the idea of leaving you without saying that, because Wikipedia is not often very rewarding. And also, I guess I also just want to show in a more sane light that.. without looking at the revert you made, I really was just trying to change the tone of the article with my edit about the flood. I wasn't sure if removing the idea that they were inspired to save the studio by the game was something you or someone else might disagree with or not, I just felt that enough information would be conveyed without that and that we can't necessarily varify the thoughts of the development team. (And also, I just didn't want to be "that IP") 24.20.74.231 ( talk) 23:47, 21 August 2015 (UTC)
Also I appreciate the patience given that I was cursing
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I think we're talking past each other a bit in that discussion. I'm aware that this article is being proposed for use in two places, and I agree with you that using it for old names would be a BLP violation. However, the RSN discussion is about Brustopher's edit to the Gamergate article which didn't include names, and was about using the source for content on the court case. -- Kyohyi ( talk) 15:30, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
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I just want to say this now that I do not appreciate receiving threats here. The fact that I got one while stating what's on my mind does not give me hope for the GGC article. I've mentioned this before but I admire your endurance on that page. GamerPro64 23:25, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
This interview may have some bits to cite as well as far as quotable statements go, both for and against GamerGate from Cathy Young and Jesse Singal. Namely some of the counterpoints Ms. Young raises to Ms. Signal's points may have some merit. What do you think?-- Kung Fu Man ( talk) 23:27, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
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Which source says "the first time Telltale has developed for a Nintendo platform"? -- The1337gamer ( talk) 14:56, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi Masem,
It's been a while since I've been actively editing, but I'm kind of back I guess. Anyway, I stumbled upon Tomb Raider III. Apparently, the full title is Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft. Per WP:NCVG, shouldn't the article title be that too, as it is the preferred title? I tried to move it myself, but I couldn't do it. -- Soetermans. T / C 10:01, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
Hello Masem. Since the GG page is completely locked down (the measure only increases the incredible bias on the page btw - for example, not fucking mention of SPJAirplay at all. Where, you know, one of the prime writers of the SPJ Code of Conducts said the narrative spun around GG at least has the seem of bias, and the whole tent full of journalists burst out in laughter when asked whether the journalists would use a Gawker source as a primary source (you know, which almost all the articles which aren't Gawker dependent on from the RSes, and a lot of Gawker-owned 'RSes' who aren't credible at all if the reaction from journalists from the SPJ are an example)) I wish to point out that it is totally hypocrite to allow Wu, Sarkeesian etc to use as selfsource, yet GamerGate isn't allowed to speak for itself, and anything which might cast doubt onto the narrative spun by Gawker etc is immidiately dismissed as 'not RS'. I notice the same with e.g. Sommers page where feminist trolls are subtly vandalizing the page (including Strongjam). If Wikipedia wants to be taken serious and neutral, a lot of stuff has to be redone and a shitload of editors need to be blocked to ANYTHING feminist related. MicBenSte ( talk) 16:10, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
To an extent you're right: we're allowed to discuss accusations mentioned in sources. However, you're doing it in an inappropriate and pointless way. Take
this diff for instance. You trudge up all these allegations by GGers that everyones faking their harassment, but then you (rightly) note
per BLP we really cannot even consider this stance in putting in doubts about the harassment as Mark outlined
. But if you acknowledge that we can't mention it in the article, what was the point of bringing it up on the talk page in the first place? It's just pointless spreading of negative accusations about people. This seems equivalent to saying: "Here are some accusations of bad things people are doing, not that we can mention this in the article of course." I can think of no good and productive reason to write stuff like this, it's just spreading negative accusations for no good reason. Please explain if I am mistaken.
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@ Bishonen: since had said you'd like to set up details of a voluntary break for me from the GG pages, I just want to at least formalize it as you offered to help with.
I would basically make it easy, and make the period through the end of 2015. I would also rather have the approach that Brustopher offered which is, reiterating "Masem may only edit Talk:Gamergate controversy to, 1. propose a specific change to the article, 2. oppose/support a change proposed by another editor 3. remove obvious vandalism or BLP violations." I would make this cover the entire talk-page space of GG-related pages (though I don't really touch the other pages). I would also assume that this means no editing of the main page (or other GG-related pages) beyond for the obvious vandalism and BLP violations.
However, if you think it better I just leave the pages alone, I can accept that too. I would still want to make sure that the last point on vandalism/BLP violation fixes be outside that.
And as I offered, I will stay out of any new interactions with MarkBernstein that I'm not already involved with (which primarily limits it to the GG topic space) for at least the same period, if not purposely longer.
All I want to make sure this is just something I can document here, and bound myself to it. -- MASEM ( t) 03:54, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
Hi Masem, would you mind taking a look at what I've done at blue film? I've never done a redirect before and I want to make sure I'm going about it the right way. Thanks. -Starke Hathaway ( talk) 18:02, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for your help and advice with this. In patrolling recent changes I came across another article I think is probably eligible for deletion as not notable, Homer G. Lindsay, Jr.. I just don't really understand how to start the process. Would you be willing to advise me with it, or is there somewhere else I should ask? -Starke Hathaway ( talk) 15:43, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for all your efforts in the GG article, and we hope you have good break from it. Most of us in GG appreciate your work you put into it and all the discussion you brought forth in the talk pages.
Sincerely Thank you.
One of many GGs. TheRealVordox ( talk) 17:07, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
I think you must have felt sometimes you're fighting ingsoc when editing the GG article. So a sincere thank you for your efforts. The pro-MSM editors of GG should read 1984 by Orwell, this feminist fringe that smeared the hashtag GamerGate want's to get into control to have power and you really should be aware because they don't like facts, only political correctness that even Obama said is not the way to go.
-GamerGater 85.23.40.80 ( talk) 16:05, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
Hi, Masem, thanks again for your advice about merging articles. I hope I'm not wearing out your patience with more questions. Two days ago I nominated two pages for deletion: Homer G. Lindsay, Jr. and Shielding lotion, and since then precisely no one has commented on either nomination. Is this normal? Is there anything else I ought to be doing? I was pretty apprehensive about bringing these nominations because I don't feel I have a great understanding of the AfD process, so any advice you could offer would be appreciated. Thanks. -Starke Hathaway ( talk) 13:16, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
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When it comes to the list of commercial failures in video gaming, I believe the Dreamcast is worthy of inclusion. Also, I don't think the way I added should be considered unsourced since there are a lot sources in the Dreamcast's article. 98.119.155.81 ( talk) 20:46, 27 September 2015 (UTC)
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You are still not getting it. The offsite co-ordinated stuff is a small part of the whole, a small part of the problem. Umpteen people have said as much but, no, you persist in trying to align the proposal with the rationale used for GG. Not everything revolves around GG, although I know much of your recent work on Wikipedia did so.
That said, I'd welcome more admins in the caste-related sphere. There are very few of them. Perhaps if you actually dip a toe in those waters then you'll at last understand what is obvious to practically everyone else. There is a massive tide of incoming newbies from the subcontinent, in part because of the misguided efforts of Sue Gardner, and there are extremely few experienced people willing to put the effort into even a very small subset of the many thousands of affected articles. Not all of those articles need 500/30 but there are some "regulars" that most certainly would benefit, examples of which were given in the proposal. The few spend almost all their time reverting the same unacceptable material and re-arguing policy, which is time that could be better spent improving the content. Semi, GS/Caste etc are helpful but not remotely capable of addressing the issues: they are reactive rather than proactive, so someone has to deal with the crap (usually at great length) before an admin steps up to the mark. We can't go calling on the same few admins every time this goes on, which is usually a daily occurrence, because that gives the appearance of canvassing and the Old Boy Network.
I'm saying no more at AE and no more here: if you can't work it out from what I and others have said then, frankly, you probably shouldn't be an admin. It is blindingly obvious. - Sitush ( talk) 23:23, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
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I have an unfortunate history of totally borking up page-moves.
If you think it turned out OK, then I trust your judgement. And far better than I trust my own judgement about this sort of thing.
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Is this copyrightable in Hong Kong, before and after Chinese handover? -- George Ho ( talk) 06:05, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
I want to add a photo in murder of Kriss Donald, a teenage boy. Is using either images okay: this or that? -- George Ho ( talk) 05:05, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
Is this image eligible for copyright protection? -- George Ho ( talk) 19:10, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
File:A Better Man.jpg File:Toni-i-heart-you.jpg File:Let Me Show You.jpeg
Is any of above images free to use? -- George Ho ( talk) 00:34, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
To use a non-free cover of a single or an album, I must ask record company a permission to use it with an OTRS ticket. That's according to it:Wikipedia:Copyright immagini. I was gonna add a cover of Gloria (Umberto Tozzi song), but I couldn't without OTRS ticket. -- George Ho ( talk) 04:14, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
What about the Finnish image? Is it free to use in Finland and then the US? Elsewhere? George Ho says "Happy Halloween" ( BOO!) 05:56, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
I uploaded a non-free image depicting the event. I have captured another screenshot that consists of just fire; I got it from the video. Shall I add it as 2nd image or a replacement? -- Georgie says "Happy Halloween!" ( BOO!) 03:50, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
Is this image eligible for copyright in the UK? -- Georgie says "Happy Halloween!" ( BOO!) 04:42, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
What about this one from the Netherlands? I'm reading commons:COM:TOO#Netherlands. How original is one of signatory fonts? As for "personal mark of the maker", I think that Philips logo is enough, right? -- George Ho ( talk) 22:08, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi,
Could you clarify what you meant by this edit and edit summary? If the quotes aren't necessary, why did you put them back in? Sorry, but I'm confused. Chaheel Riens ( talk) 07:49, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
Masem,
Thank you for your expert film feedback.
I've cited your comment, at commons:Commons:Village_pump#Film_infobox_image_under_threshold_of_originality_.3F.
I'd like to move this particular image there.
Did you see that this particular user now wants to try to jeopardize my GA nomination of this article I've worked quite hard on, over this single issue diff diff ?
Can you help out with that at all, so my Quality improvement efforts are not for naught ?
Thank you,
— Cirt ( talk) 23:49, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
Please, help, at Talk:The Truth According to Wikipedia.
I've worked quite hard on this article to put in a large amount of effort to improve the article's quality.
The complaints by Editør are seemingly un-ending, ceaseless, and often not backed up to any sources, the user "presumes" to know things, and revisits old issues that were since resolved amicably between both parties, only to attempt to complain about them again.
The user seems to think that a documentary is not a form of a "film".
Please, I ask of you, to help bring some semblance of logic to the discussion.
Thank you,
— Cirt ( talk) 00:30, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
There is a free logo, File:Orange is the new Black.png. Is this non-free image replaceable? -- George Ho ( talk) 04:55, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
Free or non-free? -- George Ho ( talk) 08:29, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
So what are you doing to fix it? So far the project looks so bad I would avoid employing or associating with anyone who claims to be a Wikipedia editor or an administrator. 77.97.24.152 ( talk) 10:26, 28 May 2015 (UTC)
Hello, I am a new(old) user, who also commented on Red Pen of Doom's AE hearing(as an ip). I was watching this GG shenanigans for a while. As an editor, I have no further intention of editing the article. But I could not help but notice the draconian administrative actions taken to the people who tried to contribute. That is why I am writing this to you. During the AE hearing, I saw
AllMyEasterEggs also sharing his opinion. This user later banned by an admin due to him being a ban evading sock-puppet account. When I checked his user page I saw that he was indeed banned for being a sock-puppet. But in his original account,
AugustRemembrancer reason for being banned is explained, again, as sock-puppetry. The user adamantly rejects this claim and challenges them to produce the other account which he is the sock-puppet of. Ironically, last time he challenged the ban, it seems his second account was counted as the sock-puppet evidence of the first.
If this ban had happened to me, as a new user who doesn't know the correct procedure, I would have opened a new account too, which would make me guilty of the crime I did not commit. I urge you to investigate this situation because this seems to me a core injustice and it is against the very spirit of Wikipedia. Bear in mind that I do not know this user, not even talked to him in any way. I am not related to any gamergate activity, just a person with a lot of free time lately. I am telling this to you, because I don't like the way Wikipedia is heading. (help me Obi-Wan you're my only hope:))And to tell the truth, I am a bit intimidated by the way they treated to this user. I know you are an involved admin, and probably can't do anything administrative-wise, or maybe you looked at it and concluded, as other admins, that he is indeed really a duck.(hah, wikilaw reference, I must be a sock(that rhymed, yea I'm weird)) But at least my conscience will be clear, for I perceive this to be part of a pattern of great injustices, and if continued, it will be the doom of the project known as the Wikipedia. Sorry for a rather long comment, Cheers!
PS: The only "proof" that is presented to him leading to his ban, is that he knows too much about wikilaws and he adjusted his user page. Well, I am digging through wiki policies and guidelines, and created a talk page similar to his, yet this is the first time that I do this. Darwinian Ape ( talk) 09:35, 18 May 2015 (UTC)
Edit- those links do not belong to my comment.
Edit- Separated this thread from those links.
Regarding this which I thought would better convey the commentary I explained on the article that it was placed on than any image. I was wondering if there were any policies against gifs? Jhenderson 777 15:37, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
@ Jhenderson777: Gifs should obviously be small and short enough to show what the animation intended, so sizewise I think you're fine. But you need to be able to explain from an NFC standpoint how the animation is critical to the readers understanding of the article. Having not played the PT demo but knowing the situation with it, I'm not 100% sure here, the article is lacking such necessary information: I get the gist from text that there are horror elements, ghosts, and strange events that happen and that you play from an first-person perspective, but that's all text stuff. You need to be able to say why this particular segment of gameplay is crticial to see. I don't know what the answer is for that. -- MASEM ( t) 15:44, 20 May 2015 (UTC)
Hi Masem, I've noticed the questions that you raised at WT:NPOV, and thought that some of the discussion between myself & another editor at this Talk page might be apopos.
I'll try to put something together for the WT:NPOV discussion, but at a high level I think:
This policy is non-negotiable, and the principles upon which it is based cannot be superseded by other policies or guidelines, nor by editor consensus.
I hope this helps. Please feel free to ask me any questions that you might have. - Ryk72 'c.s.n.s.' 02:22, 21 May 2015 (UTC)
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Just posting this to ya since I don't want anything to do with GamerGate articles and you're a saint for still putting up with them. Have a feeling that there may be some bias there but that's just me. GamerPro64 00:21, 30 May 2015 (UTC)
Would The Darkness game be considered an open world game? Thanks ECW28 ( talk) 16:40, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi Masem, Apologies for the interruption. I was intrigued by some of the discussions at WT:NPOV. Would it be possible for you to provide a quick ("25 words or less") run down on why the sources that I mentioned have been rejected as "unusable"? I'm finding it hard to believe that author's writings / columnist's opinion columns aren't "reliable" for verifying those opinions. Thanks in advance for any insight that you can offer. - Ryk72 'c.s.n.s.' 20:45, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
Hi @ Masem:, I found your knowledgeable comments here and would like to ask...
I've been working on an article about a technology company, and I'm looking at the logo updated for the ForgeRock article.
I would like to do the same (put a logo in the infobox like this), but I haven't uploaded images.
Do I need to get the company's permission to use their logo? What should I do?
Thanks, Justapersona( Come talk!) 21:44, 1 June 2015 (UTC)
It's been a while since I read the full thread at NPOV, but does your question regarding us looking at non-RS affect WP: LABEL? As in whether or not we use non-RS to determine if the label being used is contentiuos. -- Kyohyi ( talk) 19:34, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
Hello! I suspect that when (sadly) the true death toll becomes known, there will be a great number of visits to Sinking of the Dong Fang Zhi Xing. I created the sinking article, while you created the original ship article that you later merged with "my" article. Please, help me watch the categories. This was NOT a maritime incident (at sea), and it is about a shipWRECK, not about a ship. Thanks for your help! There could be a lot of good faith but not helpful edits when the death toll hits the wire. Juneau Mike ( talk) 21:03, 2 June 2015 (UTC)
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'Islam', 'feminism', 'veganism', etc., are not each composed of a single individual believer, and it is anti-scientific to believe otherwise. 'Veganism' cannot be found guilty of eco-terrorism, though certainly a subset of adherents can be, and so on. Good point to make. [1] 108.52.24.214 ( talk) 14:57, 14 June 2015 (UTC)
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Not sure why you asked Gronky to respect the 1RR, they seem to only have one revert. However, that was your second revert. The first was this partial revert to add pack in the bit about alienating readers. Not a big deal as obviously the lede is always hard to get consensus for changes, but do be careful. — Strongjam ( talk) 18:59, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
My last edit was indeed bad. It changed too many things, it was bound to find opposition.
I don't think exclusively talking on the Talk page is a way to make progress here. When I originally explained the problem, it was clear from the replies that most people couldn't see what I was talking about. But then when I edited the intro I got good feedback. Most of my edits will be to the Talk page, but I think an occasional edit to the article is helpful to show concretely what people are talking about or proposing.
So far I've made no reverts. Rhoark reverted me and gave his reason on Talk. I took his point into consideration (replying on Talk) and made a new edit with my old text plus his idea. I'll make one or two further modified proposals then give up. Gronky ( talk) 19:17, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
Reverting does not always use the undo tool. Any method of editing that has the practical effect of returning some or all of the page to a previous version can be considered a reversion, the reinsertion of the old text still counts. Of course, no other "revert" so no issues with the 1RR. - Ryk72 'c.s.n.s.' 13:02, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
How do you justify claiming that there is "no real importance" to a pre-release item on any game by a mainstream news programme? Any computer game can get mentioned on gaming sites, but being mentioned on a mainstream news programme is reserved for games that look like they may be some sort of cultural landmark. — Preceding unsigned comment added by CivilizationAce ( talk • contribs) 23:56, 19 June 2015 (UTC)
So you deleted the comment about the segments without having seen them? — Preceding unsigned comment added by CivilizationAce ( talk • contribs) 12:34, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
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@ Masem: Hi there. I posted the below on [ Wales talk page.]
Please see a link to a news video I have made about sinister goings on here on Wikipedia. Episode 4 - Sinister
I am a journalist and blogger. I run my own website and I have also, from time to time, sourced stories for papers such as the Daily Mail. I am studying a Master's Degree in law combined with a solicitor's certificate. I have spent a lot of time representing vulnerable people and their families in Court pro-bono. In fact I was praised in the British Parliament by then Liberal Democrat MP John Hemming for my legal skills representing a vulnerable woman - http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201314/cmhansrd/cm140113/petntext/140113p0001.htm
My coverage of the recent ArbCom case on Grant Shapps and Richard Symonds was the source of articles in almost every UK national publication - http://matthewhopkinsnews.com/?p=1634 . My work was also directly cited by Breitbart - http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2015/06/10/shapps-case-raises-questions-for-wikipedia-and-the-guardian/
There is likely to be ongoing coverage of Mark Bernstein's conduct on the English language Wikipedia. If Bernstein's conduct and that of his supporters goes unchecked it is likely to seriously damage the project's reputation.
I recognize that Mr Bernstein believes that he is the victim of anonymous GamerGate misogynist harassers. Fairly obviously I am no such thing, being open about my identity (which is on my user page) and also having been praised for my equalities work.
Hope that was of interest. Vordrak ( talk) 23:39, 21 June 2015 (UTC)
Could you please explain me why SL Benfica logo.svg can only be used in S.L. Benfica ( archived review) and FC Barcelona (crest).svg can be used in multiple articles? SLBedit ( talk) 18:01, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
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I know you've been criticized by people from both sides of the issue, but from the talk page, you seem to practically be the only editor that has not attempted to soapbox for whatever side of the issue you're on. Just thought you might like to know that it's appreciated by at least some people. -- Bionic86 ( talk) 15:45, 25 June 2015 (UTC)
I made a small edit to your recent AE request. Please revert if it displeases you. -Starke Hathaway ( talk) 18:28, 25 June 2015 (UTC)
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Please provide diffs of where I called PtF a "sock" on the article talk page. I don't think I have as my complaint has always been use of SPA accounts in ways not embraced by WP:SPA. I don't think I ever use the term "sock" (there is a difference). None of PtF's diffs are from the article talk. -- DHeyward ( talk) 19:23, 28 June 2015 (UTC)
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Hi. I debated whether to email this but I decided that here others may learn from it. I'd like to ask for your advice on dealing with conflict generally and vicious users, specifically. People who make personal attacks and assume bad faith etc. I am awful at dealing with all of that. You seem like an expert at it. Perhaps that is just how you naturally are but I'm hoping it's something that can be learned. Thank you. Handpolk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 19:40, 1 July 2015 (UTC)
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Hey, Masem. An editor accidentally left a comment for you at your User page instead of your Talk page back on June 19th. Not sure if you noticed it or not since it's still there. HMS Werewolf ( talk) 07:57, 5 July 2015 (UTC)
Hi,
just an accountless nobody ... who is sorry to disturb your summer vacation ... but I notice that events that reflect positively on Gamergate and those that reflect negatively are treated somewhat differently. To quote: "That seems to be another one of those "I sense that this isolated, anomalous statement by some random person actually speaks for a huge number of others that I now claim are as significant as those who have spoken again and again." " Applied to some single isolated twitter threat? Sure, this is all Gamergate is. Applied to "Gamergate is about ethics in journalism"? Balderdash. One lone voice. Who speaks for Gamergate? Nobody knows. We only know that one utterance represents all of Gamergate if it is really bad for Gamergate. Is there principle behind this? If so, what? If not, what should it be?
T 88.89.219.147 ( talk) 01:17, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
Not sure if it's required to notify the evil leader of the Armies of Mordor, but I am extending the courtesy anyway. I mentioned you whom must not be name in a statement and request on Gamaliel's talk page. (need to emphasize page lest a month conspiracy erupts). I couldn't decide if you were Voldemort, Sauron, unknown master gaming villain #42 or perhaps a potential Hugo award novel focusing on the forerunners of the Bene Tleilax and a master Tleilaxu using your Spice derived powers to create Ghola armies of anonymous accounts or resurrecting Face Dancer old accounts in an effort to create the Axlotl tanks - the ultimate repression of females in the all male Tleilaxu society. From now on, I think all your future Axlotl meat puppets should be named Duncan Idaho for storyline continuity. For TPS, this is 'humour.' In no way am I advocating that Masem, or any of his evil Masem alts mentioned above, should create anything from an Axlotl tank. Oh, and Masem doesn't have any alts that I am aware of. Or an Axlotl tank but I have not seen his basement and cannot rule it out. You can delete if you think some people may not grasp the dry humor. -- DHeyward ( talk) 19:16, 9 July 2015 (UTC)
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I've been on the GameSpot forums, asked the question and received a reply. It was GameSpot itself that created the issue. It was part of GameSpot's self-defensive measures against malicious adware which were ripping and re-hoasting it for their own ad usage. They were also concerned about its impact on their search engine optimization. It's just that their anti-ripping efforts worked too well. But it seems it will not last. To quote the staff member who answered my question: "We can adjust for archive.org." -- ProtoDrake ( talk) 15:17, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
Just wanted to let you know that I altered the header you put in for that "he was murdered" anon. The newspaper's name is "National Enquirer". (You had it spelled as "National Inquirer".) Cheers, Shearonink ( talk) 06:43, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
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-- Kyohyi ( talk) 21:04, 22 July 2015 (UTC)
Hey there fellow wiki editor.
I recently looked at the GamerGate page and noticed that the edits you have made to the page lacked proper sourcing. The reason why sourcing is a necessity on sites like Wikipedia or on the Internet in general is to prevent rumours and the spreading of false information. I hope you can appreciate that seeing how we live in the Information Era.
Kind regards, raxiam
Raxiam ( talk) 06:55, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
Edit: Sorry, blamed the wrong guy. Shouldn't have jumped to the gun as quickly as I did.
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While I don't agree with everything you do, you get far more flak thrown your way than you deserve. You are a reasonably okayish guy, and clearly not the sinister mastermind you've been painted as in the past. How quickly your alleged minions walk their way into topic bans is evidence enough to prove that. Carry on being reasonably okayish and use the jacket wisely! Apologies for the world's most half-hearted wikilove message. Brustopher ( talk) 19:37, 23 July 2015 (UTC) |
Sent you a mail re: the journal article. - Sitush ( talk) 19:00, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
What you said about "All sources call it a culture war..." is not simply not true.
These are just two references in the article I randomly found that describes with the word "subculture".
(170) http://boingboing.net/2014/12/31/how-imageboard-culture-shaped.html
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Hi, since you have been so involved in the whole Gamergate thing (about which I know almost nothing) I thought you might know what should be done with the newly created page GamerGhazi. Everymorning talk 02:07, 31 July 2015 (UTC)
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This is relevant to your interests - http://gamepolitics.com/2015/08/16/spj-airplay-ethics-side-order-bomb-threats#.VdB5wrJVhBc 77.97.24.152 ( talk) 12:20, 16 August 2015 (UTC)
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Thank you for working out how pictures of MoMA exhibitions should be handled. Even if the picture might not be replaced any time soon, I'm very glad you took the time to look it up and the kindness to explain it. Furthermore, thank you for all the great work I've seen you do since I joined Wikipedia! You're an inspiration ~ Mable ( chat) 19:51, 17 August 2015 (UTC) |
Hi there,
I've seen you make quite a few changes to the plot section of Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors (and thanking you along the way). I was just wondering if you were going to work more on the article as a whole. If you are, then I'd just like to mention that myself as well as a few other editors were also going to start working on that article soon, as we're pretty busy with it's sequel, Virtue's Last Reward. We're hoping to get it up to GA status, and then move onto 999. Anyway, regardless of what you say, I just want to properly say thank you for helping with the article. Famous Hobo ( talk) 23:01, 19 August 2015 (UTC)
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Thank you, addicted professional gamer, for quality articles such as
Thirty Flights of Loving and
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A year ago, you were the 951st recipient of my Pumpkin Sky Prize, -- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 23:16, 20 August 2015 (UTC)
That thing about No Man's Sky was silly. I was reacting on gut instinct (is kneejerk the right word? Gut instinct implies I'm right but that's not what I mean) after I just had the term procedural generation re-explained to me. Accurately even. If that confuses you, seeing as how the explanation was accurate and all, don't worry; I'm slightly confused too.
I admit I was relying on the perception of anonymity and an immediate perception of justification for my actions to, I guess, express frustration with some other qualities of Wikipedia.
I don't like the idea of leaving you without saying that, because Wikipedia is not often very rewarding. And also, I guess I also just want to show in a more sane light that.. without looking at the revert you made, I really was just trying to change the tone of the article with my edit about the flood. I wasn't sure if removing the idea that they were inspired to save the studio by the game was something you or someone else might disagree with or not, I just felt that enough information would be conveyed without that and that we can't necessarily varify the thoughts of the development team. (And also, I just didn't want to be "that IP") 24.20.74.231 ( talk) 23:47, 21 August 2015 (UTC)
Also I appreciate the patience given that I was cursing
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I think we're talking past each other a bit in that discussion. I'm aware that this article is being proposed for use in two places, and I agree with you that using it for old names would be a BLP violation. However, the RSN discussion is about Brustopher's edit to the Gamergate article which didn't include names, and was about using the source for content on the court case. -- Kyohyi ( talk) 15:30, 25 August 2015 (UTC)
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In recognition of your contributions to civility, neutrality and encyclopedic excellence =) 172.98.67.97 ( talk) 20:32, 25 August 2015 (UTC) |
I just want to say this now that I do not appreciate receiving threats here. The fact that I got one while stating what's on my mind does not give me hope for the GGC article. I've mentioned this before but I admire your endurance on that page. GamerPro64 23:25, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
This interview may have some bits to cite as well as far as quotable statements go, both for and against GamerGate from Cathy Young and Jesse Singal. Namely some of the counterpoints Ms. Young raises to Ms. Signal's points may have some merit. What do you think?-- Kung Fu Man ( talk) 23:27, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
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Which source says "the first time Telltale has developed for a Nintendo platform"? -- The1337gamer ( talk) 14:56, 28 August 2015 (UTC)
Hi Masem,
It's been a while since I've been actively editing, but I'm kind of back I guess. Anyway, I stumbled upon Tomb Raider III. Apparently, the full title is Tomb Raider III: Adventures of Lara Croft. Per WP:NCVG, shouldn't the article title be that too, as it is the preferred title? I tried to move it myself, but I couldn't do it. -- Soetermans. T / C 10:01, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
Hello Masem. Since the GG page is completely locked down (the measure only increases the incredible bias on the page btw - for example, not fucking mention of SPJAirplay at all. Where, you know, one of the prime writers of the SPJ Code of Conducts said the narrative spun around GG at least has the seem of bias, and the whole tent full of journalists burst out in laughter when asked whether the journalists would use a Gawker source as a primary source (you know, which almost all the articles which aren't Gawker dependent on from the RSes, and a lot of Gawker-owned 'RSes' who aren't credible at all if the reaction from journalists from the SPJ are an example)) I wish to point out that it is totally hypocrite to allow Wu, Sarkeesian etc to use as selfsource, yet GamerGate isn't allowed to speak for itself, and anything which might cast doubt onto the narrative spun by Gawker etc is immidiately dismissed as 'not RS'. I notice the same with e.g. Sommers page where feminist trolls are subtly vandalizing the page (including Strongjam). If Wikipedia wants to be taken serious and neutral, a lot of stuff has to be redone and a shitload of editors need to be blocked to ANYTHING feminist related. MicBenSte ( talk) 16:10, 29 August 2015 (UTC)
To an extent you're right: we're allowed to discuss accusations mentioned in sources. However, you're doing it in an inappropriate and pointless way. Take
this diff for instance. You trudge up all these allegations by GGers that everyones faking their harassment, but then you (rightly) note
per BLP we really cannot even consider this stance in putting in doubts about the harassment as Mark outlined
. But if you acknowledge that we can't mention it in the article, what was the point of bringing it up on the talk page in the first place? It's just pointless spreading of negative accusations about people. This seems equivalent to saying: "Here are some accusations of bad things people are doing, not that we can mention this in the article of course." I can think of no good and productive reason to write stuff like this, it's just spreading negative accusations for no good reason. Please explain if I am mistaken.
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@ Bishonen: since had said you'd like to set up details of a voluntary break for me from the GG pages, I just want to at least formalize it as you offered to help with.
I would basically make it easy, and make the period through the end of 2015. I would also rather have the approach that Brustopher offered which is, reiterating "Masem may only edit Talk:Gamergate controversy to, 1. propose a specific change to the article, 2. oppose/support a change proposed by another editor 3. remove obvious vandalism or BLP violations." I would make this cover the entire talk-page space of GG-related pages (though I don't really touch the other pages). I would also assume that this means no editing of the main page (or other GG-related pages) beyond for the obvious vandalism and BLP violations.
However, if you think it better I just leave the pages alone, I can accept that too. I would still want to make sure that the last point on vandalism/BLP violation fixes be outside that.
And as I offered, I will stay out of any new interactions with MarkBernstein that I'm not already involved with (which primarily limits it to the GG topic space) for at least the same period, if not purposely longer.
All I want to make sure this is just something I can document here, and bound myself to it. -- MASEM ( t) 03:54, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
Hi Masem, would you mind taking a look at what I've done at blue film? I've never done a redirect before and I want to make sure I'm going about it the right way. Thanks. -Starke Hathaway ( talk) 18:02, 5 September 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for your help and advice with this. In patrolling recent changes I came across another article I think is probably eligible for deletion as not notable, Homer G. Lindsay, Jr.. I just don't really understand how to start the process. Would you be willing to advise me with it, or is there somewhere else I should ask? -Starke Hathaway ( talk) 15:43, 8 September 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for all your efforts in the GG article, and we hope you have good break from it. Most of us in GG appreciate your work you put into it and all the discussion you brought forth in the talk pages.
Sincerely Thank you.
One of many GGs. TheRealVordox ( talk) 17:07, 6 September 2015 (UTC)
I think you must have felt sometimes you're fighting ingsoc when editing the GG article. So a sincere thank you for your efforts. The pro-MSM editors of GG should read 1984 by Orwell, this feminist fringe that smeared the hashtag GamerGate want's to get into control to have power and you really should be aware because they don't like facts, only political correctness that even Obama said is not the way to go.
-GamerGater 85.23.40.80 ( talk) 16:05, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
Hi, Masem, thanks again for your advice about merging articles. I hope I'm not wearing out your patience with more questions. Two days ago I nominated two pages for deletion: Homer G. Lindsay, Jr. and Shielding lotion, and since then precisely no one has commented on either nomination. Is this normal? Is there anything else I ought to be doing? I was pretty apprehensive about bringing these nominations because I don't feel I have a great understanding of the AfD process, so any advice you could offer would be appreciated. Thanks. -Starke Hathaway ( talk) 13:16, 16 September 2015 (UTC)
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When it comes to the list of commercial failures in video gaming, I believe the Dreamcast is worthy of inclusion. Also, I don't think the way I added should be considered unsourced since there are a lot sources in the Dreamcast's article. 98.119.155.81 ( talk) 20:46, 27 September 2015 (UTC)
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You are still not getting it. The offsite co-ordinated stuff is a small part of the whole, a small part of the problem. Umpteen people have said as much but, no, you persist in trying to align the proposal with the rationale used for GG. Not everything revolves around GG, although I know much of your recent work on Wikipedia did so.
That said, I'd welcome more admins in the caste-related sphere. There are very few of them. Perhaps if you actually dip a toe in those waters then you'll at last understand what is obvious to practically everyone else. There is a massive tide of incoming newbies from the subcontinent, in part because of the misguided efforts of Sue Gardner, and there are extremely few experienced people willing to put the effort into even a very small subset of the many thousands of affected articles. Not all of those articles need 500/30 but there are some "regulars" that most certainly would benefit, examples of which were given in the proposal. The few spend almost all their time reverting the same unacceptable material and re-arguing policy, which is time that could be better spent improving the content. Semi, GS/Caste etc are helpful but not remotely capable of addressing the issues: they are reactive rather than proactive, so someone has to deal with the crap (usually at great length) before an admin steps up to the mark. We can't go calling on the same few admins every time this goes on, which is usually a daily occurrence, because that gives the appearance of canvassing and the Old Boy Network.
I'm saying no more at AE and no more here: if you can't work it out from what I and others have said then, frankly, you probably shouldn't be an admin. It is blindingly obvious. - Sitush ( talk) 23:23, 1 October 2015 (UTC)
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Is the front cover of the UK release copyrightable in the UK? -- George Ho ( talk) 15:50, 12 October 2015 (UTC)
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Hey Masem,
I have an unfortunate history of totally borking up page-moves.
If you think it turned out OK, then I trust your judgement. And far better than I trust my own judgement about this sort of thing.
Pete "the Admin that apparently sometimes fuddles up page moves" AU aka --
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Is this copyrightable in Hong Kong, before and after Chinese handover? -- George Ho ( talk) 06:05, 23 October 2015 (UTC)
I want to add a photo in murder of Kriss Donald, a teenage boy. Is using either images okay: this or that? -- George Ho ( talk) 05:05, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
Is this image eligible for copyright protection? -- George Ho ( talk) 19:10, 24 October 2015 (UTC)
File:A Better Man.jpg File:Toni-i-heart-you.jpg File:Let Me Show You.jpeg
Is any of above images free to use? -- George Ho ( talk) 00:34, 29 October 2015 (UTC)
To use a non-free cover of a single or an album, I must ask record company a permission to use it with an OTRS ticket. That's according to it:Wikipedia:Copyright immagini. I was gonna add a cover of Gloria (Umberto Tozzi song), but I couldn't without OTRS ticket. -- George Ho ( talk) 04:14, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
What about the Finnish image? Is it free to use in Finland and then the US? Elsewhere? George Ho says "Happy Halloween" ( BOO!) 05:56, 31 October 2015 (UTC)
I uploaded a non-free image depicting the event. I have captured another screenshot that consists of just fire; I got it from the video. Shall I add it as 2nd image or a replacement? -- Georgie says "Happy Halloween!" ( BOO!) 03:50, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
Is this image eligible for copyright in the UK? -- Georgie says "Happy Halloween!" ( BOO!) 04:42, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
What about this one from the Netherlands? I'm reading commons:COM:TOO#Netherlands. How original is one of signatory fonts? As for "personal mark of the maker", I think that Philips logo is enough, right? -- George Ho ( talk) 22:08, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
Hi,
Could you clarify what you meant by this edit and edit summary? If the quotes aren't necessary, why did you put them back in? Sorry, but I'm confused. Chaheel Riens ( talk) 07:49, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
Masem,
Thank you for your expert film feedback.
I've cited your comment, at commons:Commons:Village_pump#Film_infobox_image_under_threshold_of_originality_.3F.
I'd like to move this particular image there.
Did you see that this particular user now wants to try to jeopardize my GA nomination of this article I've worked quite hard on, over this single issue diff diff ?
Can you help out with that at all, so my Quality improvement efforts are not for naught ?
Thank you,
— Cirt ( talk) 23:49, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
Please, help, at Talk:The Truth According to Wikipedia.
I've worked quite hard on this article to put in a large amount of effort to improve the article's quality.
The complaints by Editør are seemingly un-ending, ceaseless, and often not backed up to any sources, the user "presumes" to know things, and revisits old issues that were since resolved amicably between both parties, only to attempt to complain about them again.
The user seems to think that a documentary is not a form of a "film".
Please, I ask of you, to help bring some semblance of logic to the discussion.
Thank you,
— Cirt ( talk) 00:30, 3 November 2015 (UTC)
There is a free logo, File:Orange is the new Black.png. Is this non-free image replaceable? -- George Ho ( talk) 04:55, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
Free or non-free? -- George Ho ( talk) 08:29, 4 November 2015 (UTC)