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Hi, I noticed that you were responsible for the block of Lukas19's account when he got a year ban. There is an editor to the White people who I believe to be a Lukas19 sockpuppet, it's really blatant. I have had numerous dealings with Lukas19 and am very familiar with him. The user is User:KarenAE contribs I am suspicious because:
This user may be editing from California, [23] [24] whereas Lukas19 claims to have edited from Nova Scotia. [25] So it may be that these IP addresses are different, though this does not mean that these are not the same person. Anyone can move from one end of continental America to the other for work etc. What do you think? I'd appreciate your help. All the best. Alun 07:05, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
Your rationale for speedy deletion of the article is improper by citing DMCA. Although it might violate DMCA by using the code to crack the protection of a DVD, the article is discussing the leak of such code and legal threats of such leak. Obviously, it is not a DMCA copyright violation and is possibly a legitimate topic. (This is why I chose to AfD it.)
I request you to reconsider your deletion. SYSS Mouse 03:25, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a Wikipedia:Deletion review of 09 F9 11 02 9D 74... Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. SYSS Mouse 00:59, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
[ that clerks had no sense of humour.]-- Tbeatty 08:32, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Old arb cases that you are tagging keep showing up on my watchlist. How many more are left? If there's a significant number, I think we can put in a bot request instead of doing it manually. Regards, Newyorkbrad 16:04, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Artaxiad attempted to communicate with me through Wikipedia email, trying to make a case against what he saw as biased edits, and asking me to make edits on articles. When I made it clear I would not, he proceeded to spam me - again through the Wikipedia mail system - by clicking 'send' 20 times.
I think it's clear at this point that a year in the penalty box will not 'reform' him; if there were no arbitration against him, I would have blocked him indef just now. Is there a way to remove his access to Wikipedia email? Sure, I could redirect his emails to the spam folder - and I have - but if he's going to do this against me, who didn't speak against him at his arbitration, I have no doubt he will harass others until he either runs out of Wikipedians, or finds someone who will act as a meatpuppet for him; both are bad outcomes. -- Golbez 02:14, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi Thatcher. Could you please have a look at the dispute I have with User:MarshallBagramyan? I know you must be tired of this, but I would appreciate an input from a neutral person. The dispute is on the fork article that he created, which is called Khachkar destruction in Nakhichevan, and it is about the resettlement of population of Nakhichevan by Shah Abbas I, the ruler of Persia, in 1604-5. Marshall reverts my edits to the article, which are based on reliable sources (including Armenian ones). He claims that the resettlement affected only Armenian people, while I provided many sources to attest that the entire population of Nakhichevan province (including Muslims, Jews and Christians) was resettled south of Araks during the Ottoman – Persian war. Marshall goes as far as blackmailing me, threatening to start an RfC on me, etc, in response to my request to reach agreement on talk for his controversial edits. In particular, he says: I'm not going to answer any further, the only answers you'll obtain about this is from a RfC filled against you. You are wasting my time. [28] I don’t think that such behavior is acceptable. I would appreciate if you could check the sources and tell us what you think. That might help to settle the issue. Regards, Grandmaster 05:12, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for blocking those sockpuppets.
Do you mind if I move the sockpuppet templates to the userpage rather then the user talkpage?
Please stop adding the Giano case to my and Kelly's self-desysoppings. I desysopped voluntarily and at no time was I ordered to do so, nor was it suggested to me that I should do so by Jimbo or any arbitrator. As far as I'm aware this is also the case with Kelly Martin. -- Tony Sidaway 08:14, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
Hello. I am being Harassed by Grandmaster, Atabek, and Elsanaturk. They go around reverting me, making comments on talk pages without even knowing what the discussion is about simply to attack me, making contradictory reverts just to revert my edits (as in I write something in an article based on their own source, and just to harass me, they revert me, they remove dispute tags from articles or sections (even though there is a dispute) and in another article, they contradict their own reason for reverting me on the other article). I have the diffs to show it. I still fail to see why these users have been allowed to stay (especially Atabek and Elsanaturk, who even used personal attacks and broke 1rr). I will provide the diffs if you want me to. Azerbaijani 19:54, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi. As you had done some minor investigation in his case, can you take a look at this ANI report that I made. Regards, - Aksi_great ( talk) 07:50, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for unblocking me. Unfortunately, my password was hacked and my admin powers stripped. I started with Wiki years ago and at that time did not even think that someone would want to hack into the Pedia to do some harm. Since then the Pedia has grown and is subject to such childish behavior of these hackers. I have changed my password, but would like my admin powers returned. I have never abused them and only used them when there is a persistent vandal. I invite you to look at my user page and you can see my dedication to the Pedia. Is there a place or someone to whom I can go to to request my Readmin? Tony the Marine 20:57, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
If you can cover the compromised accounts story, that would be great. -- Michael Snow 21:41, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for putting the article together, by the way. -- Michael Snow 22:46, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Glad you're unblocked and back in working order. Can you please either confirm that ActWonActToo (talk · contribs · logs · block user · block log) is your account, or tell us that it is an imposter so it can be blocked? Thanks. Thatcher131 22:43, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Thank you, yes it is my account. I'll make that known on it's userpage. KOS | talk 22:47, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Thatcher131, once again thank you. Your actions in this whole issue have been for the good of the Pedia. I now realize the harm done by my weak password and as you already know I accept my faults and blame no one else. As you also already know, my adminship has been restored. It was my darkest hour in the Pedia, but the amazing support and realization that I have many people who do like me and value my work here have brighten things up for me once more. Take care. Tony the Marine 02:14, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
User:Northmeister repeatedly removed quotes that included some critical remarks on Graceland from the Graceland article and included material that praises the National Historic Landmark in its stead. I do not think that this in line with NPOV. It is very interesting that User:Northmeister, who claims on his user page to be an Elvis fan, reappeared on the scene at exactly the same time when the many sockpuppets of User: Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo were revealed as edit warring with me on Elvis related topics. See [29]. Interestingly, Northmeister has not only removed material from the Graceland article but also the entire critical section on the "Elvis cult and its critics" together with many other sections from the Elvis Presley article. See [30] etc. Some of his edits may indeed make sense but others are not NPOV, as they clearly endeavor to suppress critical remarks concerning the subject. Just one example. Northmeister first removed this passage from Graceland claiming that the commentary was "not appropriate for opening" in order to substitute this one concerning trivia about Bush and Koizumi's visit in its stead. If the first commentary is "not appropriate for opening", then the other one he included is? I don't think so. Therefore, I have moved this material to another section of the article. I even created a new section entitled "National Historic Landmark". What happened? Northmeister repeatedly reverted the article to the version he prefers. See [31], [32]. He even says in the edit summary, "revert second reversion by user onefortyone ... without discussion." For the discussion, see [33]. It should also be noted that Northmeister mangled some direct quotes by removing these passages from the article. Similar tactics were also used by the sockpuppets of Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo. I would say this is not O.K. Do you have an idea what I can do? Could it even be that Northmeister is somehow related to the sockpuppets of Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo? To my mind there is some suspicion that a group of Elvis fans is endeavoring to whitewash Elvis related Wikipedia articles. Onefortyone 01:57, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
Interestingly, IP 24.165.212.202 claimed to be someone who knew Elvis all of his life. See [60]. IP 66.61.69.65 said that he is "in close contact with many of Elvis' friends, former employees and family." See [61]. Furthermore, the same IP is somehow related to entertainment reporter Bill E. Burk, who runs a fan site on Elvis, and to Elvis's former friends, the members of the Memphis Mafia (MM). See [62], [63]. Significantly, Northmeister says on his user page that he has been "a lifelong fan of Elvis Presley." He is attacking me when I endeavor to restore passages of text he has removed, calling my well-sourced contributions, without evidence, "trivial, dubious, incorrect quotations" and claiming that I "have some sort of agenda", as Wilkes and his many sockpuppets frequently did in the past when they deleted sourced material that was not in line with their personal opinion. See [64], [65], [66], [67], [68], [69]. This is certainly not a coincidence. All this suggests that an Elvis fan such as multiple hardbanned user Ted Wilkes alias User:DW, or perhaps a small group of Elvis fans under his leadership, has reappeared and is trying to whitewash the Elvis article by removing several well-sourced, but more critical, contributions. I think this is not O.K.
What the hell is this about? Andy Mabbett 11:23, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
Andy Mabbett - do you really think this kind if incessant chivvying (5 reminders in 7 days) is likely to trigger any kind of useful response from Thatcher131? Worldtraveller was criticised for this kind of behaviour (of a lesser magnitude - his comments to InShanee were much less frequent, and spread over a much longer period of time) in the InShaneee ArbCom case.
I guess you are asking for a response to your comment here, asking whether Thatcher131 is "aware of the history of those debates" (presumably "those debates" are the several discussions on ANI recently about your conduct in relation to infoboxes) and your invitation for Thatcher131 to "review" his "arbitrary, unwarranted and unjustified action".
Save for Pc1dmn's comment below, I see no reason for any kind of "review" to be required. I find it rather troubling that you are not taking this opportunity to review your own conduct, but rather continuing to insist that you are right and everyone else is wrong. (I suspect you will now tell me that I am mistaken about that, but there we are.) -- ALoan (Talk) 09:50, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
Hey - just wanted to say thanks for the article on Template:User committed identity in the signpost. I'm very glad people have found this useful, and it's always nice to see Cryptography get some attention. I made a few changes to the text, including replacing "key" with "commitment" (since "key" is a bad term to use, especially "secret key", for a piece of data that is actually public, and also to link to Commitment scheme which is really the technique being used). Mango juice talk 12:47, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
Hello, user Dacy69 violated his parole, and his argument is basically that Wikipedia rules dont apply to him: [70] I dont want to have to waste my time and debate Wikipedia's rules with him. I reported him for his parole violation and the comments speak for themselves. Azerbaijani 15:57, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks very much for covering for me - I really appreciate it. David Mestel( Talk) 16:42, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
By what divine right are you allowed to censor discussion of p*dophilia-related topics at WP:AN/I? Has the arbcom forgotten what "arbitration" means?? There is no policy that allows this. Please revert yourself. -Jillium 00:56, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Now User:Northmeister has gone too far! Sorry that I cannot assume good faith any more.
Query: why should Northmeister be so interested in this old stuff if he was not deeply involved in the edit war with me at that time?
Query: how should Northmeister, who, according to his contribution history, first visited Wikipedia on 5 February 2006, know that I posted such an expression more than two years ago, if he was not involved in the dispute at that time? The said edit of 2005 was immediately deleted by IP 66.61.69.65 alias Ted Wilkes. See [85].
To conclude: Northmeister's recent edit certainly proves that this user must be identical with hardbanned user Ted Wilkes alias Duisburg Dude alias User:DW alias alias IP 66.61.69.65 alias IP 24.165.212.202. 80.141.245.140 00:07, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi mate,
i see you´ve block me because of the trouble. Dear mate, we have no trouble more (Arian bro and me(Tajik-Professor)). He thought i am a person who claim himself Pashtun and i thought he was a Pashtun. Now it´s clear. Plz; unblock me again. Thanks and best regards -- 84.58.240.27 19:17, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
Can you please provide a detailed justification for blocking Gwen Gale? I'd like to see the evidence. Thanks, alanyst / talk/ 21:38, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
I have a question: when I try to look at the edit history of an article now, the display is totally different than it used to be, and it doesn't show the two text blocks with the changes in red like it used to. I see this on all the articles I attempt to view the changes of. Has there been some major change recently in the way this is done, or did I do something that caused the display toi change? Is there some way to change it back?
For instance, I looked at many changes an editor did to Timothy Leary, and can't see a before and after version. I tried making changes myself, and can't see before and after versions of them, either, just the beginnings of a few sentences. I made several changes, but I can only view part of what I did at the very beginning of the paragraph.
Did I miss something going on in Wikipedia while working on List of Marvel Comics mutants? Rosencomet 01:43, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
You may remember my endless quarrel with -jkb-. You have asked us both not to import here the drama from cs:. -jkb- breached this, that's why I ask you to ban him. — Zacheus Talk • Contributions • Edit counter 16:01, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
oh well, so see meta:Requests for CheckUser information#Cross check Commons / sk:wiki / en:wiki please (after deletion: [120]. -jkb- 16:29, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
Can I just clarify his revert parole please? Given that he was banned for a year, I would have assumed any other sanctions (such as the revert parole) would apply from the end of his ban not run concurrently? Thanks. One Night In Hackney 303 13:14, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
Your accusation of edit warring over the infobox on Sutton Coldfield is false and defamatory. Kindly remove it. Andy Mabbett 13:53, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
Calling someone a liar, to their face, is a clear personal attack. I'm sure Thatcher131 will not be too distraught, but edits like this are clear edit warring. The facts speak for themselves. (The fourth so-called "rv PoV vandalism" - if such a thing exists - made some different tweaks, but does not change the overall conclusion.) -- ALoan (Talk) 15:44, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
I like your idea about knowledgeable, trusted admins who perform closes of deletion reviews where Biography of living persons (BLP) is a factor. This would have to be limited perhaps to cases where BLP concerns have been justifiably and in good faith cited by the original deleting administrator.
This is an idea that would die in endless discussion if left to the community. Perhaps there would be a way in which arbitration committee could kickstart the process, at least by ruling that in areas of crucial policy the committee can appoint individuals to perform enforcement tasks. The Committee has in the past appointed mentors for individuals and for articles that need some kind of close supervision. The concept of policy mentors sounds a bit weird, but might work quite well as long as it's understood by all that the mentors can be challenged at arbitration. -- Tony Sidaway 22:19, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
Hello. You recently blocked user: Tajik indefinably on the allegetaion that he was using user: Tajik-Professor as a sockpuppet. That assumption was actually totally wrong and if you knew these two people, like I do, its totally ridiculous. I actually know both of them personally (off Wikipedia), and they are two different people. One is a Kabuli-Tajik, the other is a Herati-Tajik. user: Tajik is an older adult, while user: Tajik-Professor is a teenager (you can tell this by their edits but I know this personally). And they do both live in Germany. So I think what happened was you did a UserCheck on user: Tajik-Professer and saw a similar IP to his because they both live in Germany. Thus, user: Tajik was banned on a assumption (that two IPs from the same country are the same person), and so he should be unbanned. He is one of the best contributers I know of, just look at his awards and featured articles he's contributed to. He really should be unblocked as soon as possible. Please try to do that soon. Thank you. -- Behnam 05:54, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi Thatcher,
Thanks for the info. Here's my take on it - the Mitch Thrower article was pretty much a bio that he wrote, and I was trying to add other info. The reason that I thought the Cele|bitchy article was relevant was that he responded to it, and there was an actual quote by him on the page (as well as pictures he provided, etc.). If he put it out there, shouldn't it be cited?
Thanks for understanding that this is my first post on Wiki, BTW, and working to correct this. I appreciate your time.
-- Rwilco 22:00, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Which IP addresses was Tajik edit warring with? I have a watch on all articles he has a watch on so I would have seen it. I have seen a few IP edits which were just like user: Tajik-Professor's edits. There are no IP address edits of Tajik, I've known him for a year and he has never done that. If there are IP address which you think where his, please provide them and I will analyze their edits for you. -- Behnam 23:57, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
Please check Safavid dynasty. Tajik is edit warring as an anon 84.58.40.137. Check his contribs: [122] Grandmaster 13:10, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
I appear to have broken the number formatting at the Badlydrawnjeff Workshop. Not sure how - any chance you could take a look? -- YFB ¿ 20:59, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
Could you have a look at User:Pete K and User talk:Pete K, please? It looks to me like a combination of a soapbox, personal web page and personal attacks - but as I am one of the people being attacked I may not be completely objective. (Just saw that you're not full-on at the moment; I'll try to find an appropriate venue for this assuming you will not get to it.) Hgilbert 15:53, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the help on the RfA template. Where was it located? Tempshill 17:24, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
In fact I would love to have the entry on my name deleted! And USER:RWilco201's intent is clear as day - from his very first post.
I think Emily took most of the stuff out of the "About Mitch" section of my book which is published by Lyons Press, or other articles in business journals, or bios that are published on the companies I started web sites, etc. There is also a very detailed biographical interview that Betasway magazine ran at http://www.endorphinum.de/betasway/ in their third edition- on page 59.
But I don't agree with everything Emily posted, and was a bit shocked to find the personal details on Wiki - so I'm happy to have it all deleted.
It is important to note however that I did not substantially edit the page - I only changed two dates and eliminated the Celebitchy article because I found it offensive to see tabloid rumors on wiki.
So your quote about the Wiki Policies made my day - because of the insistence of the Vandal on posting that site. 'Other important policies are that content must be verifiable with reference to reliable sources, and maintain a Neutral point of view. Any content from a site like "celebitchy.com" obviously violates both BLP and the reliable source policies and should be removed immediately. Thank you for making this point very clear – I hope it sticks with the user that kept posting it.
Thanks again for your support. Long live Wiki!
Thatcher131 - one last thing - a tech group I am working with thinks they know who this user Rwilco201 is - is there anything in process where you can verify his identity, because it appears from our evidence to be a person we have identified with a personal grudge - a disgruntled person who poses threat of continued attempted slander. Can you contact me directly about this, and I can share with you the ip and trail evidence. We've collected everything he has posted here and the additional correspondence, and wonder if you have any recommendations or cases like this before that you have seen? Can you force voice to voice arbitration? My concern, as evidenced by his continued edit of the talk pages even after your strong resolve post to him today - is that he is going to continue to pop-up with his mission. A voice to voice arbitration would clear this up immidiatly. Thoughts?
The statements above would suggest that a good portion of the article was a copyvio from sources his neighbor found. Not sure how much of that you left over when you got done with pruning it. DarkAudit 14:56, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
I am writing to express deepest thanks for helping in this situation. I turned to ArbCom because I was getting desperate, in a "It's him or me" kind of way (I didn't raise that because I didn't want to seem like I was trying to force things to go my way). I have been absolutely puzzled by this trolling; not because of the trolling, per se, but because of its longevity and absolute obsession with me. I suppose it's always unnerving when a person exhibits unstable behavior directed at a person, but this has been odd behavior directed at me since March. Scribe has been a great help, and he has a lot of gratitude from me. But I was feeling the short blocks were not getting the IP to change their behavior, but focus it to WP:GAME policies and guidelines in more and more clever ways. As User:Thatcher131 pointed to a problem I was already encountering when trying to deal with each new IP manifestation of this User, that when I reported it to an admin, "Unfortunately, many admins who watch there will be unaware that this is an ongoing problem, and will react by suggesting that this is a content dispute that should be addressed by talking about it, or that it is not serious enough vandalism to block without first going through the warning levels." Exactly. What I needed I received, which was an unequivocal statement that this User is now banned, and a diff to show that regardless of what this User attempts to do, no matter the clever manner or gaming of policies and guidelines that make their trolling and vandalization not apparent, I can point to a conclusive judgment on them. This happened to day, when an admin e-mailed me about my reverting the IP's comments on my FA candidacy for Tompkins Square Park Police Riot (what the IP used as an example of my vandalizing on their talk page). This well-meaning admin wrote in an e-mail that my removal of this IP criticizing me and my "lies" as "Consider the act that the IP points to as vandalism by you. I hate to say it, but it looks like .... vandalism by you." I kept coming across this, and it was very frustrating, which is why I took so much time to reconstruct their relentless behavior in one location. So, I want to say thank you, thank you, thank you, for your help and understanding. This unbalanced behavior has been odd to witness, and to have myself be the focal point of it. It was also becoming too time-consuming and too frustrating when I have a lot of other things I want to contribute and work on with the website. I am also flattered by the admin suggestion; unfortunately, I don't think I have the best temperment for such a position (I don't know how you guys do it) and I relish focusing on using my creativity to improve the site. But I also have an artistic temperment. That said, Wikipedia's guidelines of behavior have not only improved my editing and relating on this website, but also in my own life. I find myself telling other people to "assume good faith" often ("Don't assume he didn't call you because he is playing games with you, assume good faith--maybe he's just really busy, or maybe someone died...you never know.") That's Wikipedia. Dave -- David Shankbone 04:54, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Thatcher131
Please see my post made today, Sunday, at about 9:00p.m. CA time to [ Rwilco201]
He will remove it quickly, so you have to go back because he's deleted all of the important discussion items on his talk page.
My question is, as a wiki guru, what are your thoughts on my request for him to call me to verify that he is indeed not a biased party.
Thanks for your thoughts.
Hi, Bosniak is promoting his personal blog on the Srebrenica massacre page. [125]
I will be publishing report about this tommorow in my next June 4th-dated article, so please make sure to visit tommorow and comment at Srebrenica genocide blog.
I have no problem that he does so on his userpage but I do feel that it's inappropriate that he uses wiki article talk pages to advertise it. Please remind him. Sincerely Osli73 13:17, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi. Please be aware of this: [126] and this: [127]. Thanks. Grandmaster 05:44, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
Looks very nice; thanks for catching on to the fact that I hadn't specified a notification method. Kirill Lokshin 01:09, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
Where do I post my submission for arbitration then User:Jurriaan 18:25 10 June 2007 (UTC)
"Apes and pigs is about as appropriate as "Coons and darkies" would be"
I have not read the article "Coons and darkies" so there is no way for me to know what it is.
Have you read "Apes and pigs" ? maybe the name is not appropriate and it should be moved to "decedents of Apes and Pigs" (I did a redirect to the shorter name.) In any case it was just pointed out that content with similar name is already included in another wikipedia article [128] so clearly the content is encyclopedic.
I suggest that the proper response is an AFD and I will vote to nerge it into the proper article. Zeq 15:12, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
[129] - not very polite by Ali but let's not open another debate not worth it. Zeq 15:46, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
I agree. I am more concern with Buckets' making accusations that are not founded and fdeciding by himslf, just after ArbCom had an opportunity to review all my behaviour over last year, to issue remedies that even ArbCom did not consider or voted down.
I did an edit that was in good faith. If I would have known that similar content already exist (in islam and Antisemitism) I would just redirected abnd expended there. Since I was not ware of that article I created the "apes and Pigs". As it turned out there is already a subsection about it. So the fact the subject is already covered show I was not doing anything un enecclopedic and an AFD or merge should have been in order. I fail to understand why any edit I make is reviwed with a clear assumption that I am not a good faith editor. To the cotraray - I need to comply with some of the most strict rules and observation in wimkipedia by a whole group that wants to ban me (since they don't agree with my viwes and with the fact I chalnage their views) Zeq 15:56, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Something triggered in my memory - wasn't this what the RFCU case page move-war was about? My memory is a bit hazy, so maybe I'm getting confused. Daniel 08:45, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I'm experiencing some disruptive behavior from Tommy Mandell's on the talk:Systems theory page. He uses different anonymous IP adresses, doesn't respond to remarks, gives twisted information and uses the talk page as his own sandbox.
Now I've search through different information regarding his previous behavour, and I have seen that there is a lot more to it. What I didn't understand is the decisions made by the Wikipedia Administration regarding Tom Mandel. Is he (the person) on 3 december 20006 banned for ever from making edits to scientific and pseudoscientific articles?
On the Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Pseudoscience I have seen that you blocked user:Tom Mandel 2 months ago, so that is why I adress this question to you. I hope you can tell me some more about this, what I can do or else who I have to ask. Thanks - Mdd 20:30, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi. We have a problem here [131]. User Hetoum I is edit warring using sock IPs and allowed himself a verbal attack on wiki editor: "nice try loser, quit vandalism". Your attention would be appreciated. Thanks. Zondi 07:14, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi. You banned Nrcprm2026 (James S) from global warming for his editing there. He is (in my opinion) behaving tendentiously on the talk page there and on Greenhouse gas. Do you care to look into this? William M. Connolley 12:46, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Many of the unsourced images of Elvis books, movie posters, albums and DVDs, to which User:Northmeister is now desperately adding fair use rationales, because a bot said that these images are about to be deleted (see [132], [133]), were created by Ted Wilkes. See [134], [135], [136], [137], [138], [139], [140], [141], [142], [143], [144], [145], etc. See also Northmeister's reaction to the messages of the bot. It should be noted in this connection that Wilkes and his alias User:DW were banned from Wikipedia for massively uploading copyrighted images under the pretence they were free. See also these bot messages on Wilkes's talk page. This supports the suspicion that Nothmeister is identical with Wilkes. 80.141.200.131 23:01, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for setting up the page. I had thought about doing this, but the last time we had a summary ArbCom action without a full case, in the Robdurbar matter, the consensus was not to bother setting up a casepage after-the-fact. I suppose this one is more likely to need to be linked to later, though, including the log if there are any violations, so I agree this is the best way to handle it. Regards, Newyorkbrad 15:04, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Thatcher, I would like to ask for your help at Safavid dynasty. We had long row of disputes on this page, and finally a more or less stable version of the page was achieved about a month ago. Now banned user Tajik creates innumerous anon IP socks and vandalizes the page, without any discussion on talk page. The anon IP edits are often endorsed only by User:Hajji Piruz (formerly User:Azerbaijani), who is engaged in heavy edit warring after ArbCom on several pages and tries hard to spoil consensus version. I posted my suspicion about one registered user, which is an obvious meatpuppet of Tajik [150], but it was declined. Immediately after, Tajik got encouraged and started another anon IP attack [151] from 82.83.138.73. Can you please, help address this issue. I don't think we want to go back to point 0 on this article, just because of anon IP socks. Thanks in advance for your attention. Atabek 16:16, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Hello. As you know, Atabek and I were involved in the arbcom. Is there anyway we can re-open the arbcom with just Atabek and I, because our dispute doesnt really have anything to do with the other users or Armenia-Azerbaijan things, its mostly about attacks, accusations, disruptive behaviors, etc...The reason I ask is because I was thinking of doing an RFC but it said that an RFC may lead to arbitration anyway. Hajji Piruz 14:36, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Apologies for that IP address unblock declined thing. I had read through the talk page, and wrongly assumed he was banned. Sorry about that. I must be more careful when dealing with {{ unblock}} requests. -- SunStar Net talk 12:12, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I'd accept. I'll be going on a wikibreak starting in three days and ending in early July, so I suppose this might affect timing. I see you've also asked David and Penwhale, and I don't want to hold them up; if my presence is required to answer any questions or something else that requires me being anywhere near an internet connection, go ahead with those two only and I'll be available again at the end of the aforementioned break. Picaroon (Talk) 04:14, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
Yes, thanks for your confidence, and for generally giving me the opportunity to help out, which has been fun. I'll be away in sunny Birmingham the 16th to the 21st of July, so ditto what Picaroon said. David Mestel( Talk) 15:32, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi Thatcher131,
it seems that you blocked the IP address 83.171.157.11 on October 10 2006 indefinitely with the rationale "tor exit node, anon only". I'd like you to know that this address (as the whole address range 83.171.144.0/20) is a dynamically assigned dial-up IP of M-net Telekommunikations GmbH (a regional access provider in the south of Germany). Not very surprisingly, checking the Torstatus at [155] reveals that this IP is "NOT an active Tor server". (Well it's me using this address at the moment of writing ...)
I hope you agree that an indefinite block of a dynamic IP for being a Tor node is rather pointless and thus i formally request this block to be lifted. (Yes i know that this block is anon only and might not concern me as being logged in, but i think this block is an error nevertheless.)
Kind regards, -- Rotkraut 16:18, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
You have mail. Moreschi Talk 13:44, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi. Thanks for the lock on the article. I was wondering, I hated the fact there was a revert war going on. Is there a venue for me to report this? I would prefer that to constantly editing these things. Thanks. Ccrashh 17:12, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
Hello,
An Arbitration case in which you commented has been opened: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Zacheus-jkb. Please add any evidence you may wish the Arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Zacheus-jkb/Evidence. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Zacheus-jkb/Workshop.
On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, Picaroon (Talk) 20:30, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of TerrorStorm. You might want to participate in the deletion review. — Xiutwel (talk) 21:17, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
Surely A Mabbett is in breach of something or other here? Or does the 1 revert per week not apply to user space? Is the material he wishes to retain 'inappropriate content'? (If so the 3 reverts rule does seem to apply to user-space.) Occuli 13:33, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
I reverted the revert! I just got all confused by Moe's striking out the comments. It looks like there was no expiry date on the revert parole, and if there was a year-long one, it wouldn't be lifted until Monday. But maybe Moe saw something I didn't. I'll edit the log. -- Merope 19:45, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
I sympathise fully with those wishing to seek wikibreaks. If you do have a minute, I'd be grateful if you could put a prominent sentence somewhere stating exactly what the present conditions are on user:Pigsonthewing - as far as I know these are - indefinite probation, 1 revert per week per article ... what exactly is meant by 'article', in particular does this apply in his own user space, and/or in user space generally? (Eg this between 14 and 21 June and this 13 to 20 June.) -- roundhouse0 13:54, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
It's redlink. Shouldn't you be back now? - Penwhale | Blast him / Follow his steps 05:08, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
I think this is a necessary case given Mark Kim's continued editing as an IP address. But...I suppose the ArbCom has indirectly spoken. hbdragon88 20:24, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
Earlier, in response to my post at the ANI about Cberlet, you raised the issue of COI. I could see the possibility of Cberlet and also Dking editing these articles without violation of COI if they were civil, prudent and well-behaved. However, they are both uncivil and constantly trying to intimidate editors who disagree with them. I am concerned also that Will Beback acts as an enabler for them; the pro-LaRouche editors can be pretty vociferous, but Will only seems to notice the bad behavior coming from the LaRouche camp, while constantly thanking Cberlet and Dking for their efforts and turning a blind eye to all of their tendentiousness. I'm not sure what to do about this and I would appreciate any advice you have to offer. -- Marvin Diode 06:41, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
Please look at the discussion on Democide deletion [156] and let me know if I am in the wrong. I'm in a one-editor vs. the mob battle against a neologism. Abe Froman 03:01, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
I hope you realize that I have been falsely accused of being a nazi by him. I want something done about this but it seems that not many people have done much about him. Kingjeff 21:02, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
How about letting the community determine his fate. Are you insulted that community sanctions are beyond a administrator's control? Kingjeff 17:20, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
Template:Crystalball has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. Sala Skan 20:50, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
As a clerk in my ex-Pending ArbCom case "FeloniousMonk" [158], I just wanted to note that I consider it improper that:
And finally, I would like to note that my banning indefinitely for making complaints (not disputed) that were generally not investigated, or ignored, looks rather one-sided, and the unsubstantiated comments against me amount to Character assassination User:iantresman -- 84.9.191.165 09:30, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
In regards to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman, I'd like to say that even though I disagree with you categorically in this particular case, I still highly respect your work in general. -- AnonEMouse (squeak) 17:46, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
I realize that I may not get a response to this because of your Wikibreak, but I found your earlier advice useful and I wanted to bring this to your attention. I had spoken with you about tendentious editing by Dking and Cberlet, and now I learn that NathanDW, who had approached me about their behavior, has been indefinately blocked for restoring an external link that had been removed without explanation at the article Chip Berlet. He made a request for an explanation on the talk page and made no further effort to restore the link after he received an explanation. This is amazing. Cberlet makes more questionable BLP edits in an hour than NathanDW makes in a year -- yet NathanDW gets permanently blocked, and Cberlet doesn't even get a warning. I am shocked at this disproportionate punishment. -- Marvin Diode 12:43, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
Sorry. I had forgotten that Picaroon had joined your ranks. Thank you for the note. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 18:58, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
I commend you for your comments, though if you read my entry we disagree on notability. At least you did not insult me like Hersford did. Quidam65 03:27, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
Hi. I've asked the arbitrators on the RFAR talk page if I could edit the evidence template to be more helpful to newbies about diffs and links. The arbs that have replied have been all for it, but UC commented that the template "belongs to the clerks". So perhaps you might like to take a look at my suggestion and post a comment? Bishonen | talk 10:19, 28 July 2007 (UTC).
Did you notice that your AfD nomination for Oscar (cat)] was quickly closed within the day? Your initial --~~~~ timestamps at 03:09, 27 July 2007 (UTC). User:Raul654 closed it at 18:32, 27 July 2007 (UTC), which essentially gave your AfD a 15 hour window. While it does seem that popular opinion was against your objections, I don't believe you were given the full benefits of the Deletion policy. -- 293.xx.xxx.xx 11:43, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
White Cat has filed the above RfC over longstanding and unresolved issues with Ned's conduct. -- Tony Sidaway 19:18, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
" I agree that Ned Scott appears to be stalking White Cat for reasons unrelated to editing his sig in old archives,"
Huh? Where else have I interacted with him? I can understand if you disagree with me having a reason to revert him, but in no way was I stalking him or following his edits outside of the sig changes. -- Ned Scott 20:37, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Hi, I noticed that you were responsible for the block of Lukas19's account when he got a year ban. There is an editor to the White people who I believe to be a Lukas19 sockpuppet, it's really blatant. I have had numerous dealings with Lukas19 and am very familiar with him. The user is User:KarenAE contribs I am suspicious because:
This user may be editing from California, [23] [24] whereas Lukas19 claims to have edited from Nova Scotia. [25] So it may be that these IP addresses are different, though this does not mean that these are not the same person. Anyone can move from one end of continental America to the other for work etc. What do you think? I'd appreciate your help. All the best. Alun 07:05, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
Your rationale for speedy deletion of the article is improper by citing DMCA. Although it might violate DMCA by using the code to crack the protection of a DVD, the article is discussing the leak of such code and legal threats of such leak. Obviously, it is not a DMCA copyright violation and is possibly a legitimate topic. (This is why I chose to AfD it.)
I request you to reconsider your deletion. SYSS Mouse 03:25, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a Wikipedia:Deletion review of 09 F9 11 02 9D 74... Since you closed the deletion discussion for this article or speedy-deleted it, you might want to participate in the deletion review. SYSS Mouse 00:59, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
[ that clerks had no sense of humour.]-- Tbeatty 08:32, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Old arb cases that you are tagging keep showing up on my watchlist. How many more are left? If there's a significant number, I think we can put in a bot request instead of doing it manually. Regards, Newyorkbrad 16:04, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Artaxiad attempted to communicate with me through Wikipedia email, trying to make a case against what he saw as biased edits, and asking me to make edits on articles. When I made it clear I would not, he proceeded to spam me - again through the Wikipedia mail system - by clicking 'send' 20 times.
I think it's clear at this point that a year in the penalty box will not 'reform' him; if there were no arbitration against him, I would have blocked him indef just now. Is there a way to remove his access to Wikipedia email? Sure, I could redirect his emails to the spam folder - and I have - but if he's going to do this against me, who didn't speak against him at his arbitration, I have no doubt he will harass others until he either runs out of Wikipedians, or finds someone who will act as a meatpuppet for him; both are bad outcomes. -- Golbez 02:14, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi Thatcher. Could you please have a look at the dispute I have with User:MarshallBagramyan? I know you must be tired of this, but I would appreciate an input from a neutral person. The dispute is on the fork article that he created, which is called Khachkar destruction in Nakhichevan, and it is about the resettlement of population of Nakhichevan by Shah Abbas I, the ruler of Persia, in 1604-5. Marshall reverts my edits to the article, which are based on reliable sources (including Armenian ones). He claims that the resettlement affected only Armenian people, while I provided many sources to attest that the entire population of Nakhichevan province (including Muslims, Jews and Christians) was resettled south of Araks during the Ottoman – Persian war. Marshall goes as far as blackmailing me, threatening to start an RfC on me, etc, in response to my request to reach agreement on talk for his controversial edits. In particular, he says: I'm not going to answer any further, the only answers you'll obtain about this is from a RfC filled against you. You are wasting my time. [28] I don’t think that such behavior is acceptable. I would appreciate if you could check the sources and tell us what you think. That might help to settle the issue. Regards, Grandmaster 05:12, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for blocking those sockpuppets.
Do you mind if I move the sockpuppet templates to the userpage rather then the user talkpage?
Please stop adding the Giano case to my and Kelly's self-desysoppings. I desysopped voluntarily and at no time was I ordered to do so, nor was it suggested to me that I should do so by Jimbo or any arbitrator. As far as I'm aware this is also the case with Kelly Martin. -- Tony Sidaway 08:14, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
Hello. I am being Harassed by Grandmaster, Atabek, and Elsanaturk. They go around reverting me, making comments on talk pages without even knowing what the discussion is about simply to attack me, making contradictory reverts just to revert my edits (as in I write something in an article based on their own source, and just to harass me, they revert me, they remove dispute tags from articles or sections (even though there is a dispute) and in another article, they contradict their own reason for reverting me on the other article). I have the diffs to show it. I still fail to see why these users have been allowed to stay (especially Atabek and Elsanaturk, who even used personal attacks and broke 1rr). I will provide the diffs if you want me to. Azerbaijani 19:54, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi. As you had done some minor investigation in his case, can you take a look at this ANI report that I made. Regards, - Aksi_great ( talk) 07:50, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for unblocking me. Unfortunately, my password was hacked and my admin powers stripped. I started with Wiki years ago and at that time did not even think that someone would want to hack into the Pedia to do some harm. Since then the Pedia has grown and is subject to such childish behavior of these hackers. I have changed my password, but would like my admin powers returned. I have never abused them and only used them when there is a persistent vandal. I invite you to look at my user page and you can see my dedication to the Pedia. Is there a place or someone to whom I can go to to request my Readmin? Tony the Marine 20:57, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
If you can cover the compromised accounts story, that would be great. -- Michael Snow 21:41, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for putting the article together, by the way. -- Michael Snow 22:46, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Glad you're unblocked and back in working order. Can you please either confirm that ActWonActToo (talk · contribs · logs · block user · block log) is your account, or tell us that it is an imposter so it can be blocked? Thanks. Thatcher131 22:43, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Thank you, yes it is my account. I'll make that known on it's userpage. KOS | talk 22:47, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
Thatcher131, once again thank you. Your actions in this whole issue have been for the good of the Pedia. I now realize the harm done by my weak password and as you already know I accept my faults and blame no one else. As you also already know, my adminship has been restored. It was my darkest hour in the Pedia, but the amazing support and realization that I have many people who do like me and value my work here have brighten things up for me once more. Take care. Tony the Marine 02:14, 9 May 2007 (UTC)
User:Northmeister repeatedly removed quotes that included some critical remarks on Graceland from the Graceland article and included material that praises the National Historic Landmark in its stead. I do not think that this in line with NPOV. It is very interesting that User:Northmeister, who claims on his user page to be an Elvis fan, reappeared on the scene at exactly the same time when the many sockpuppets of User: Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo were revealed as edit warring with me on Elvis related topics. See [29]. Interestingly, Northmeister has not only removed material from the Graceland article but also the entire critical section on the "Elvis cult and its critics" together with many other sections from the Elvis Presley article. See [30] etc. Some of his edits may indeed make sense but others are not NPOV, as they clearly endeavor to suppress critical remarks concerning the subject. Just one example. Northmeister first removed this passage from Graceland claiming that the commentary was "not appropriate for opening" in order to substitute this one concerning trivia about Bush and Koizumi's visit in its stead. If the first commentary is "not appropriate for opening", then the other one he included is? I don't think so. Therefore, I have moved this material to another section of the article. I even created a new section entitled "National Historic Landmark". What happened? Northmeister repeatedly reverted the article to the version he prefers. See [31], [32]. He even says in the edit summary, "revert second reversion by user onefortyone ... without discussion." For the discussion, see [33]. It should also be noted that Northmeister mangled some direct quotes by removing these passages from the article. Similar tactics were also used by the sockpuppets of Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo. I would say this is not O.K. Do you have an idea what I can do? Could it even be that Northmeister is somehow related to the sockpuppets of Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo? To my mind there is some suspicion that a group of Elvis fans is endeavoring to whitewash Elvis related Wikipedia articles. Onefortyone 01:57, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
Interestingly, IP 24.165.212.202 claimed to be someone who knew Elvis all of his life. See [60]. IP 66.61.69.65 said that he is "in close contact with many of Elvis' friends, former employees and family." See [61]. Furthermore, the same IP is somehow related to entertainment reporter Bill E. Burk, who runs a fan site on Elvis, and to Elvis's former friends, the members of the Memphis Mafia (MM). See [62], [63]. Significantly, Northmeister says on his user page that he has been "a lifelong fan of Elvis Presley." He is attacking me when I endeavor to restore passages of text he has removed, calling my well-sourced contributions, without evidence, "trivial, dubious, incorrect quotations" and claiming that I "have some sort of agenda", as Wilkes and his many sockpuppets frequently did in the past when they deleted sourced material that was not in line with their personal opinion. See [64], [65], [66], [67], [68], [69]. This is certainly not a coincidence. All this suggests that an Elvis fan such as multiple hardbanned user Ted Wilkes alias User:DW, or perhaps a small group of Elvis fans under his leadership, has reappeared and is trying to whitewash the Elvis article by removing several well-sourced, but more critical, contributions. I think this is not O.K.
What the hell is this about? Andy Mabbett 11:23, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
Andy Mabbett - do you really think this kind if incessant chivvying (5 reminders in 7 days) is likely to trigger any kind of useful response from Thatcher131? Worldtraveller was criticised for this kind of behaviour (of a lesser magnitude - his comments to InShanee were much less frequent, and spread over a much longer period of time) in the InShaneee ArbCom case.
I guess you are asking for a response to your comment here, asking whether Thatcher131 is "aware of the history of those debates" (presumably "those debates" are the several discussions on ANI recently about your conduct in relation to infoboxes) and your invitation for Thatcher131 to "review" his "arbitrary, unwarranted and unjustified action".
Save for Pc1dmn's comment below, I see no reason for any kind of "review" to be required. I find it rather troubling that you are not taking this opportunity to review your own conduct, but rather continuing to insist that you are right and everyone else is wrong. (I suspect you will now tell me that I am mistaken about that, but there we are.) -- ALoan (Talk) 09:50, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
Hey - just wanted to say thanks for the article on Template:User committed identity in the signpost. I'm very glad people have found this useful, and it's always nice to see Cryptography get some attention. I made a few changes to the text, including replacing "key" with "commitment" (since "key" is a bad term to use, especially "secret key", for a piece of data that is actually public, and also to link to Commitment scheme which is really the technique being used). Mango juice talk 12:47, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
Hello, user Dacy69 violated his parole, and his argument is basically that Wikipedia rules dont apply to him: [70] I dont want to have to waste my time and debate Wikipedia's rules with him. I reported him for his parole violation and the comments speak for themselves. Azerbaijani 15:57, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks very much for covering for me - I really appreciate it. David Mestel( Talk) 16:42, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
By what divine right are you allowed to censor discussion of p*dophilia-related topics at WP:AN/I? Has the arbcom forgotten what "arbitration" means?? There is no policy that allows this. Please revert yourself. -Jillium 00:56, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Now User:Northmeister has gone too far! Sorry that I cannot assume good faith any more.
Query: why should Northmeister be so interested in this old stuff if he was not deeply involved in the edit war with me at that time?
Query: how should Northmeister, who, according to his contribution history, first visited Wikipedia on 5 February 2006, know that I posted such an expression more than two years ago, if he was not involved in the dispute at that time? The said edit of 2005 was immediately deleted by IP 66.61.69.65 alias Ted Wilkes. See [85].
To conclude: Northmeister's recent edit certainly proves that this user must be identical with hardbanned user Ted Wilkes alias Duisburg Dude alias User:DW alias alias IP 66.61.69.65 alias IP 24.165.212.202. 80.141.245.140 00:07, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi mate,
i see you´ve block me because of the trouble. Dear mate, we have no trouble more (Arian bro and me(Tajik-Professor)). He thought i am a person who claim himself Pashtun and i thought he was a Pashtun. Now it´s clear. Plz; unblock me again. Thanks and best regards -- 84.58.240.27 19:17, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
Can you please provide a detailed justification for blocking Gwen Gale? I'd like to see the evidence. Thanks, alanyst / talk/ 21:38, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
I have a question: when I try to look at the edit history of an article now, the display is totally different than it used to be, and it doesn't show the two text blocks with the changes in red like it used to. I see this on all the articles I attempt to view the changes of. Has there been some major change recently in the way this is done, or did I do something that caused the display toi change? Is there some way to change it back?
For instance, I looked at many changes an editor did to Timothy Leary, and can't see a before and after version. I tried making changes myself, and can't see before and after versions of them, either, just the beginnings of a few sentences. I made several changes, but I can only view part of what I did at the very beginning of the paragraph.
Did I miss something going on in Wikipedia while working on List of Marvel Comics mutants? Rosencomet 01:43, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
You may remember my endless quarrel with -jkb-. You have asked us both not to import here the drama from cs:. -jkb- breached this, that's why I ask you to ban him. — Zacheus Talk • Contributions • Edit counter 16:01, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
oh well, so see meta:Requests for CheckUser information#Cross check Commons / sk:wiki / en:wiki please (after deletion: [120]. -jkb- 16:29, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
Can I just clarify his revert parole please? Given that he was banned for a year, I would have assumed any other sanctions (such as the revert parole) would apply from the end of his ban not run concurrently? Thanks. One Night In Hackney 303 13:14, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
Your accusation of edit warring over the infobox on Sutton Coldfield is false and defamatory. Kindly remove it. Andy Mabbett 13:53, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
Calling someone a liar, to their face, is a clear personal attack. I'm sure Thatcher131 will not be too distraught, but edits like this are clear edit warring. The facts speak for themselves. (The fourth so-called "rv PoV vandalism" - if such a thing exists - made some different tweaks, but does not change the overall conclusion.) -- ALoan (Talk) 15:44, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
I like your idea about knowledgeable, trusted admins who perform closes of deletion reviews where Biography of living persons (BLP) is a factor. This would have to be limited perhaps to cases where BLP concerns have been justifiably and in good faith cited by the original deleting administrator.
This is an idea that would die in endless discussion if left to the community. Perhaps there would be a way in which arbitration committee could kickstart the process, at least by ruling that in areas of crucial policy the committee can appoint individuals to perform enforcement tasks. The Committee has in the past appointed mentors for individuals and for articles that need some kind of close supervision. The concept of policy mentors sounds a bit weird, but might work quite well as long as it's understood by all that the mentors can be challenged at arbitration. -- Tony Sidaway 22:19, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
Hello. You recently blocked user: Tajik indefinably on the allegetaion that he was using user: Tajik-Professor as a sockpuppet. That assumption was actually totally wrong and if you knew these two people, like I do, its totally ridiculous. I actually know both of them personally (off Wikipedia), and they are two different people. One is a Kabuli-Tajik, the other is a Herati-Tajik. user: Tajik is an older adult, while user: Tajik-Professor is a teenager (you can tell this by their edits but I know this personally). And they do both live in Germany. So I think what happened was you did a UserCheck on user: Tajik-Professer and saw a similar IP to his because they both live in Germany. Thus, user: Tajik was banned on a assumption (that two IPs from the same country are the same person), and so he should be unbanned. He is one of the best contributers I know of, just look at his awards and featured articles he's contributed to. He really should be unblocked as soon as possible. Please try to do that soon. Thank you. -- Behnam 05:54, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi Thatcher,
Thanks for the info. Here's my take on it - the Mitch Thrower article was pretty much a bio that he wrote, and I was trying to add other info. The reason that I thought the Cele|bitchy article was relevant was that he responded to it, and there was an actual quote by him on the page (as well as pictures he provided, etc.). If he put it out there, shouldn't it be cited?
Thanks for understanding that this is my first post on Wiki, BTW, and working to correct this. I appreciate your time.
-- Rwilco 22:00, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Which IP addresses was Tajik edit warring with? I have a watch on all articles he has a watch on so I would have seen it. I have seen a few IP edits which were just like user: Tajik-Professor's edits. There are no IP address edits of Tajik, I've known him for a year and he has never done that. If there are IP address which you think where his, please provide them and I will analyze their edits for you. -- Behnam 23:57, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
Please check Safavid dynasty. Tajik is edit warring as an anon 84.58.40.137. Check his contribs: [122] Grandmaster 13:10, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
I appear to have broken the number formatting at the Badlydrawnjeff Workshop. Not sure how - any chance you could take a look? -- YFB ¿ 20:59, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
Could you have a look at User:Pete K and User talk:Pete K, please? It looks to me like a combination of a soapbox, personal web page and personal attacks - but as I am one of the people being attacked I may not be completely objective. (Just saw that you're not full-on at the moment; I'll try to find an appropriate venue for this assuming you will not get to it.) Hgilbert 15:53, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the help on the RfA template. Where was it located? Tempshill 17:24, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
In fact I would love to have the entry on my name deleted! And USER:RWilco201's intent is clear as day - from his very first post.
I think Emily took most of the stuff out of the "About Mitch" section of my book which is published by Lyons Press, or other articles in business journals, or bios that are published on the companies I started web sites, etc. There is also a very detailed biographical interview that Betasway magazine ran at http://www.endorphinum.de/betasway/ in their third edition- on page 59.
But I don't agree with everything Emily posted, and was a bit shocked to find the personal details on Wiki - so I'm happy to have it all deleted.
It is important to note however that I did not substantially edit the page - I only changed two dates and eliminated the Celebitchy article because I found it offensive to see tabloid rumors on wiki.
So your quote about the Wiki Policies made my day - because of the insistence of the Vandal on posting that site. 'Other important policies are that content must be verifiable with reference to reliable sources, and maintain a Neutral point of view. Any content from a site like "celebitchy.com" obviously violates both BLP and the reliable source policies and should be removed immediately. Thank you for making this point very clear – I hope it sticks with the user that kept posting it.
Thanks again for your support. Long live Wiki!
Thatcher131 - one last thing - a tech group I am working with thinks they know who this user Rwilco201 is - is there anything in process where you can verify his identity, because it appears from our evidence to be a person we have identified with a personal grudge - a disgruntled person who poses threat of continued attempted slander. Can you contact me directly about this, and I can share with you the ip and trail evidence. We've collected everything he has posted here and the additional correspondence, and wonder if you have any recommendations or cases like this before that you have seen? Can you force voice to voice arbitration? My concern, as evidenced by his continued edit of the talk pages even after your strong resolve post to him today - is that he is going to continue to pop-up with his mission. A voice to voice arbitration would clear this up immidiatly. Thoughts?
The statements above would suggest that a good portion of the article was a copyvio from sources his neighbor found. Not sure how much of that you left over when you got done with pruning it. DarkAudit 14:56, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
I am writing to express deepest thanks for helping in this situation. I turned to ArbCom because I was getting desperate, in a "It's him or me" kind of way (I didn't raise that because I didn't want to seem like I was trying to force things to go my way). I have been absolutely puzzled by this trolling; not because of the trolling, per se, but because of its longevity and absolute obsession with me. I suppose it's always unnerving when a person exhibits unstable behavior directed at a person, but this has been odd behavior directed at me since March. Scribe has been a great help, and he has a lot of gratitude from me. But I was feeling the short blocks were not getting the IP to change their behavior, but focus it to WP:GAME policies and guidelines in more and more clever ways. As User:Thatcher131 pointed to a problem I was already encountering when trying to deal with each new IP manifestation of this User, that when I reported it to an admin, "Unfortunately, many admins who watch there will be unaware that this is an ongoing problem, and will react by suggesting that this is a content dispute that should be addressed by talking about it, or that it is not serious enough vandalism to block without first going through the warning levels." Exactly. What I needed I received, which was an unequivocal statement that this User is now banned, and a diff to show that regardless of what this User attempts to do, no matter the clever manner or gaming of policies and guidelines that make their trolling and vandalization not apparent, I can point to a conclusive judgment on them. This happened to day, when an admin e-mailed me about my reverting the IP's comments on my FA candidacy for Tompkins Square Park Police Riot (what the IP used as an example of my vandalizing on their talk page). This well-meaning admin wrote in an e-mail that my removal of this IP criticizing me and my "lies" as "Consider the act that the IP points to as vandalism by you. I hate to say it, but it looks like .... vandalism by you." I kept coming across this, and it was very frustrating, which is why I took so much time to reconstruct their relentless behavior in one location. So, I want to say thank you, thank you, thank you, for your help and understanding. This unbalanced behavior has been odd to witness, and to have myself be the focal point of it. It was also becoming too time-consuming and too frustrating when I have a lot of other things I want to contribute and work on with the website. I am also flattered by the admin suggestion; unfortunately, I don't think I have the best temperment for such a position (I don't know how you guys do it) and I relish focusing on using my creativity to improve the site. But I also have an artistic temperment. That said, Wikipedia's guidelines of behavior have not only improved my editing and relating on this website, but also in my own life. I find myself telling other people to "assume good faith" often ("Don't assume he didn't call you because he is playing games with you, assume good faith--maybe he's just really busy, or maybe someone died...you never know.") That's Wikipedia. Dave -- David Shankbone 04:54, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Thatcher131
Please see my post made today, Sunday, at about 9:00p.m. CA time to [ Rwilco201]
He will remove it quickly, so you have to go back because he's deleted all of the important discussion items on his talk page.
My question is, as a wiki guru, what are your thoughts on my request for him to call me to verify that he is indeed not a biased party.
Thanks for your thoughts.
Hi, Bosniak is promoting his personal blog on the Srebrenica massacre page. [125]
I will be publishing report about this tommorow in my next June 4th-dated article, so please make sure to visit tommorow and comment at Srebrenica genocide blog.
I have no problem that he does so on his userpage but I do feel that it's inappropriate that he uses wiki article talk pages to advertise it. Please remind him. Sincerely Osli73 13:17, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi. Please be aware of this: [126] and this: [127]. Thanks. Grandmaster 05:44, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
Looks very nice; thanks for catching on to the fact that I hadn't specified a notification method. Kirill Lokshin 01:09, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
Where do I post my submission for arbitration then User:Jurriaan 18:25 10 June 2007 (UTC)
"Apes and pigs is about as appropriate as "Coons and darkies" would be"
I have not read the article "Coons and darkies" so there is no way for me to know what it is.
Have you read "Apes and pigs" ? maybe the name is not appropriate and it should be moved to "decedents of Apes and Pigs" (I did a redirect to the shorter name.) In any case it was just pointed out that content with similar name is already included in another wikipedia article [128] so clearly the content is encyclopedic.
I suggest that the proper response is an AFD and I will vote to nerge it into the proper article. Zeq 15:12, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
[129] - not very polite by Ali but let's not open another debate not worth it. Zeq 15:46, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
I agree. I am more concern with Buckets' making accusations that are not founded and fdeciding by himslf, just after ArbCom had an opportunity to review all my behaviour over last year, to issue remedies that even ArbCom did not consider or voted down.
I did an edit that was in good faith. If I would have known that similar content already exist (in islam and Antisemitism) I would just redirected abnd expended there. Since I was not ware of that article I created the "apes and Pigs". As it turned out there is already a subsection about it. So the fact the subject is already covered show I was not doing anything un enecclopedic and an AFD or merge should have been in order. I fail to understand why any edit I make is reviwed with a clear assumption that I am not a good faith editor. To the cotraray - I need to comply with some of the most strict rules and observation in wimkipedia by a whole group that wants to ban me (since they don't agree with my viwes and with the fact I chalnage their views) Zeq 15:56, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Something triggered in my memory - wasn't this what the RFCU case page move-war was about? My memory is a bit hazy, so maybe I'm getting confused. Daniel 08:45, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I'm experiencing some disruptive behavior from Tommy Mandell's on the talk:Systems theory page. He uses different anonymous IP adresses, doesn't respond to remarks, gives twisted information and uses the talk page as his own sandbox.
Now I've search through different information regarding his previous behavour, and I have seen that there is a lot more to it. What I didn't understand is the decisions made by the Wikipedia Administration regarding Tom Mandel. Is he (the person) on 3 december 20006 banned for ever from making edits to scientific and pseudoscientific articles?
On the Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Pseudoscience I have seen that you blocked user:Tom Mandel 2 months ago, so that is why I adress this question to you. I hope you can tell me some more about this, what I can do or else who I have to ask. Thanks - Mdd 20:30, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi. We have a problem here [131]. User Hetoum I is edit warring using sock IPs and allowed himself a verbal attack on wiki editor: "nice try loser, quit vandalism". Your attention would be appreciated. Thanks. Zondi 07:14, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi. You banned Nrcprm2026 (James S) from global warming for his editing there. He is (in my opinion) behaving tendentiously on the talk page there and on Greenhouse gas. Do you care to look into this? William M. Connolley 12:46, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Many of the unsourced images of Elvis books, movie posters, albums and DVDs, to which User:Northmeister is now desperately adding fair use rationales, because a bot said that these images are about to be deleted (see [132], [133]), were created by Ted Wilkes. See [134], [135], [136], [137], [138], [139], [140], [141], [142], [143], [144], [145], etc. See also Northmeister's reaction to the messages of the bot. It should be noted in this connection that Wilkes and his alias User:DW were banned from Wikipedia for massively uploading copyrighted images under the pretence they were free. See also these bot messages on Wilkes's talk page. This supports the suspicion that Nothmeister is identical with Wilkes. 80.141.200.131 23:01, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for setting up the page. I had thought about doing this, but the last time we had a summary ArbCom action without a full case, in the Robdurbar matter, the consensus was not to bother setting up a casepage after-the-fact. I suppose this one is more likely to need to be linked to later, though, including the log if there are any violations, so I agree this is the best way to handle it. Regards, Newyorkbrad 15:04, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Thatcher, I would like to ask for your help at Safavid dynasty. We had long row of disputes on this page, and finally a more or less stable version of the page was achieved about a month ago. Now banned user Tajik creates innumerous anon IP socks and vandalizes the page, without any discussion on talk page. The anon IP edits are often endorsed only by User:Hajji Piruz (formerly User:Azerbaijani), who is engaged in heavy edit warring after ArbCom on several pages and tries hard to spoil consensus version. I posted my suspicion about one registered user, which is an obvious meatpuppet of Tajik [150], but it was declined. Immediately after, Tajik got encouraged and started another anon IP attack [151] from 82.83.138.73. Can you please, help address this issue. I don't think we want to go back to point 0 on this article, just because of anon IP socks. Thanks in advance for your attention. Atabek 16:16, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Hello. As you know, Atabek and I were involved in the arbcom. Is there anyway we can re-open the arbcom with just Atabek and I, because our dispute doesnt really have anything to do with the other users or Armenia-Azerbaijan things, its mostly about attacks, accusations, disruptive behaviors, etc...The reason I ask is because I was thinking of doing an RFC but it said that an RFC may lead to arbitration anyway. Hajji Piruz 14:36, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Apologies for that IP address unblock declined thing. I had read through the talk page, and wrongly assumed he was banned. Sorry about that. I must be more careful when dealing with {{ unblock}} requests. -- SunStar Net talk 12:12, 16 June 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I'd accept. I'll be going on a wikibreak starting in three days and ending in early July, so I suppose this might affect timing. I see you've also asked David and Penwhale, and I don't want to hold them up; if my presence is required to answer any questions or something else that requires me being anywhere near an internet connection, go ahead with those two only and I'll be available again at the end of the aforementioned break. Picaroon (Talk) 04:14, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
Yes, thanks for your confidence, and for generally giving me the opportunity to help out, which has been fun. I'll be away in sunny Birmingham the 16th to the 21st of July, so ditto what Picaroon said. David Mestel( Talk) 15:32, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi Thatcher131,
it seems that you blocked the IP address 83.171.157.11 on October 10 2006 indefinitely with the rationale "tor exit node, anon only". I'd like you to know that this address (as the whole address range 83.171.144.0/20) is a dynamically assigned dial-up IP of M-net Telekommunikations GmbH (a regional access provider in the south of Germany). Not very surprisingly, checking the Torstatus at [155] reveals that this IP is "NOT an active Tor server". (Well it's me using this address at the moment of writing ...)
I hope you agree that an indefinite block of a dynamic IP for being a Tor node is rather pointless and thus i formally request this block to be lifted. (Yes i know that this block is anon only and might not concern me as being logged in, but i think this block is an error nevertheless.)
Kind regards, -- Rotkraut 16:18, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
You have mail. Moreschi Talk 13:44, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi. Thanks for the lock on the article. I was wondering, I hated the fact there was a revert war going on. Is there a venue for me to report this? I would prefer that to constantly editing these things. Thanks. Ccrashh 17:12, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
Hello,
An Arbitration case in which you commented has been opened: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Zacheus-jkb. Please add any evidence you may wish the Arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Zacheus-jkb/Evidence. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Zacheus-jkb/Workshop.
On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, Picaroon (Talk) 20:30, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
An editor has asked for a deletion review of TerrorStorm. You might want to participate in the deletion review. — Xiutwel (talk) 21:17, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
Surely A Mabbett is in breach of something or other here? Or does the 1 revert per week not apply to user space? Is the material he wishes to retain 'inappropriate content'? (If so the 3 reverts rule does seem to apply to user-space.) Occuli 13:33, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
I reverted the revert! I just got all confused by Moe's striking out the comments. It looks like there was no expiry date on the revert parole, and if there was a year-long one, it wouldn't be lifted until Monday. But maybe Moe saw something I didn't. I'll edit the log. -- Merope 19:45, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
I sympathise fully with those wishing to seek wikibreaks. If you do have a minute, I'd be grateful if you could put a prominent sentence somewhere stating exactly what the present conditions are on user:Pigsonthewing - as far as I know these are - indefinite probation, 1 revert per week per article ... what exactly is meant by 'article', in particular does this apply in his own user space, and/or in user space generally? (Eg this between 14 and 21 June and this 13 to 20 June.) -- roundhouse0 13:54, 30 June 2007 (UTC)
It's redlink. Shouldn't you be back now? - Penwhale | Blast him / Follow his steps 05:08, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
I think this is a necessary case given Mark Kim's continued editing as an IP address. But...I suppose the ArbCom has indirectly spoken. hbdragon88 20:24, 7 July 2007 (UTC)
Earlier, in response to my post at the ANI about Cberlet, you raised the issue of COI. I could see the possibility of Cberlet and also Dking editing these articles without violation of COI if they were civil, prudent and well-behaved. However, they are both uncivil and constantly trying to intimidate editors who disagree with them. I am concerned also that Will Beback acts as an enabler for them; the pro-LaRouche editors can be pretty vociferous, but Will only seems to notice the bad behavior coming from the LaRouche camp, while constantly thanking Cberlet and Dking for their efforts and turning a blind eye to all of their tendentiousness. I'm not sure what to do about this and I would appreciate any advice you have to offer. -- Marvin Diode 06:41, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
Please look at the discussion on Democide deletion [156] and let me know if I am in the wrong. I'm in a one-editor vs. the mob battle against a neologism. Abe Froman 03:01, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
I hope you realize that I have been falsely accused of being a nazi by him. I want something done about this but it seems that not many people have done much about him. Kingjeff 21:02, 9 July 2007 (UTC)
How about letting the community determine his fate. Are you insulted that community sanctions are beyond a administrator's control? Kingjeff 17:20, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
Template:Crystalball has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. Sala Skan 20:50, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
As a clerk in my ex-Pending ArbCom case "FeloniousMonk" [158], I just wanted to note that I consider it improper that:
And finally, I would like to note that my banning indefinitely for making complaints (not disputed) that were generally not investigated, or ignored, looks rather one-sided, and the unsubstantiated comments against me amount to Character assassination User:iantresman -- 84.9.191.165 09:30, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
In regards to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman, I'd like to say that even though I disagree with you categorically in this particular case, I still highly respect your work in general. -- AnonEMouse (squeak) 17:46, 18 July 2007 (UTC)
I realize that I may not get a response to this because of your Wikibreak, but I found your earlier advice useful and I wanted to bring this to your attention. I had spoken with you about tendentious editing by Dking and Cberlet, and now I learn that NathanDW, who had approached me about their behavior, has been indefinately blocked for restoring an external link that had been removed without explanation at the article Chip Berlet. He made a request for an explanation on the talk page and made no further effort to restore the link after he received an explanation. This is amazing. Cberlet makes more questionable BLP edits in an hour than NathanDW makes in a year -- yet NathanDW gets permanently blocked, and Cberlet doesn't even get a warning. I am shocked at this disproportionate punishment. -- Marvin Diode 12:43, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
Sorry. I had forgotten that Picaroon had joined your ranks. Thank you for the note. The Uninvited Co., Inc. 18:58, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
I commend you for your comments, though if you read my entry we disagree on notability. At least you did not insult me like Hersford did. Quidam65 03:27, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
Hi. I've asked the arbitrators on the RFAR talk page if I could edit the evidence template to be more helpful to newbies about diffs and links. The arbs that have replied have been all for it, but UC commented that the template "belongs to the clerks". So perhaps you might like to take a look at my suggestion and post a comment? Bishonen | talk 10:19, 28 July 2007 (UTC).
Did you notice that your AfD nomination for Oscar (cat)] was quickly closed within the day? Your initial --~~~~ timestamps at 03:09, 27 July 2007 (UTC). User:Raul654 closed it at 18:32, 27 July 2007 (UTC), which essentially gave your AfD a 15 hour window. While it does seem that popular opinion was against your objections, I don't believe you were given the full benefits of the Deletion policy. -- 293.xx.xxx.xx 11:43, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
White Cat has filed the above RfC over longstanding and unresolved issues with Ned's conduct. -- Tony Sidaway 19:18, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
" I agree that Ned Scott appears to be stalking White Cat for reasons unrelated to editing his sig in old archives,"
Huh? Where else have I interacted with him? I can understand if you disagree with me having a reason to revert him, but in no way was I stalking him or following his edits outside of the sig changes. -- Ned Scott 20:37, 30 July 2007 (UTC)