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If I have misused my magic powers in any way, this is the place to tell me.
Every page I protect is on the wrong version, of course, so to conserve valuable electrons, just leave a link to the page and a number from the list. Thanks.
If I accidentally protected a page to which I have made substantive edits, tell me here. I will unprotect it immediately.
Did I speedy-delete something that wasn't a candidate? Did I delete something for which there was no consensus to delete? Tell me here.
Did I use the admin " rollback" feature on one of your edits without warning or explanation? Then I probably thought you were vandalizing, spamming, or otherwise editing in malice, and chances are good that you were: most of my rollbacks are of such edits. If you want to know why I reverted your edit, append your question to the end of this talk page.
Please read the revised nomination remarks and see if you still think the page should be deleted. Gazpacho 07:49, 3 Nov 2004 (UTC)
This is my mistake. Please forgive me. Rantaro 13:52, 3 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your work on Economy of Africa, without your improvements I doubt that it would have been chosen by Danny's contest. - SimonP 17:55, Nov 3, 2004 (UTC)
Please restore Confidence Man (Lost episode) and The Moth (Lost episode) - I was merging those into Lost (TV series). Thanks. -- Netoholic @ 02:29, 2004 Nov 4 (UTC)
Hi there. I thought I had unprotected the page around 6 PM, then was surprised to see later when I added the recent news that the page was still protected. What a mess! David.Monniaux 19:49, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Wow. Annoying, that! Thanks. Terrapin 21:42, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)
complaints about protection on the wrong version binned
Thank you for agreeing to help at Dedham, Massachusetts. You are a super guy! 216.153.214.94 04:30, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Hi Mirv again why did you remove my addition to Occupation of the Palestinian territories ? It's not POV I swear.-- 198 04:05, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)
hey Mirv, you did a rv "Reverted edits by 80.58.0.109 to last version by Blankfaze" for an added external link, link was not an advertisement, and contained valid content. Is there a particular reason you removed it? Alkivar 00:43, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Thanks for protecting Libertarian socialism, but I'm afraid the edit war has just moved to Libertarian capitalism, see also User_talk:Solitude#Libertarian_socialism. This seems to be a long-running conflict, I am not sure how to proceed, they both seem to require a cool down period. -- [[User:Solitude| Solitude\ talk]] 14:02, Nov 8, 2004 (UTC)
What is the copyright status of these lyrics? —No-One Jones (m) 09:24, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Just to inform you ron paul was blocked because of an already blocked user's vandalism of it - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Reithy/Evidence#Temporary_block_of_Reithy. I really don't think you should leave his protected version obviously vandalized version of it up, just compare versions(I mean look at the picture) Chuck F 03:32, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
--> Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Reithy/Evidence
Many thanks for your contribution to the evidence on Gzornenplatz. Does it remind you of anyone in particular? -- Michael Snow 18:00, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Was unprotected six hours ago. Looks like it requires protection again - User:Weaselwords and User:Trexgrrr, presumably sockpuppets of User:Reithy and/or User:Chuck F, are bombarding it with POV.
True enough. Jayjg 18:12, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I've noticed you protected the page, unfortunately, you protected the vandalized version by Alberuni, who vandalized a page in which a concensus was reached after long discussion (see Talk page in here, in here, and here). You may also check in history ( for example: Revision as of 21:34, 4 Oct 2004) to see that Alberuni's version is out of consencus. Please revert it to Jayjg version and then protect. MathKnight 19:00, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Sorry, when I became a admin I took a vow to always protect pages on m:The Wrong Version. If I went back on that they would revoke my sysop status. —No-One Jones (m) 19:45, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)
All this aside - who and when is going to resolve the issue with Alberuni? -- Anton Adelson, Western Australia 13:33, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I have just received permission to include the Son of Man article from the author. How do I do that? Amgine (sig added)
text of permission e-mail moved to talk:Son of man
Ass to Mouth and Anilingus aren't the same thing. I think that Anal sex should link to Anilingus, which should link to Ass to Mouth. Read all three articles, and you'll see that they are not the same.
As the author of Ass to Mouth I completely agree. If anyone knows of a more clinical title, then please use it.
Hi, you deleted to entries of these two list. One on each list. On The Jungle/DnB one you deleted Galbis. On the Alt Hip Hop one you deleted Organized Confusion. In the Edit summary it said rm ref to delete. Could you provide an explination for these deltions? ZaQ 09:41, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I wouldn't mind seeing him blocked. Rick K 21:42, Nov 16, 2004 (UTC)
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Hi, the 168.209.97.34 has been continuously deleting material from the Aisha page. You already know the abuse by this user. This guy needs permanent ban. He is a vandal OneGuy 09:36, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I just noticed the warning you added to the ITN template. Was there any discussion before this warning was placed, or was it by your personal discretion? 204.60.171.230 17:47, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
1) Gzornenplatz and VeryVerily are banned from editing any article having to do with German or Polish subjects whilst Arbitration is on-going. Sysops may use their discretion in determining what falls into these areas, and are hereby authorised to enact 24 hour blocks for violations of this.
2) Gzornenplatz, Kevin Baas, Shorne, and VeryVerily are banned from reverting any article more than twice in one 24 hour period whilst Arbitration is on-going. Sysops are hereby authorised to enact 24 blocks for violations of this.
3) Shorne and VeryVerily are banned from editing any article having to do with the Cold War or communism whilst Arbitration is on-going. Sysops may use their discretion in determining what falls into these areas, and are hereby authorized to enact 24 hour blocks for violations of this.
-- mav 21:08, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Thank you for your thoughtful comment on Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2004/Candidate statements/Endorsements. Perhaps I have been wrong to assume you are entirely malicious and biased in my regards. I will strive to assume good faith in the future. Sam Spade
Mirv, thank you for responding so promptly to the request for page protection. The various contributors will make efforts to resolve our differences quickly so it needn't be protected for long. Slim 23:05, Nov 18, 2004 (UTC)
Hi Mirv. Thank you for archiving the second round of VfD's on the RaD Man article. Although you correctly noted that the overwhelming vote (this time) was to keep, you incorrectly stated that there was "no concensus" on your rm vfd from the real article, and you incorrectly stated to "see above" for results of the debate. The results of the debate were forked as a result of Oven Fresh re-creating a page called "RaD man" with a lower case M.
Yes. It's all very trivial. [[User:Radman1| RaD Man ( talk)]] 02:39, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I had seen your earlier list and simply reverted back to it, as I figure you can present your endorsements in the format you prefer. I didn't edit it further, although I assume you'll want to do that to fit in your endorsement of Theresa knott. -- Michael Snow 09:03, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I posted the following complaint to Wikipedia:Vandalism in progress. VeryVerily keeps deleting it. Perhaps that isn't the appropriate page—I can't figure out precisely what to do—, but I don't think it's right for him to remove the complaint. Would you mind attending to this? Shorne 10:59, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
On VeryVerily. Please block him; he is wreaking havoc on numerous articles. Thank you. Shorne 12:47, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Since both of you reverted the candidate statements page at least thrice, I've blocked both of you for 24 hours. —No-One Jones (m) 17:30, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I hate move vandalism - thanks for fixing it! :) -- mav 19:17, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Sorry to bother/spam you, but I thought you might be interested in weighing in on the state of the endorsements page on its talk page. -- Michael Snow 01:16, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)
You protected one of the images from change. I found a better version of the same picture on the Japanese WP that I'd like to replace it with; I explained in full on the talk page. - Litefantastic 01:35, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Thanks for your help with the Francis Bacon mess I created. I apologize for that. -- Woggly 08:39, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Thank you for your reminder of the rules. It is worthy to note that both users were ignorant of Chameleon's violations or at least the frequency they occured. One user Knott thought it was based on an isolated incident (which would indeed not be worthy of a block) and the other just doesn't agree with blocking much at all particularly users who go through the incredible labor of getting a username.
I think my point has been made and since I won't be monitoring wikipedia much I can't very well enforce a block that other ignorant admins will remove. The point being made and continued effort being fruitless, I won't reblock.
Please feel free to make any case against me you like. I honestly don't care that much. As far as not having a valid reason you obvisouly don't know what you are talking about, which doesn't surprise me. Chameleon continually attacked other users personally, as well as myself.
BTW don't restore previous comments that I removed to my talkpage, If you vandalize my talkpage I will take the appropriate steps to have your admin abilities removed, as you will have proved yourself incapable of using them in a becoming manner. Arminius 11:45, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I'm not going to speak for Viriditas, but I for one strongly resent your implication here. I've never edited using a sockpuppet, and (against my better instincts) I've even revealed my IP right here on Wikipedia, after similarly baseless accusations from Xed, which is the only IP (that I know of) that I've edited under, and that only when I've been accidentally logged out by Wikipedia. You have descended to the level of Xed. Jayjg 14:28, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
By not deleting the article Medha Hari you have promoted spam on the wikipedia. It has shown that a person can retain a spam page on the wikipedia by making more than one user i.d. and create support for his own spam page. This is an ominous sign for the wikipedia. Doesnt the wikipedia have any mechanism to stop people from creating hundreds of I.D. and create support for themselves in vote for deletion. The wikipedia ought to have mechanism for this otherwise it is doom for the wikipedia. Water Fish 16:17, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Your idea of "discussion" is to do it in the edit summary? That's how you build consensus? Backing RtB is encouraging a POV pusher. I'm disappointed that you did it without discussion on the talk page. Dr Zen 02:09, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Messages left here may not be seen for months. Use e-mail if you absolutely must contact me.
If I have misused my magic powers in any way, this is the place to tell me.
Every page I protect is on the wrong version, of course, so to conserve valuable electrons, just leave a link to the page and a number from the list. Thanks.
If I accidentally protected a page to which I have made substantive edits, tell me here. I will unprotect it immediately.
Did I speedy-delete something that wasn't a candidate? Did I delete something for which there was no consensus to delete? Tell me here.
Did I use the admin " rollback" feature on one of your edits without warning or explanation? Then I probably thought you were vandalizing, spamming, or otherwise editing in malice, and chances are good that you were: most of my rollbacks are of such edits. If you want to know why I reverted your edit, append your question to the end of this talk page.
Please read the revised nomination remarks and see if you still think the page should be deleted. Gazpacho 07:49, 3 Nov 2004 (UTC)
This is my mistake. Please forgive me. Rantaro 13:52, 3 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your work on Economy of Africa, without your improvements I doubt that it would have been chosen by Danny's contest. - SimonP 17:55, Nov 3, 2004 (UTC)
Please restore Confidence Man (Lost episode) and The Moth (Lost episode) - I was merging those into Lost (TV series). Thanks. -- Netoholic @ 02:29, 2004 Nov 4 (UTC)
Hi there. I thought I had unprotected the page around 6 PM, then was surprised to see later when I added the recent news that the page was still protected. What a mess! David.Monniaux 19:49, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Wow. Annoying, that! Thanks. Terrapin 21:42, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)
complaints about protection on the wrong version binned
Thank you for agreeing to help at Dedham, Massachusetts. You are a super guy! 216.153.214.94 04:30, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Hi Mirv again why did you remove my addition to Occupation of the Palestinian territories ? It's not POV I swear.-- 198 04:05, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)
hey Mirv, you did a rv "Reverted edits by 80.58.0.109 to last version by Blankfaze" for an added external link, link was not an advertisement, and contained valid content. Is there a particular reason you removed it? Alkivar 00:43, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Thanks for protecting Libertarian socialism, but I'm afraid the edit war has just moved to Libertarian capitalism, see also User_talk:Solitude#Libertarian_socialism. This seems to be a long-running conflict, I am not sure how to proceed, they both seem to require a cool down period. -- [[User:Solitude| Solitude\ talk]] 14:02, Nov 8, 2004 (UTC)
What is the copyright status of these lyrics? —No-One Jones (m) 09:24, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Just to inform you ron paul was blocked because of an already blocked user's vandalism of it - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Reithy/Evidence#Temporary_block_of_Reithy. I really don't think you should leave his protected version obviously vandalized version of it up, just compare versions(I mean look at the picture) Chuck F 03:32, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
--> Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Reithy/Evidence
Many thanks for your contribution to the evidence on Gzornenplatz. Does it remind you of anyone in particular? -- Michael Snow 18:00, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Was unprotected six hours ago. Looks like it requires protection again - User:Weaselwords and User:Trexgrrr, presumably sockpuppets of User:Reithy and/or User:Chuck F, are bombarding it with POV.
True enough. Jayjg 18:12, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I've noticed you protected the page, unfortunately, you protected the vandalized version by Alberuni, who vandalized a page in which a concensus was reached after long discussion (see Talk page in here, in here, and here). You may also check in history ( for example: Revision as of 21:34, 4 Oct 2004) to see that Alberuni's version is out of consencus. Please revert it to Jayjg version and then protect. MathKnight 19:00, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Sorry, when I became a admin I took a vow to always protect pages on m:The Wrong Version. If I went back on that they would revoke my sysop status. —No-One Jones (m) 19:45, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)
All this aside - who and when is going to resolve the issue with Alberuni? -- Anton Adelson, Western Australia 13:33, 13 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I have just received permission to include the Son of Man article from the author. How do I do that? Amgine (sig added)
text of permission e-mail moved to talk:Son of man
Ass to Mouth and Anilingus aren't the same thing. I think that Anal sex should link to Anilingus, which should link to Ass to Mouth. Read all three articles, and you'll see that they are not the same.
As the author of Ass to Mouth I completely agree. If anyone knows of a more clinical title, then please use it.
Hi, you deleted to entries of these two list. One on each list. On The Jungle/DnB one you deleted Galbis. On the Alt Hip Hop one you deleted Organized Confusion. In the Edit summary it said rm ref to delete. Could you provide an explination for these deltions? ZaQ 09:41, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I wouldn't mind seeing him blocked. Rick K 21:42, Nov 16, 2004 (UTC)
Hi!
I'm writing to let you know that the Wikimedia Board of Trustees has approved the first stage of the Wikinews project. There's now a fully operational English demo site at demo.wikinews.org. This will be used for experimenting with various review models and basic policies before the site is launched officially in about a week. demo.wikinews.org will become the English version later.
You voted for the Wikinews project, so I'm asking for your participation now. Everything is open, nothing is final. What Wikinews will and can be depends in large part on you. There already is a global Wikinews mailing list for discussing the project. If you are interested at all, please subscribe -- coordination is of key importance. There's also an IRC channel #wikinews on irc.freenode.net. Realtime discussion can help to polish up articles.
If you're looking for something to do, check out the articles in development and articles in review. Or start a new story in the Wikinews workspace, or ignore the proposed review system - it's up to you. I hope you'll join us soon in this exciting experiment.-- Eloquence * 01:58, Nov 17, 2004 (UTC)
Hi, the 168.209.97.34 has been continuously deleting material from the Aisha page. You already know the abuse by this user. This guy needs permanent ban. He is a vandal OneGuy 09:36, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I just noticed the warning you added to the ITN template. Was there any discussion before this warning was placed, or was it by your personal discretion? 204.60.171.230 17:47, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
1) Gzornenplatz and VeryVerily are banned from editing any article having to do with German or Polish subjects whilst Arbitration is on-going. Sysops may use their discretion in determining what falls into these areas, and are hereby authorised to enact 24 hour blocks for violations of this.
2) Gzornenplatz, Kevin Baas, Shorne, and VeryVerily are banned from reverting any article more than twice in one 24 hour period whilst Arbitration is on-going. Sysops are hereby authorised to enact 24 blocks for violations of this.
3) Shorne and VeryVerily are banned from editing any article having to do with the Cold War or communism whilst Arbitration is on-going. Sysops may use their discretion in determining what falls into these areas, and are hereby authorized to enact 24 hour blocks for violations of this.
-- mav 21:08, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Thank you for your thoughtful comment on Wikipedia talk:Arbitration Committee Elections December 2004/Candidate statements/Endorsements. Perhaps I have been wrong to assume you are entirely malicious and biased in my regards. I will strive to assume good faith in the future. Sam Spade
Mirv, thank you for responding so promptly to the request for page protection. The various contributors will make efforts to resolve our differences quickly so it needn't be protected for long. Slim 23:05, Nov 18, 2004 (UTC)
Hi Mirv. Thank you for archiving the second round of VfD's on the RaD Man article. Although you correctly noted that the overwhelming vote (this time) was to keep, you incorrectly stated that there was "no concensus" on your rm vfd from the real article, and you incorrectly stated to "see above" for results of the debate. The results of the debate were forked as a result of Oven Fresh re-creating a page called "RaD man" with a lower case M.
Yes. It's all very trivial. [[User:Radman1| RaD Man ( talk)]] 02:39, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I had seen your earlier list and simply reverted back to it, as I figure you can present your endorsements in the format you prefer. I didn't edit it further, although I assume you'll want to do that to fit in your endorsement of Theresa knott. -- Michael Snow 09:03, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I posted the following complaint to Wikipedia:Vandalism in progress. VeryVerily keeps deleting it. Perhaps that isn't the appropriate page—I can't figure out precisely what to do—, but I don't think it's right for him to remove the complaint. Would you mind attending to this? Shorne 10:59, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
On VeryVerily. Please block him; he is wreaking havoc on numerous articles. Thank you. Shorne 12:47, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Since both of you reverted the candidate statements page at least thrice, I've blocked both of you for 24 hours. —No-One Jones (m) 17:30, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I hate move vandalism - thanks for fixing it! :) -- mav 19:17, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Sorry to bother/spam you, but I thought you might be interested in weighing in on the state of the endorsements page on its talk page. -- Michael Snow 01:16, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)
You protected one of the images from change. I found a better version of the same picture on the Japanese WP that I'd like to replace it with; I explained in full on the talk page. - Litefantastic 01:35, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Thanks for your help with the Francis Bacon mess I created. I apologize for that. -- Woggly 08:39, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Thank you for your reminder of the rules. It is worthy to note that both users were ignorant of Chameleon's violations or at least the frequency they occured. One user Knott thought it was based on an isolated incident (which would indeed not be worthy of a block) and the other just doesn't agree with blocking much at all particularly users who go through the incredible labor of getting a username.
I think my point has been made and since I won't be monitoring wikipedia much I can't very well enforce a block that other ignorant admins will remove. The point being made and continued effort being fruitless, I won't reblock.
Please feel free to make any case against me you like. I honestly don't care that much. As far as not having a valid reason you obvisouly don't know what you are talking about, which doesn't surprise me. Chameleon continually attacked other users personally, as well as myself.
BTW don't restore previous comments that I removed to my talkpage, If you vandalize my talkpage I will take the appropriate steps to have your admin abilities removed, as you will have proved yourself incapable of using them in a becoming manner. Arminius 11:45, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I'm not going to speak for Viriditas, but I for one strongly resent your implication here. I've never edited using a sockpuppet, and (against my better instincts) I've even revealed my IP right here on Wikipedia, after similarly baseless accusations from Xed, which is the only IP (that I know of) that I've edited under, and that only when I've been accidentally logged out by Wikipedia. You have descended to the level of Xed. Jayjg 14:28, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
By not deleting the article Medha Hari you have promoted spam on the wikipedia. It has shown that a person can retain a spam page on the wikipedia by making more than one user i.d. and create support for his own spam page. This is an ominous sign for the wikipedia. Doesnt the wikipedia have any mechanism to stop people from creating hundreds of I.D. and create support for themselves in vote for deletion. The wikipedia ought to have mechanism for this otherwise it is doom for the wikipedia. Water Fish 16:17, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Your idea of "discussion" is to do it in the edit summary? That's how you build consensus? Backing RtB is encouraging a POV pusher. I'm disappointed that you did it without discussion on the talk page. Dr Zen 02:09, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)