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Hi Sarek. I am pleased to report that I have closed your request for adminship as successful. Welcome (back) to the admin corps. Cheers, 28bytes ( talk) 05:28, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for your note; I've responded. Nyttend ( talk) 03:55, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
I'm sorry about the loss of Spock.-- 198.201.23.10 ( talk) 19:19, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
but kept getting e/c'd. -- Floquenbeam ( talk) 22:23, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
In my opinion your two week block of the Bitcoin page is rather heavy-handed. Spock would not have approved. Kraainem (talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kraainem ( talk • contribs) 19:46, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
Surely you can block the editor/s doing the harm? You have God-like blocking powers, don´t you? And you certainly do use your absolute blocking powers like the God of Blocking! So, use your Godly blocking powers on the culprit editor/s. Can you not? Don´t tell me you are, in fact, impotent in blocking them? I would never believe you. Why block the article? That looks really stupid to me. You seem to have lost your logic ability as a result of being the God of Blocking . #IamCharlie Kraainem (talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kraainem ( talk • contribs) 21:49, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
You win this round Sarek. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aedw3089 ( talk • contribs) 03:24, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi SarkeOfVulcan,
The IRS relates directly to the parodied video that Shatner commented on in his tweet. Hope this information helps
SocialMediaSlave Socialmediaslave ( talk) 19:47, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
Dear Mr. Spock, Sarek, Vulcan, whatever your real name is... My wording is not a threat, it is reality. This is the 3rd time in two years I have legitimately tried to respectfully correct slanderous comments from a Wikipedia site against our business. One of your administrators has already agreed to remove the wording that some anonymous poster keeps returning to the site. I will leave the management of your site to you and the other "administrators" or experts. We are a private company with employees who are proud of what they do. Calling them pirates, looters and thieves in a factual section of your site is slander. I know, I have spoke to our lawyers. They told me to attempt to change it one last time. As I said, if the content is removed, facts are clearly defined in the proper sections, and opinions are simply that, opinions, then I retract my threat of legal action at this time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JOE SWEENEY 1961 ( talk • contribs) 18:37, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
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Mr. Sarek, I see you have a wise name and I see that you have the wisest names of any recent RFA so I ask you a question.
This is purely theoretical and doesn't ask you to research a specific article.
What is an edit war? 1. An editor (#2), maybe in cahoots with another (editor #3) keeps taking out an edit. The original editor explains it and often changes the edit to reflect comments received. However, #2 and 3 simply remove the edit and offer no compromises.
2. #2 and 3 may be trying to sanitize the article so the person(s) mentioned in the article look good to the public.
3. How about threatening an editor by putting nasty warnings on your page?
Should we just give up and let the bullies win? I think "yes" most of the time. Actually, there are several articles where this seems to be even worse but I won't touch those articles because conflict is guaranteed in those.
Wowee Zowee public ( talk) 19:44, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
I oppose you. Stop editing ____ or you will be blocked.
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See what I mean? Of course, you are an administrator so you cannot be blocked short of murder. Wowee Zowee public ( talk) 19:46, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi Sarek,
I asked you ( http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User_talk:SarekOfVulcan&action=edit§ion=new) to consider my blocking case, basically asked you to consider unblocking me, or to defend me otherwise. That was like a month ago. Any chance, or should I just I just forget it? It would be useful to have a conversation about it but my talkpage and Wikipedia email is cut off to me, and Wikipedia's team of proxy IP police is hyperactive and muscular. If you want to steer me to your email somehow here, or some other place to talk, I'll get there. If you decide my case is too hot to handle, or that I'm, heh, justly banned after my five or six years of productive content editing, then let me know that too and I'll move on. Colton Cosmic.
I don't know why we just don't indef him. He's been attacking the article for a month now as a IP as well. -- NeilN talk to me 19:15, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
I just went on Wikipedia:Meat puppetry, the page where it states Wikipedians not to commit meat puppetry. As you have been aware, I was formerly accused of it. However, when I went in the policy page, on the top it said, "This is a failed proposal". Does that mean meat-puppetry banning failed to become part of the Wikipedia policy? I don't understand what's going on. Since you're now an admin, I am reporting this strange issue to you. HanSangYoon ( talk) 03:21, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
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The addition of this image to that article is inappropriate, per Wikipedia:Non-free_content#Images_2 #6. There is a dedicated article to the depiction of this white bikini in that film already, located at White bikini of Ursula Andress. Consider Afghan Girl, whose famous image appeared on the cover of National Geographic. The only place that image is used is on the article about the photograph, despite it being made famous by National Geographic. Consider Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, which famous image is iconic to the Battle of Iwo Jima, is Joe Rosenthal's most well known work, and is arguable iconic of the Pacific War, yet the image does not appear on any of those articles. I could go on for a while here. Given our guideline on this, I am removing File:Ursula Andress in bikini.jpg from Dr. No (film), as the use there is inappropriate, and adding another link to the White bikini of Ursula Andress article. Please do not restore it. I am also removing the rationale for Dr. No (film) from the image, and re-tagging it as orphaned. If you wish to retain the image, it might be worth replacing the usage of File:Ursula Andress in Dr. No.jpg on Honey Rider and White bikini of Ursula Andress, but having both images is overkill. Thanks, -- Hammersoft ( talk) 21:18, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
You're invited to participate in the discussion at Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#RfC:_Guidance_on_commas_before_Jr._and_Sr. Dohn joe ( talk) 02:14, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
So how do we change nonsense that is written about inhabitants of Split? I tried to change it many times so far but some of you keep changing it back. What is the problem? I am inhabitant of Split and I find that article ridiculous. I am active on many forums and discussions about Split, I'm into its history but I never heard for many of that stuff. Now I have joined Wikipedia in order to change that stupidity. Please inform me what is necessary to do in order to change it!? DelmatST ( talk) 19:51, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
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Following the closure of a recent RfC you participated in, I have started an RfC on the separate but related issue of commas after Jr. and Sr.. Please see Wikipedia:Village pump (policy) § RfC: Guidance on commas after Jr. and Sr. and feel free to comment there. Thanks! — sroc 💬 06:03, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
by raising interest... how about the wikepedias harrasment. there is harassment law in the usa. can these not be threshed out... snowden can even find hidden secrets.. don't tell me that wikipedia is not going to pay billions later..pacquiao is even sued Toweringpeaks3 ( talk) — Preceding undated comment added 12:29, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
white house has a free access to all Toweringpeaks3 ( talk) 12:40, 22 May 2015 (UTC)Sarek of Vulcan watch out
Are you not aware of this? is wikipedia exempted??? You included will be fined and imprisoned for harassment.. harassment is very much implemented in all countries- http://www.ncsl.org/research/telecommunications-and-information-technology/cyberstalking-and-cyberharassment-laws.aspx so I will gather all laws of harrasment of all countries so those affected will come out of the open — Preceding unsigned comment added by Toweringpeaks3 ( talk • contribs) 12:52, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
remember that... you are nothing but just a human being don't tell me that because you are in position you can just do anything- this is what i tell you that you are not superior than anyone else so stop harassing people and don't frighten us for we have been harassed eversince. before you do editor work read about harassment laws first so you won't be an imbecile making laws out of nothing... there is no exemption in harrasmment — Preceding unsigned comment added by Toweringpeaks3 ( talk • contribs) 13:03, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
the person receiving it has high blood pressure, nervous etc. You are such a bastard to kill. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Toweringpeaks3 ( talk • contribs) 13:13, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
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Greetings, Sarek. Could you be convinced to take on a little new XfD work? Closing dmin Martin Hoekstra has been MIA at TfD since March, and, these days, long-time TfD closer Plastikspork is only showing up every 10 to 14 days to close just a handful of TfD discussions. No other admin is closing TfDs right now. Could you be talked into closing just a couple of TfDs per day, and I'll see if I can recruit two or three more admins to help on that same basis? I would be happy to help in any way possible, including pointing you in the direction of relevant guidelines and essays. Please let me know. Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 14:59, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
You have put them back, I take it you're not bothered by them. I thought they were harassment so I removed them for you but if you want to keep them then fair enough.-- Lerdthenerd wiki defender 14:46, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
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I would like to let you know that I created the page for the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instituto_para_la_Diplomacia_Cultural
Please let me know your opinion if this is correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Diplomaciacultural ( talk • contribs) 09:48, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
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And may all your days be merry and bright . . . Live long and prosper. Cheers. Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 19:42, 21 December 2015 (UTC)
Happy holidays to you! Omnedon ( talk) 16:04, 24 December 2015 (UTC)
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Thanks, but I think I should sit this one out, and trust the community to reach a valid consensus. Nightscream ( talk) 19:58, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
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The Doncram arbitration case is amended as follows:
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It is clear to me that your edits and deletions are biased. Why don't you use a REAL name? WHO are you? I think this is clear anti-Bernie Bias and I highly suspect you are a HILLARY CLINTON SUPPORTER. ARE YOU?
jax -- Jaxmullins ( talk) 03:05, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Article titles and capitalisation#Discretionary sanctions
Six of the named parties in the dispute are no longer active on Wikipedia, and several of those are blocked/SBANned. ArbCom has gone through four cycles since then. What exactly is meant by "discretionary sanctions" also seems to have changed significantly.
I was considering appealing for this to be removed now that the dust appears to have settled in the intervening four years, but I was wondering if you could provide me some context that might convince me not to?
Note: I was one of the primary targets of Kauffner, LittleBenW and JoshuSasori, and was subject to several outing attempts and severe real-world harassment over the "issues" of "diacritics" (and apostrophes!) in page titles, so I do appreciate that this is, or was at one time, a very serious issue. Please don't mistake me for someone who wants to engage in disruption and avoid discretionary sanctions -- I just don't like outdated and draconian measures being applied to such a broad range of pages.
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Please consider taking the protection off Gillian Duffy. It is no longer a burning issue. I think it should only have been protection against article creation anyway. I just want to edit the redirect so it is better focused to United Kingdom general election, 2010#Bigotgate.-- Penbat ( talk) 08:20, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
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Happened to notice that you, like me, have not been too active here lately. And thought I'd send a greeting. Hope all is well. Omnedon ( talk) 02:22, 15 September 2016 (UTC)
I wish a level of protection is accorded to this page that prevents User:Mar4d from repeating his POV edits there. Please take a couple of mins to glance over my post at [ [1]] 117.194.229.245 ( talk) 12:38, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
This is not only not withdrawing his LT, but making it worse. Unbeliveable this one! Muffled Pocketed 16:57, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
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Greetings, does File:WPAbortion-logo.svg still need complete protection or would upload protection suffice? I've been going through fully protected files to see which ones can be downgraded. Jo-Jo Eumerus ( talk, contributions) 09:59, 8 October 2016 (UTC)
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Just wanted to let you know I mentioned you on WP:ANI re User:Beyond My Ken previously User:Ed Fitzgerald and his continual edit warring with me over image size, layout, etc. Skyerise ( talk) 05:22, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
I would appreciate you weighing in again in this discussion that started in 2012. /info/en/?search=Talk:John_Fleming_(American_politician)#Request_for_Comment:_2017_discussion_on_The_Onion_.22incident..22. Thank you! Tomuchtalk ( talk) 15:29, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
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After posting this I noticed that you may be on low-activity status. At first I decided to leave it up just in case you could take a look, now I've gone ahead and removed my request—and I recommend going back to read it from the diffs only if you are feeling a bit masochistic. It's a teensy bit wordy. Factchecker_atyourservice 14:32, 14 April 2017 (UTC)
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Hope things are going OK. I noticed you were briefly active, and then it occurred to me that I had gotten out "The Price of the Phoenix" a while back but never actually read it as I had intended. So that's next on my list. Omnedon ( talk) 18:25, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
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SarekOfVulcan, [2] shows diff on 16 October 2017 as the edit that first raised an issue of copyright implications; the original image, CharlieElphicke.jpg was replaced on diff [3] by Parroque with the current image, Official portrait of Charlie Elphicke crop 2.jpg as shown on the article page, and that was the start of the series of back-and-forth edits; the justification of my own edits was that CharlieElphicke.jpg looked like a photograph of the article subject on a television show (copyright); hence I tagged it for speedy deletion of commons (see [4]), and wanted to revert back to Official portrait of Charlie Elphicke crop 2.jpg, but anon editors kept reverting my edits, despite me trying to explain why I didn't want CharlieElphicke.jpg to be re-added back to the article.
Therefore I'm very confused; if the copyright concern is with Official portrait of Charlie Elphicke crop 2.jpg, then the image did state terms of licence, although it is presently unclear to me if the image licence is compatible for use on Wikipedia, although https://pds.blog.parliament.uk/2017/07/21/mp-official-portraits-open-source-images/ (where the licence terms is shown on the image summary) does suggest the image may be released on CC BY 3.0, so there doesn't seem to be a current copyright question with this particular image, unless the licence terms is not clear, or doesn't suggest it is compatible for use on Wikipedia. If however the copyright concern is with CharlieElphicke.jpg, then I was pretty certain the image was copyrighted, hence I tagged it for speedy on Commons; however the discussion on the article subject's talk page didn't make clear which image does the copyright concerns apply to.
But I do agree there is a content dispute nonetheless; but with the speedy deletion of one of the proposed images (the original one, CharlieElphicke.jpg) then there really isn't a choice here. If the image licence of Official portrait of Charlie Elphicke crop 2.jpg is compatible, then the image should stand; besides, even if it is not an official portrait of the article subject as raised by others, so long as it is certain the image depicts the correct person it purports to depict, then the image is fully legitimate to illustrate the subject in question.
Sorry to make this message as I want to clear my conscience here, and if you object to a discussion taking place here, I don't mind continuing this on an appropriate discussion page. Optakeover (U) (T) (C) 14:14, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
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-- Gerda Arendt ( talk) 10:17, 24 October 2017 (UTC) Awww, thanks! :-)
You just deleted a list of stars article whose author is at ANI here. If you look at the book created (it's linked in my post at the bottom of the ANI section), he admits being a 14 year old kid. I'd think the ANI thread should be closed per WP:CHILD and dealt with quietly. Thanks. John from Idegon ( talk) 18:33, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
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For fielding all those protected edit requests at Talk:Catalonia. Heck, you don't need a barnstar, you need a medal. Ritchie333 (talk) (cont) 18:34, 27 October 2017 (UTC) |
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Please stop altering the Jack Martins Wikipedia Page. All information on the page is factual and has no inclination as per voting preference or influencing voters. The information on Wikipedia is aimed to help people have an easy place to gather the information and brush up on subjects/people. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LMB2239 ( talk • contribs) 17:05, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
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Thank you for your welcome to Wikipedia! Newbie question: I created a page about an eminent tubist friend (Jens Bjørn-Larsen) and published the article. I guess I was premature as it got moved to "draft" ( /info/en/?search=Draft:Jens_Bj%C3%B8rn-Larsen) with no explanation (that I could find) about why. My guess is that it contained no external references...? Any tips and help you can give me would be most appreciated. Nicholas Eastop - Scenkonstmuseet ( talk) 11:25, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
I have added a few references and given the paragraphs titles. Nicholas Eastop - Scenkonstmuseet ( talk) 11:36, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
I have just started reading the links you sent me in your greeting message - something I obviously should have done before doing anything else... excessive eagerness! If you have time to get involved please do so, otherwise I'm sure I'll get to grips with it myself having read all the intro info in the links. Thanks again! Nicholas Eastop - Scenkonstmuseet ( talk) 11:43, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for getting back to me. Would the wikipedia page about the Concours de Geneve do as a reference? All the winners are listed there. The archive on the website I referenced to is searchable, so the info is there. They only list the most recent winners though. Nicholas Eastop - Scenkonstmuseet ( talk) 14:30, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
Thank you for reviewing and giving your feedback. I only started working on this. I will fix the suggestions within few days. Can you show me one or two exampled of "grammar, style" error. I am entering data from the United States. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jacobbijo1 ( talk • contribs) 19:07, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
Knanaya Region is a subdivision, for example. A bit later, there's a period inside the text of a link, instead of outside. Then there's the general style, and lack of independent sourcing. I was going to suggest you look at Diocese of Providence, but it has some of the same issues that this article does. Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland is a bit better. -- SarekOfVulcan (talk) 19:18, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
Hi! Im contacting you because you are listed as an editor willing to provide behavioral and content assistance. I would like you to take a look at the content dispute and the behavior of the editors Katolophyromai, Khirurg and Dr. K as well Kuru, the administrator that backs them .
The full content dispute of /info/en/?search=Talk:Pythagoras is found here https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=811537461 since a fellow friend editor Dr. K who seems to be a meatpuppet of the editor I am having the dispute with erased my last entry. I would like you to look at the sources I have provided and my analysis on the source his has provided (which leaves out plenty of ancient biographers that state Pythagoras's father was from Tyre) and to bring an objective view into this discussion.
I would also like you to look into this editors behaviors as him and fellow editor friends (Dr K and Khirurg) seem to be meatpuppets as per /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Sock_puppetry#Meatpuppetry. When editor Katolophyromai felt like he was losing the debate he resorted to accusing me of sockpuppeting to his fellow meatpuppet Dr. K which you can look at here /info/en/?search=User_talk:Dr.K.#ViamarisBalbi_is_back_under_two_new_sockpuppet_accounts
This is the second (or perhaps third) time Katolophyromai and Khirurg has gotten help from his fellow friend editor Dr. K who does not participate in the discussions/talk page in a productive/objective way but is always ready to take their side and game the system as per /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Gaming_the_system to support his friend editors with their edit reversals. The previous time they accused ViamarisBalbi of personal attacks against the editor he was having a content dispute and got him blocked when in reality if you look at his appeal on his talk page he really wasnt making personal attacks. Dr. K always resorts to administrator Kuru who always takes their side and does not seem to care that editors Katolophyromai, Khirurg and Dr. K are involved in the edit reversal of sourced contents which is obvious vandalism and POV pushing. You can see previous examples of their meatpuppetry in the following cases:
/info/en/?search=Talk:Thales_of_Miletus#Phoenicia /info/en/?search=Talk:Thales_of_Miletus#Trash_source /info/en/?search=Talk:Thales_of_Miletus#Ancient_sources_and_19th_century_sources /info/en/?search=Talk:Euclid#Arabian_sources_of_Euclid https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Euclid&diff=810206844&oldid=810205477 (Here Dr. K supports Khirug act of vandalism in which Khirug puts down a statement from a very legitimate source and adds his own and removes an important blue link in the sentence) https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Atomism&diff=809056910&oldid=808621458 (Here Khirug removed ViamarisBalbi edit that has a legitimate source and later here https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Atomism&diff=810213721&oldid=810211103 Dr. K helps him doing the same Khirug does it again here without a legitimate reason/discussion https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Atomism&diff=810230721&oldid=810221056
Katolophyromai, Khirurg and Dr. K as well Kuru, all edit on similar articles related to Ancient Greece and Greek nationalism. It also happens that their usernames all sound Greek and start with letter K which makes their connection seem a bit too obvious and suspicious. I would highly appreciate your time and help on looking on this. ViamarisBalbi and I believe that legitimate sockpuppeting might be the only way to stop this harassment since filling ISP reports for meatpuppeting sometimes get lost in limbo or take too long to be reviewed and these editors wont stop Wikihouding as per /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Harassment#Wikihounding and continue their witch hunt as per /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Witch_hunt to prevent ViamarisBalbi and CalinicoFire from making sourced contributions. Thanks CalinicoFire ( talk) 23:10, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
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Garrett:— Thank you for running for ArbCom and thank you for pulling out of the race at the appropriate moment. You read the cards correctly in both instances; if you actually do want to be part of that shit-show, I have a hunch that your run in 2017 will count as a big positive in a 2018 campaign. But, really, aren't there better ways to spend one's life? best regards, —tim /// Carrite ( talk) 03:00, 26 November 2017 (UTC) |
Hey, why did you withdraw from the ArbCom election? Just because you thought a sufficiency of acceptable candidates had offered themselves since your nomination? I'm not sure about that. Anyway, Bishzilla wanted to support the little user! :-( Bishonen | talk 17:31, 25 November 2017 (UTC).
It's ok, I'll explain later. -- SarekOfVulcan (talk) 17:55, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
Hello, please refrain from using 'mysterious' and comments that 'do not involve you' on other people's talk pages :) Thank You ReeceTheHawk ( talk) 20:41, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
There's more than a week still to go till the end of the elections, and some candidates haven't answered all the previously-asked questions either (e.g. [5]). Banedon ( talk) 20:42, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
You happened to come across a page you have zero connection to, and removed a PROD without understanding the issues that led to it being added.
Now I'm going to have to AFD my own article to get it deleted. Thanks a lot. Modernponderer ( talk) 19:30, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
You were recently listed as a party to or recently offered a statement in a request for arbitration. The Arbitration Committee has accepted that request for arbitration and an arbitration case has been opened at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Conduct of Mister Wiki editors. Evidence that you wish the arbitrators to consider should be added to the evidence subpage, at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Conduct of Mister Wiki editors/Evidence. Please add your evidence by December 15, 2017, which is when the evidence phase closes. You can also contribute to the case workshop subpage, Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Conduct of Mister Wiki editors/Workshop. For a guide to the arbitration process, see Wikipedia:Arbitration/Guide to arbitration. For the Arbitration Committee, Kostas20142 ( talk) 21:34, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
Hello, SarekOfVulcan. Voting in the 2017 Arbitration Committee elections is now open until 23.59 on Sunday, 10 December. All users who registered an account before Saturday, 28 October 2017, made at least 150 mainspace edits before Wednesday, 1 November 2017 and are not currently blocked are eligible to vote. Users with alternate accounts may only vote once.
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Hi Fellow editor, apologies if it appears above is the case. It's just that some of the India related articles are very contentious and people (especially those that tend to be quite religious) try and WP:Censor genuine references. I think the case here is more WP:Lazy on my part! :) all the best and I will be more careful SH 14:28, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
/info/en/?search=Anand_Chandrasekaran
The biography is written by a PR agency. Why are you persisting on maintaining a promotional page and material?
For example: citation 7 [1] is not correct and not working (404)
No citation exists for After graduating from Stanford University in 2001, he co-founded Aeroprise,[6] one of the early innovators in personalized mobile applications software. How can we verify "The early innovators..." part?
I am new to wikipedia. I am also factually aware of the fact that there's an agency with a retainer to maintain and publish this page. Scalengineer ( talk) 21:51, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
Thanks SarekOfVulcan for your edit on Me Too (hashtag). On reflection an RfC would have been more appropriate than the AfD I proposed. I'm a little more eagle-eyed on potential defamation issues than some as I'm from Australia where it's easier to defame someone than in other jurisdictions, but I jumped the gun a bit there I think; not enough sleep... Kb.au ( talk) 15:53, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.
Just notifying you that I've filed a complaint against you for trying to protect a self-admitted paid editor.
/info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard#User:SarekOfVulcan 70.112.229.80 ( talk) 23:56, 7 December 2017 (UTC)
I have deleted the damn thing and cannot find it. Slatersteven ( talk) 14:59, 8 December 2017 (UTC) Found it, this is the text
"Hi Slatersteven
please note that User Darkness Shines is under this sanction: "You are required to remain civil. As a condition of your unblock, you must acknowledge that any edit which, in the opinion of an uninvolved administrator, contains personal attacks or gross incivility will be met with blocks of escalating length, ending with an indefinite block after the fourth offense." https://en.wikipedia.org/?oldid=653629653
He was reminded of the sanctions just days ago here /info/en/?search=User_talk:Callanecc#TBAN
please check and compare with edits like this https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Antisemitism_in_the_Labour_Party&diff=prev&oldid=814292069 https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Antisemitism_in_the_Labour_Party&diff=prev&oldid=814292527
I' not active on English Wikipedia so I cannot report this myself.
Cheers"
So I have no idea what it is all about. Slatersteven ( talk) 15:00, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2017).
On November 22, you were in the process of dealing with User talk:YriyChirichenko's unblock request, and it looks like it was abandoned. Since the unblock request is weeks old, we need to clear it out. It looks like the user has responded to your questions. -- Jayron 32 16:21, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
It seems to me Primefac has the right to withdraw and close his own move request if nobody else supported it. I know it's that way for AfDs anyway. But I'm involved so I won't revert you. Smartyllama ( talk) 15:42, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I'm an admin in Azerbaijani Wikipedia. We were just wondering is it possible to create archivebot and patrol system for Az.Wikipedia? -- Azerifactory ( talk) 20:45, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
Books & Bytes
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As you are the protecting admin, can you please fix the double redirect to Catalan declaration of independence. Thanks. Pkbwcgs ( talk) 12:15, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
While I customarily don't question an admin action, I am curious to know why you imposed the block. Please respond at the ANI discussion. It's for my own future reference. Thank you in advance. Atsme 📞 📧 16:56, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
to you. Omnedon ( talk) 15:53, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
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Hi Sarek. I am pleased to report that I have closed your request for adminship as successful. Welcome (back) to the admin corps. Cheers, 28bytes ( talk) 05:28, 20 February 2015 (UTC)
Thanks for your note; I've responded. Nyttend ( talk) 03:55, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
I'm sorry about the loss of Spock.-- 198.201.23.10 ( talk) 19:19, 27 February 2015 (UTC)
but kept getting e/c'd. -- Floquenbeam ( talk) 22:23, 28 February 2015 (UTC)
In my opinion your two week block of the Bitcoin page is rather heavy-handed. Spock would not have approved. Kraainem (talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kraainem ( talk • contribs) 19:46, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
Surely you can block the editor/s doing the harm? You have God-like blocking powers, don´t you? And you certainly do use your absolute blocking powers like the God of Blocking! So, use your Godly blocking powers on the culprit editor/s. Can you not? Don´t tell me you are, in fact, impotent in blocking them? I would never believe you. Why block the article? That looks really stupid to me. You seem to have lost your logic ability as a result of being the God of Blocking . #IamCharlie Kraainem (talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kraainem ( talk • contribs) 21:49, 1 March 2015 (UTC)
You win this round Sarek. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aedw3089 ( talk • contribs) 03:24, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi SarkeOfVulcan,
The IRS relates directly to the parodied video that Shatner commented on in his tweet. Hope this information helps
SocialMediaSlave Socialmediaslave ( talk) 19:47, 2 March 2015 (UTC)
Dear Mr. Spock, Sarek, Vulcan, whatever your real name is... My wording is not a threat, it is reality. This is the 3rd time in two years I have legitimately tried to respectfully correct slanderous comments from a Wikipedia site against our business. One of your administrators has already agreed to remove the wording that some anonymous poster keeps returning to the site. I will leave the management of your site to you and the other "administrators" or experts. We are a private company with employees who are proud of what they do. Calling them pirates, looters and thieves in a factual section of your site is slander. I know, I have spoke to our lawyers. They told me to attempt to change it one last time. As I said, if the content is removed, facts are clearly defined in the proper sections, and opinions are simply that, opinions, then I retract my threat of legal action at this time. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JOE SWEENEY 1961 ( talk • contribs) 18:37, 3 March 2015 (UTC)
Books & Bytes
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MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 17:41, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
Mr. Sarek, I see you have a wise name and I see that you have the wisest names of any recent RFA so I ask you a question.
This is purely theoretical and doesn't ask you to research a specific article.
What is an edit war? 1. An editor (#2), maybe in cahoots with another (editor #3) keeps taking out an edit. The original editor explains it and often changes the edit to reflect comments received. However, #2 and 3 simply remove the edit and offer no compromises.
2. #2 and 3 may be trying to sanitize the article so the person(s) mentioned in the article look good to the public.
3. How about threatening an editor by putting nasty warnings on your page?
Should we just give up and let the bullies win? I think "yes" most of the time. Actually, there are several articles where this seems to be even worse but I won't touch those articles because conflict is guaranteed in those.
Wowee Zowee public ( talk) 19:44, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
I oppose you. Stop editing ____ or you will be blocked.
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See what I mean? Of course, you are an administrator so you cannot be blocked short of murder. Wowee Zowee public ( talk) 19:46, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
Hi Sarek,
I asked you ( http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User_talk:SarekOfVulcan&action=edit§ion=new) to consider my blocking case, basically asked you to consider unblocking me, or to defend me otherwise. That was like a month ago. Any chance, or should I just I just forget it? It would be useful to have a conversation about it but my talkpage and Wikipedia email is cut off to me, and Wikipedia's team of proxy IP police is hyperactive and muscular. If you want to steer me to your email somehow here, or some other place to talk, I'll get there. If you decide my case is too hot to handle, or that I'm, heh, justly banned after my five or six years of productive content editing, then let me know that too and I'll move on. Colton Cosmic.
I don't know why we just don't indef him. He's been attacking the article for a month now as a IP as well. -- NeilN talk to me 19:15, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
I just went on Wikipedia:Meat puppetry, the page where it states Wikipedians not to commit meat puppetry. As you have been aware, I was formerly accused of it. However, when I went in the policy page, on the top it said, "This is a failed proposal". Does that mean meat-puppetry banning failed to become part of the Wikipedia policy? I don't understand what's going on. Since you're now an admin, I am reporting this strange issue to you. HanSangYoon ( talk) 03:21, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
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The addition of this image to that article is inappropriate, per Wikipedia:Non-free_content#Images_2 #6. There is a dedicated article to the depiction of this white bikini in that film already, located at White bikini of Ursula Andress. Consider Afghan Girl, whose famous image appeared on the cover of National Geographic. The only place that image is used is on the article about the photograph, despite it being made famous by National Geographic. Consider Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, which famous image is iconic to the Battle of Iwo Jima, is Joe Rosenthal's most well known work, and is arguable iconic of the Pacific War, yet the image does not appear on any of those articles. I could go on for a while here. Given our guideline on this, I am removing File:Ursula Andress in bikini.jpg from Dr. No (film), as the use there is inappropriate, and adding another link to the White bikini of Ursula Andress article. Please do not restore it. I am also removing the rationale for Dr. No (film) from the image, and re-tagging it as orphaned. If you wish to retain the image, it might be worth replacing the usage of File:Ursula Andress in Dr. No.jpg on Honey Rider and White bikini of Ursula Andress, but having both images is overkill. Thanks, -- Hammersoft ( talk) 21:18, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
You're invited to participate in the discussion at Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)#RfC:_Guidance_on_commas_before_Jr._and_Sr. Dohn joe ( talk) 02:14, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
So how do we change nonsense that is written about inhabitants of Split? I tried to change it many times so far but some of you keep changing it back. What is the problem? I am inhabitant of Split and I find that article ridiculous. I am active on many forums and discussions about Split, I'm into its history but I never heard for many of that stuff. Now I have joined Wikipedia in order to change that stupidity. Please inform me what is necessary to do in order to change it!? DelmatST ( talk) 19:51, 3 May 2015 (UTC)
Books & Bytes
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MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 23:31, 4 May 2015 (UTC)
Following the closure of a recent RfC you participated in, I have started an RfC on the separate but related issue of commas after Jr. and Sr.. Please see Wikipedia:Village pump (policy) § RfC: Guidance on commas after Jr. and Sr. and feel free to comment there. Thanks! — sroc 💬 06:03, 14 May 2015 (UTC)
by raising interest... how about the wikepedias harrasment. there is harassment law in the usa. can these not be threshed out... snowden can even find hidden secrets.. don't tell me that wikipedia is not going to pay billions later..pacquiao is even sued Toweringpeaks3 ( talk) — Preceding undated comment added 12:29, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
white house has a free access to all Toweringpeaks3 ( talk) 12:40, 22 May 2015 (UTC)Sarek of Vulcan watch out
Are you not aware of this? is wikipedia exempted??? You included will be fined and imprisoned for harassment.. harassment is very much implemented in all countries- http://www.ncsl.org/research/telecommunications-and-information-technology/cyberstalking-and-cyberharassment-laws.aspx so I will gather all laws of harrasment of all countries so those affected will come out of the open — Preceding unsigned comment added by Toweringpeaks3 ( talk • contribs) 12:52, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
remember that... you are nothing but just a human being don't tell me that because you are in position you can just do anything- this is what i tell you that you are not superior than anyone else so stop harassing people and don't frighten us for we have been harassed eversince. before you do editor work read about harassment laws first so you won't be an imbecile making laws out of nothing... there is no exemption in harrasmment — Preceding unsigned comment added by Toweringpeaks3 ( talk • contribs) 13:03, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
the person receiving it has high blood pressure, nervous etc. You are such a bastard to kill. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Toweringpeaks3 ( talk • contribs) 13:13, 22 May 2015 (UTC)
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Greetings, Sarek. Could you be convinced to take on a little new XfD work? Closing dmin Martin Hoekstra has been MIA at TfD since March, and, these days, long-time TfD closer Plastikspork is only showing up every 10 to 14 days to close just a handful of TfD discussions. No other admin is closing TfDs right now. Could you be talked into closing just a couple of TfDs per day, and I'll see if I can recruit two or three more admins to help on that same basis? I would be happy to help in any way possible, including pointing you in the direction of relevant guidelines and essays. Please let me know. Dirtlawyer1 ( talk) 14:59, 23 May 2015 (UTC)
You have put them back, I take it you're not bothered by them. I thought they were harassment so I removed them for you but if you want to keep them then fair enough.-- Lerdthenerd wiki defender 14:46, 3 June 2015 (UTC)
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I would like to let you know that I created the page for the Institute for Cultural Diplomacy: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instituto_para_la_Diplomacia_Cultural
Please let me know your opinion if this is correct. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Diplomaciacultural ( talk • contribs) 09:48, 30 July 2015 (UTC)
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Thanks, but I think I should sit this one out, and trust the community to reach a valid consensus. Nightscream ( talk) 19:58, 12 January 2016 (UTC)
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The Doncram arbitration case is amended as follows:
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It is clear to me that your edits and deletions are biased. Why don't you use a REAL name? WHO are you? I think this is clear anti-Bernie Bias and I highly suspect you are a HILLARY CLINTON SUPPORTER. ARE YOU?
jax -- Jaxmullins ( talk) 03:05, 1 June 2016 (UTC)
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Six of the named parties in the dispute are no longer active on Wikipedia, and several of those are blocked/SBANned. ArbCom has gone through four cycles since then. What exactly is meant by "discretionary sanctions" also seems to have changed significantly.
I was considering appealing for this to be removed now that the dust appears to have settled in the intervening four years, but I was wondering if you could provide me some context that might convince me not to?
Note: I was one of the primary targets of Kauffner, LittleBenW and JoshuSasori, and was subject to several outing attempts and severe real-world harassment over the "issues" of "diacritics" (and apostrophes!) in page titles, so I do appreciate that this is, or was at one time, a very serious issue. Please don't mistake me for someone who wants to engage in disruption and avoid discretionary sanctions -- I just don't like outdated and draconian measures being applied to such a broad range of pages.
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Please consider taking the protection off Gillian Duffy. It is no longer a burning issue. I think it should only have been protection against article creation anyway. I just want to edit the redirect so it is better focused to United Kingdom general election, 2010#Bigotgate.-- Penbat ( talk) 08:20, 20 June 2016 (UTC)
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Happened to notice that you, like me, have not been too active here lately. And thought I'd send a greeting. Hope all is well. Omnedon ( talk) 02:22, 15 September 2016 (UTC)
I wish a level of protection is accorded to this page that prevents User:Mar4d from repeating his POV edits there. Please take a couple of mins to glance over my post at [ [1]] 117.194.229.245 ( talk) 12:38, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
This is not only not withdrawing his LT, but making it worse. Unbeliveable this one! Muffled Pocketed 16:57, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
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Greetings, does File:WPAbortion-logo.svg still need complete protection or would upload protection suffice? I've been going through fully protected files to see which ones can be downgraded. Jo-Jo Eumerus ( talk, contributions) 09:59, 8 October 2016 (UTC)
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Just wanted to let you know I mentioned you on WP:ANI re User:Beyond My Ken previously User:Ed Fitzgerald and his continual edit warring with me over image size, layout, etc. Skyerise ( talk) 05:22, 28 March 2017 (UTC)
I would appreciate you weighing in again in this discussion that started in 2012. /info/en/?search=Talk:John_Fleming_(American_politician)#Request_for_Comment:_2017_discussion_on_The_Onion_.22incident..22. Thank you! Tomuchtalk ( talk) 15:29, 1 April 2017 (UTC)
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After posting this I noticed that you may be on low-activity status. At first I decided to leave it up just in case you could take a look, now I've gone ahead and removed my request—and I recommend going back to read it from the diffs only if you are feeling a bit masochistic. It's a teensy bit wordy. Factchecker_atyourservice 14:32, 14 April 2017 (UTC)
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Hope things are going OK. I noticed you were briefly active, and then it occurred to me that I had gotten out "The Price of the Phoenix" a while back but never actually read it as I had intended. So that's next on my list. Omnedon ( talk) 18:25, 6 July 2017 (UTC)
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SarekOfVulcan, [2] shows diff on 16 October 2017 as the edit that first raised an issue of copyright implications; the original image, CharlieElphicke.jpg was replaced on diff [3] by Parroque with the current image, Official portrait of Charlie Elphicke crop 2.jpg as shown on the article page, and that was the start of the series of back-and-forth edits; the justification of my own edits was that CharlieElphicke.jpg looked like a photograph of the article subject on a television show (copyright); hence I tagged it for speedy deletion of commons (see [4]), and wanted to revert back to Official portrait of Charlie Elphicke crop 2.jpg, but anon editors kept reverting my edits, despite me trying to explain why I didn't want CharlieElphicke.jpg to be re-added back to the article.
Therefore I'm very confused; if the copyright concern is with Official portrait of Charlie Elphicke crop 2.jpg, then the image did state terms of licence, although it is presently unclear to me if the image licence is compatible for use on Wikipedia, although https://pds.blog.parliament.uk/2017/07/21/mp-official-portraits-open-source-images/ (where the licence terms is shown on the image summary) does suggest the image may be released on CC BY 3.0, so there doesn't seem to be a current copyright question with this particular image, unless the licence terms is not clear, or doesn't suggest it is compatible for use on Wikipedia. If however the copyright concern is with CharlieElphicke.jpg, then I was pretty certain the image was copyrighted, hence I tagged it for speedy on Commons; however the discussion on the article subject's talk page didn't make clear which image does the copyright concerns apply to.
But I do agree there is a content dispute nonetheless; but with the speedy deletion of one of the proposed images (the original one, CharlieElphicke.jpg) then there really isn't a choice here. If the image licence of Official portrait of Charlie Elphicke crop 2.jpg is compatible, then the image should stand; besides, even if it is not an official portrait of the article subject as raised by others, so long as it is certain the image depicts the correct person it purports to depict, then the image is fully legitimate to illustrate the subject in question.
Sorry to make this message as I want to clear my conscience here, and if you object to a discussion taking place here, I don't mind continuing this on an appropriate discussion page. Optakeover (U) (T) (C) 14:14, 19 October 2017 (UTC)
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You just deleted a list of stars article whose author is at ANI here. If you look at the book created (it's linked in my post at the bottom of the ANI section), he admits being a 14 year old kid. I'd think the ANI thread should be closed per WP:CHILD and dealt with quietly. Thanks. John from Idegon ( talk) 18:33, 25 October 2017 (UTC)
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Thank you for your welcome to Wikipedia! Newbie question: I created a page about an eminent tubist friend (Jens Bjørn-Larsen) and published the article. I guess I was premature as it got moved to "draft" ( /info/en/?search=Draft:Jens_Bj%C3%B8rn-Larsen) with no explanation (that I could find) about why. My guess is that it contained no external references...? Any tips and help you can give me would be most appreciated. Nicholas Eastop - Scenkonstmuseet ( talk) 11:25, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
I have added a few references and given the paragraphs titles. Nicholas Eastop - Scenkonstmuseet ( talk) 11:36, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
I have just started reading the links you sent me in your greeting message - something I obviously should have done before doing anything else... excessive eagerness! If you have time to get involved please do so, otherwise I'm sure I'll get to grips with it myself having read all the intro info in the links. Thanks again! Nicholas Eastop - Scenkonstmuseet ( talk) 11:43, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for getting back to me. Would the wikipedia page about the Concours de Geneve do as a reference? All the winners are listed there. The archive on the website I referenced to is searchable, so the info is there. They only list the most recent winners though. Nicholas Eastop - Scenkonstmuseet ( talk) 14:30, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
Thank you for reviewing and giving your feedback. I only started working on this. I will fix the suggestions within few days. Can you show me one or two exampled of "grammar, style" error. I am entering data from the United States. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jacobbijo1 ( talk • contribs) 19:07, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
Knanaya Region is a subdivision, for example. A bit later, there's a period inside the text of a link, instead of outside. Then there's the general style, and lack of independent sourcing. I was going to suggest you look at Diocese of Providence, but it has some of the same issues that this article does. Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland is a bit better. -- SarekOfVulcan (talk) 19:18, 22 November 2017 (UTC)
Hi! Im contacting you because you are listed as an editor willing to provide behavioral and content assistance. I would like you to take a look at the content dispute and the behavior of the editors Katolophyromai, Khirurg and Dr. K as well Kuru, the administrator that backs them .
The full content dispute of /info/en/?search=Talk:Pythagoras is found here https://en.wikipedia.org/?diff=811537461 since a fellow friend editor Dr. K who seems to be a meatpuppet of the editor I am having the dispute with erased my last entry. I would like you to look at the sources I have provided and my analysis on the source his has provided (which leaves out plenty of ancient biographers that state Pythagoras's father was from Tyre) and to bring an objective view into this discussion.
I would also like you to look into this editors behaviors as him and fellow editor friends (Dr K and Khirurg) seem to be meatpuppets as per /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Sock_puppetry#Meatpuppetry. When editor Katolophyromai felt like he was losing the debate he resorted to accusing me of sockpuppeting to his fellow meatpuppet Dr. K which you can look at here /info/en/?search=User_talk:Dr.K.#ViamarisBalbi_is_back_under_two_new_sockpuppet_accounts
This is the second (or perhaps third) time Katolophyromai and Khirurg has gotten help from his fellow friend editor Dr. K who does not participate in the discussions/talk page in a productive/objective way but is always ready to take their side and game the system as per /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Gaming_the_system to support his friend editors with their edit reversals. The previous time they accused ViamarisBalbi of personal attacks against the editor he was having a content dispute and got him blocked when in reality if you look at his appeal on his talk page he really wasnt making personal attacks. Dr. K always resorts to administrator Kuru who always takes their side and does not seem to care that editors Katolophyromai, Khirurg and Dr. K are involved in the edit reversal of sourced contents which is obvious vandalism and POV pushing. You can see previous examples of their meatpuppetry in the following cases:
/info/en/?search=Talk:Thales_of_Miletus#Phoenicia /info/en/?search=Talk:Thales_of_Miletus#Trash_source /info/en/?search=Talk:Thales_of_Miletus#Ancient_sources_and_19th_century_sources /info/en/?search=Talk:Euclid#Arabian_sources_of_Euclid https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Euclid&diff=810206844&oldid=810205477 (Here Dr. K supports Khirug act of vandalism in which Khirug puts down a statement from a very legitimate source and adds his own and removes an important blue link in the sentence) https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Atomism&diff=809056910&oldid=808621458 (Here Khirug removed ViamarisBalbi edit that has a legitimate source and later here https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Atomism&diff=810213721&oldid=810211103 Dr. K helps him doing the same Khirug does it again here without a legitimate reason/discussion https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Atomism&diff=810230721&oldid=810221056
Katolophyromai, Khirurg and Dr. K as well Kuru, all edit on similar articles related to Ancient Greece and Greek nationalism. It also happens that their usernames all sound Greek and start with letter K which makes their connection seem a bit too obvious and suspicious. I would highly appreciate your time and help on looking on this. ViamarisBalbi and I believe that legitimate sockpuppeting might be the only way to stop this harassment since filling ISP reports for meatpuppeting sometimes get lost in limbo or take too long to be reviewed and these editors wont stop Wikihouding as per /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Harassment#Wikihounding and continue their witch hunt as per /info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Witch_hunt to prevent ViamarisBalbi and CalinicoFire from making sourced contributions. Thanks CalinicoFire ( talk) 23:10, 24 November 2017 (UTC)
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Hey, why did you withdraw from the ArbCom election? Just because you thought a sufficiency of acceptable candidates had offered themselves since your nomination? I'm not sure about that. Anyway, Bishzilla wanted to support the little user! :-( Bishonen | talk 17:31, 25 November 2017 (UTC).
It's ok, I'll explain later. -- SarekOfVulcan (talk) 17:55, 25 November 2017 (UTC)
Hello, please refrain from using 'mysterious' and comments that 'do not involve you' on other people's talk pages :) Thank You ReeceTheHawk ( talk) 20:41, 27 November 2017 (UTC)
There's more than a week still to go till the end of the elections, and some candidates haven't answered all the previously-asked questions either (e.g. [5]). Banedon ( talk) 20:42, 28 November 2017 (UTC)
You happened to come across a page you have zero connection to, and removed a PROD without understanding the issues that led to it being added.
Now I'm going to have to AFD my own article to get it deleted. Thanks a lot. Modernponderer ( talk) 19:30, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
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Hi Fellow editor, apologies if it appears above is the case. It's just that some of the India related articles are very contentious and people (especially those that tend to be quite religious) try and WP:Censor genuine references. I think the case here is more WP:Lazy on my part! :) all the best and I will be more careful SH 14:28, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
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The biography is written by a PR agency. Why are you persisting on maintaining a promotional page and material?
For example: citation 7 [1] is not correct and not working (404)
No citation exists for After graduating from Stanford University in 2001, he co-founded Aeroprise,[6] one of the early innovators in personalized mobile applications software. How can we verify "The early innovators..." part?
I am new to wikipedia. I am also factually aware of the fact that there's an agency with a retainer to maintain and publish this page. Scalengineer ( talk) 21:51, 5 December 2017 (UTC)
Thanks SarekOfVulcan for your edit on Me Too (hashtag). On reflection an RfC would have been more appropriate than the AfD I proposed. I'm a little more eagle-eyed on potential defamation issues than some as I'm from Australia where it's easier to defame someone than in other jurisdictions, but I jumped the gun a bit there I think; not enough sleep... Kb.au ( talk) 15:53, 6 December 2017 (UTC)
There is currently a discussion at
Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.
Just notifying you that I've filed a complaint against you for trying to protect a self-admitted paid editor.
/info/en/?search=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard#User:SarekOfVulcan 70.112.229.80 ( talk) 23:56, 7 December 2017 (UTC)
I have deleted the damn thing and cannot find it. Slatersteven ( talk) 14:59, 8 December 2017 (UTC) Found it, this is the text
"Hi Slatersteven
please note that User Darkness Shines is under this sanction: "You are required to remain civil. As a condition of your unblock, you must acknowledge that any edit which, in the opinion of an uninvolved administrator, contains personal attacks or gross incivility will be met with blocks of escalating length, ending with an indefinite block after the fourth offense." https://en.wikipedia.org/?oldid=653629653
He was reminded of the sanctions just days ago here /info/en/?search=User_talk:Callanecc#TBAN
please check and compare with edits like this https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Antisemitism_in_the_Labour_Party&diff=prev&oldid=814292069 https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Antisemitism_in_the_Labour_Party&diff=prev&oldid=814292527
I' not active on English Wikipedia so I cannot report this myself.
Cheers"
So I have no idea what it is all about. Slatersteven ( talk) 15:00, 8 December 2017 (UTC)
News and updates for administrators from the past month (November 2017).
On November 22, you were in the process of dealing with User talk:YriyChirichenko's unblock request, and it looks like it was abandoned. Since the unblock request is weeks old, we need to clear it out. It looks like the user has responded to your questions. -- Jayron 32 16:21, 11 December 2017 (UTC)
It seems to me Primefac has the right to withdraw and close his own move request if nobody else supported it. I know it's that way for AfDs anyway. But I'm involved so I won't revert you. Smartyllama ( talk) 15:42, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
Hi, I'm an admin in Azerbaijani Wikipedia. We were just wondering is it possible to create archivebot and patrol system for Az.Wikipedia? -- Azerifactory ( talk) 20:45, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
Books & Bytes
Issue 25, October – November 2017
Arabic, Korean and French versions of Books & Bytes are now available in meta!
Sent by MediaWiki message delivery on behalf of The Wikipedia Library team -- MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 18:57, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
As you are the protecting admin, can you please fix the double redirect to Catalan declaration of independence. Thanks. Pkbwcgs ( talk) 12:15, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
While I customarily don't question an admin action, I am curious to know why you imposed the block. Please respond at the ANI discussion. It's for my own future reference. Thank you in advance. Atsme 📞 📧 16:56, 20 December 2017 (UTC)
to you. Omnedon ( talk) 15:53, 23 December 2017 (UTC)
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