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Thank you for trying to mediate. What other options are available to me? Also, what is your assessment regarding this dispute. Thanks for getting back to me. Ueberhund ( talk) 22:41, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for your feedback. That all makes sense. Best regards Ueberhund ( talk) 16:14, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi! I notice that you included this in a list headed, "Diffs of rude edit comments since 26 June." I was wondering which part of the edit-comment you found rude? (And since this is identified as, "same as above," perhaps you could also explain its presence?) Thanks, ╟─ Treasury Tag► inspectorate─╢ 20:05, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
Sorry, used the wrong section by accident (this time ;-). Thanks for fixing that. -- Stephan Schulz ( talk) 21:22, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
Rest is ok but when you said "Modern conventions indicate that males should generally be called Mr," that bit is plain wrong. Being called "Mr" adult to adult is pejorative, almost with exception in my experience. It just about passes from school child to teacher and in formal letters, just about. -- BozMo talk 22:03, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
Can you please explain your reasoning for removing rollback right in response to the reverts said user made?
For a difference of opinion it seems a little extreme. Sfan00 IMG ( talk) 11:57, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User_talk:Sfan00_IMG&oldid=393189867.
Since when is 'effciency' ground for blocks or bans? Am I applying the relevant policy too literally again? Sfan00 IMG ( talk) 12:01, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
Any chance you could show the decrease in Category:All unreferenced BLPs as a function of time? I have a feeling that some people cannot see the obvious from just this graph. NW ( Talk) 16:56, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
I was curious as to this decision to delete, on the following grounds:
Could you please elaborate upon your deletion rationale? To be clear, I am not objecting to your closure due to my !vote in the matter or my (brief) investment in the article; rather, I feel that consensus was misread here and established policies/guidelines were not correctly applied. Thank you. -- Kinu t/ c 04:08, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
Alright, here is my expanded rationale:
I hope that explains my reasoning adequately, and I thank you for being patient. The Wordsmith Communicate 14:16, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
First-off, thanks for taking on Huggle.
Peter Larlsen suggested a worthwhile idea to reduce the chances of reverting to prior vandalism:
Is this something you could consider implementing? Ocaasi ( talk) 13:36, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi The Wordsmith! Would you please change the revision visiblity for this edit as RD2? Thanks! — Spike Toronto 22:39, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
Sigh. Once again I come to ask: Would you please change the revision visiblity for this, this, and this? Thanks! — Spike Toronto 21:03, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
It is not appropriate for you to taunt topic banned editors with comments such as [1]. Hipocrite ( talk) 19:54, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
I'd rather not extend the thread on Scott's talk page, so I'll state my concern here. I agree that it's unlikely that the thread is unlikely to produce anything worthwhile - both main protagonists have restated their respective positions a number of times without any movement. But this is completely inappropriate. Tony has violated neither NPA nor CIVIL in the thread (if anything, he has stayed above the, admittedly not very high, level of the discussion). And threatening "disciplinary action", and then in the abstract, using the passive voice and claiming possible necessity, is both completely inappropriate and really bad style. I would really prefer you to strike that comment, or to rephrase it as a polite request. -- Stephan Schulz ( talk) 09:24, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
I'm confident that this was an inappropriate non admin closure (twice). That's not a DRV issue, it's a simple AfD issue. Shadowjams ( talk) 11:41, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
That entry didn't slip by, it was removed by Alison. You might want to contact her about it. -- Dylan620 ( t • c • r) 20:42, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
Here's an orange bar! Netalarm talk 06:42, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
I note your edit here; "The text of this page has been removed from Wikipedia because it was a biography of a living person which does not have, and has never had, any sources, and an administrator believed that this action was appropriate to enforce the policy on biography of living persons". Was there anything potentially dangerous or libellous there that I'm unaware of, or are you simply trying to enforce a highly stringent BLP policy? Ironholds ( talk) 11:49, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
I went ahead and opened this even though I don't necessarily disagree with what you are doing. I figured a more neutral thread opening might make for a more civil conversation. Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#BLP_mass_blanking_has_begun Gigs ( talk) 14:52, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi! I nominated this article under G11, but you deleted it under A7 and informed me with a templated notification on my talkpage. I felt the article met G11 more readily than A7 (although I felt both were probably appropriate), and was just wondering whether your notification meant you disagreed with this analysis (I'm always keen to improve the accuracy of my article tagging). -- Lear's Fool 05:30, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
We tried. I had hundreds of articles all ready to blank this morning, but it appears that this attempt is already over, despite our best efforts to beat out a compromise. For the meantime, I'll go back to replying to the emails from BLP subjects and fobbing them off with 'discuss it on the talk page, the community has spoken'. I'd appreciate it if you could drop me a line on IRC if you or the community decide to renew the blankings, it'll make my job a lot easier if they go through. Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry ( talk) 09:44, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
They look like they would be relatively uncontroversial PRODs. Do you have reason to believe otherwise? Ray Talk 03:11, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
About these AFD nominations, could you please put just a little more information into the nominations? Knowing why you think the people are non-notable will help others assess whether they agree with you. Also, if you put something in the nomination that says a little bit about who the person is (e.g. are they a musician, politician, etc.), that will help people browsing through AFDs to spot ones that interest them. Just a statement like "musician who has only performed locally" or "athlete who has never played professionally" would help. Calathan ( talk) 20:59, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
Our next Wikipedia NYC Meetup is this weekend on Saturday Dec 4 at Brooklyn Museum during their awesome First Saturdays program, starting at 5 PM.
A particular highlight for the wiki crowd will be ' Seductive Subversion: Women Pop Artists, 1958–1968', and the accompanying " WikiPop" project, with specially-created Wikipedia articles on the artists displayed on iPads in the gallery.
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Hey, very late thankyou for the barnstar you gave me, sorry it's so late. Cheers. Tofutwitch11- Chat - How'd I do? 16:06, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
I would be grateful if you could add a few words characterizing the person in each of your AfD nominations, so that other editors can decide which meet their interests and may possibly be worth an attempt to save by adding good references. I see you do this occasionally but not in the majority of cases. For example, I have no interest or expertise in footballers but want to look into artist BLPs nominated for AfD. A few words specific to the particular BLP would indicate to me and perhaps to others that you have taken a look at that specific article and have concluded that it is beyond redemption. I agree with you that BLPs need to be referenced but would like the chance to find and help add references when that is a good solution that will improve the encyclopedia. Thank you for considering my views on this matter. Cullen328 ( talk) 05:39, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
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NW ( Talk) 04:42, 26 December 2010 (UTC)
You deleted the article about Rose Hilton giving reason A7 for speedy deletion. Rose Hilton is a painter from the UK. She is regarded highly enough to have been given an individual retrospective [2] at Tate St Ives, part of the Tate, a major art institution in the UK. She was also married to Roger Hilton. Even if the previous article didn't contain this information, it should be clear that Rose Hilton is a notable artist. Could the Rose Hilton article please be reinstated? neilg ( talk) 21:16, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
Do you still stand behind ORR proposal as an alternative to a whole-sale topic ban? Some editors support (Cerejota, Cptono, and myself) while others have not been explicit in their opposition to it, but defer to the traditional topic ban. In any case, I do appreciate your involvement and consideration regardless of the outcome. Thanks. Wikifan Be nice 21:23, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
Hi Wordsmith,
I was wondering if you had any advice or could help me in keeping the Plo Koon page up and not just a redirect, since it looks like you are the coordinator of WikiProject Star Wars. I have expanded it some and added an image, but another user believes that it the character is non notable. I could use some help in getting more sources to prevent its deletion. If you know anyone else that would be willing to help would be great. Thanks, -- CPacker talk to me 04:18, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
Dear The Wordsmith,
My name is Jonathan Obar user:Jaobar, I'm a professor in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University and a Teaching Fellow with the Wikimedia Foundation's Education Program. This semester I've been running a little experiment at MSU, a class where we teach students about becoming Wikipedia administrators. Not a lot is known about your community, and our students (who are fascinated by wiki-culture by the way!) want to learn how you do what you do, and why you do it. A while back I proposed this idea (the class) to the community HERE, where it was met mainly with positive feedback. Anyhow, I'd like my students to speak with a few administrators to get a sense of admin experiences, training, motivations, likes, dislikes, etc. We were wondering if you'd be interested in speaking with one of our students.
So a few things about the interviews:
Bottom line is that we really need your help, and would really appreciate the opportunity to speak with you. If interested, please send me an email at obar@msu.edu (to maintain anonymity) and I will add your name to my offline contact list. If you feel comfortable doing so, you can post your name
HERE instead.
If you have questions or concerns at any time, feel free to email me at obar@msu.edu. I will be more than happy to speak with you.
Thanks in advance for your help. We have a lot to learn from you.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Obar -- Jaobar — Preceding unsigned comment added by 35.9.115.210 ( talk) 20:12, 2 March 2012 (UTC)
FYI, I restored semi-protection.... if we set a limited full-protection, then when it expires the article will be completely unprotected, which would be a decidedly bad thing. I don't think we'll have too many registered users vandalizing, and if they do, it's an easy warn/block. If you greatly disagree I'm open to overturning. - RunningOnBrains( talk) 02:59, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
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Hi I'm an amateur on Wikipedia seeking your assistance. Today and tomorrow is International Men's Day. a disruptive editor keeps vandalizing the date of IMD and changing it from November 19 to April:
Can you have this user banned (user: 74.66.82.89) or block him somehow? seeing the same vandalism has happened at least 6 times.
Thanks if you can help NOW (IMD is today when people read the IMD wikipedia entry) 124.170.97.103 ( talk) 07:55, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
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Cf here I reverted your (completely reasonable and kind) revert on my talkpage because I like to keep even the stupid spam. Call me crazy. Thanks, though. — Justin (koavf)❤ T☮ C☺ M☯ 02:52, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
I just wandered by your talk page after seeing your post to Arbitration and David Gerard's talk page. Just wanted to say that it's nice to see you around again, and it's also nice to see how far Wikipedia has come (and how far it still must go) since that 2010(!?) decision you quote above. Best, NW ( Talk) 15:17, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
Hello, The Wordsmith! Per Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Plaxico (2nd nomination), the use of Plaxico Burress in reference to shooting oneself in the foot is a BLP violation. Would you mind correcting your ANI post referencing the "Plaxico effect"? I'm surprised it slipped under everyone's radar. Rgrds. -- 64.85.216.136 ( talk) 05:59, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
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Hello there, a proposal regarding pre-adminship review has been raised at Village pump by Anna Frodesiak. Your comments here is very much appreciated. Many thanks. Jim Carter through MediaWiki message delivery ( talk) 06:47, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
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Hello The Wordsmith. I was glad to see another administrator showing up at WP:GGE to offer their views.
Would you be willing to say more about a comment you made on the enforcement page: You mentioned WP:EEML there. For years I had never thought that EEML was much of a precedent because the wording of the decision made me imagine that Arbcom didn't like having to use off-wiki evidence. Their explanation for when such evidence could be used was not much of a bright line. But your citation of EEML could perhaps give a way forward for thinking about the off-wiki stuff. Are you open to having a discussion here, or would you prefer that I confine any remarks to the noticeboard? Thanks, EdJohnston ( talk) 05:21, 28 November 2014 (UTC)
Looks like you've instigated them to do just that. Good job, I guess? Silver seren C 20:56, 29 November 2014 (UTC)
You fine sir have mastered the art of stuffing legumes up one's nostrils. Though hast surely pressed ze button without fear.-- The Devil's Advocate tlk. cntrb. 03:31, 30 November 2014 (UTC)
Please see my closure here. I hope this wording agrees with what you thought. Closing with 'No consensus' might be too strong since there was a shortage of uninvolved parties who thought the COI was actionable. Though I could imagine a new case being made on different grounds, it's hardly worthwhile if Arbcom is considering the issue. EdJohnston ( talk) 18:34, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
If you would like to see the article in question, I can provide you an archive link, or screenshots via Imgur if you would prefer. ReynTime ( talk) 05:01, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
Avono ( talk) 09:21, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
Hello, I have e-mailed you and @ EdJohnston: a link to the cached version of the Amherst GG piece. Hopefully that works. Tarc ( talk) 13:31, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
Ah, I did not see that another user had already done so above. Well, the more the merrier. :) Tarc ( talk) 13:32, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
In response to your closing statement: No, I have never edited the central GamerGate page or talk page and I have never had any content dispute with DHeyward or anyone else on those pages. The fact that you missed the diffs that showed disruptive behavior on the GamerGate page, not the Christina Hoff Sommers page, leads me to believe that you didn't consider all the diffs. Moreover, yes there was ample evidence of violation of other policies, such as WP:OR and WP:NPOV as well as the repetition of problematic BLP allegations. For instance, I cited this edit as an example where DHeyward used sources that don't even mention Sommers (i.e., the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization link), let alone call her "feminist". Here and here are other examples of misrepresentation of sources to advance his opinions. I don't understand how you can say that you don't see any policy violations when DHeyward says that he opposes using any reliably sourced label that the subject objects to. It negates our basic content policies because any BLP subject from Rush Limbaugh to Barack Obama to Jon Stewart would be able to say "I object" via Twitter and we wouldn't be able to write the article based on what reliable sources. -- Sonicyouth86 ( talk) 21:49, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
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I see you dropped the protection to semi. I originally declined to reprotect it but it got silly again, here, and I re-protected it. I checked all the links but there does not seem to be one showing Doc James making the edit that AlbinoFerret added back in. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 20:17, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
This is getting ridiculous. I have no idea why this article is so controversial, the current version is a barely-coherent mess and it should be easy to fix. No worries on the reprotection, we'll have to deal with that for now. The Wordsmith Talk to me 20:24, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
Hello! I noticed that you just hatted this section after the IBAN was imposed on 04:17, 20 December 2014, but there was a report of its violation at 21:56, 23 minutes before hatting. (The reported violation was at 12:32, but I see another taunt at 12:31.) Should there be a new section on the Requests for enforcement page, or does the IBAN not officially start until the section is closed or hatted? Cheers! Woodroar ( talk) 22:16, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
I'm not taking any position on whether Ryulong's talk page should be locked, but as long as it is, I don't see why you should be able to leave messages on the page simply because you're an administrator. At a minimum, you should discuss the issue with HJ Mitchell who protected the page. If you've already addressed this issue somewhere, I apologize. BTW, I don't believe we've ever interacted before; it's nice to meet you.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 16:06, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
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Thank you for trying to mediate. What other options are available to me? Also, what is your assessment regarding this dispute. Thanks for getting back to me. Ueberhund ( talk) 22:41, 20 October 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for your feedback. That all makes sense. Best regards Ueberhund ( talk) 16:14, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
Hi! I notice that you included this in a list headed, "Diffs of rude edit comments since 26 June." I was wondering which part of the edit-comment you found rude? (And since this is identified as, "same as above," perhaps you could also explain its presence?) Thanks, ╟─ Treasury Tag► inspectorate─╢ 20:05, 21 October 2010 (UTC)
Sorry, used the wrong section by accident (this time ;-). Thanks for fixing that. -- Stephan Schulz ( talk) 21:22, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
Rest is ok but when you said "Modern conventions indicate that males should generally be called Mr," that bit is plain wrong. Being called "Mr" adult to adult is pejorative, almost with exception in my experience. It just about passes from school child to teacher and in formal letters, just about. -- BozMo talk 22:03, 26 October 2010 (UTC)
Can you please explain your reasoning for removing rollback right in response to the reverts said user made?
For a difference of opinion it seems a little extreme. Sfan00 IMG ( talk) 11:57, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=User_talk:Sfan00_IMG&oldid=393189867.
Since when is 'effciency' ground for blocks or bans? Am I applying the relevant policy too literally again? Sfan00 IMG ( talk) 12:01, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
Any chance you could show the decrease in Category:All unreferenced BLPs as a function of time? I have a feeling that some people cannot see the obvious from just this graph. NW ( Talk) 16:56, 27 October 2010 (UTC)
I was curious as to this decision to delete, on the following grounds:
Could you please elaborate upon your deletion rationale? To be clear, I am not objecting to your closure due to my !vote in the matter or my (brief) investment in the article; rather, I feel that consensus was misread here and established policies/guidelines were not correctly applied. Thank you. -- Kinu t/ c 04:08, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
Alright, here is my expanded rationale:
I hope that explains my reasoning adequately, and I thank you for being patient. The Wordsmith Communicate 14:16, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
First-off, thanks for taking on Huggle.
Peter Larlsen suggested a worthwhile idea to reduce the chances of reverting to prior vandalism:
Is this something you could consider implementing? Ocaasi ( talk) 13:36, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi The Wordsmith! Would you please change the revision visiblity for this edit as RD2? Thanks! — Spike Toronto 22:39, 5 November 2010 (UTC)
Sigh. Once again I come to ask: Would you please change the revision visiblity for this, this, and this? Thanks! — Spike Toronto 21:03, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
It is not appropriate for you to taunt topic banned editors with comments such as [1]. Hipocrite ( talk) 19:54, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
I'd rather not extend the thread on Scott's talk page, so I'll state my concern here. I agree that it's unlikely that the thread is unlikely to produce anything worthwhile - both main protagonists have restated their respective positions a number of times without any movement. But this is completely inappropriate. Tony has violated neither NPA nor CIVIL in the thread (if anything, he has stayed above the, admittedly not very high, level of the discussion). And threatening "disciplinary action", and then in the abstract, using the passive voice and claiming possible necessity, is both completely inappropriate and really bad style. I would really prefer you to strike that comment, or to rephrase it as a polite request. -- Stephan Schulz ( talk) 09:24, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
I'm confident that this was an inappropriate non admin closure (twice). That's not a DRV issue, it's a simple AfD issue. Shadowjams ( talk) 11:41, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
That entry didn't slip by, it was removed by Alison. You might want to contact her about it. -- Dylan620 ( t • c • r) 20:42, 22 November 2010 (UTC)
Here's an orange bar! Netalarm talk 06:42, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
I note your edit here; "The text of this page has been removed from Wikipedia because it was a biography of a living person which does not have, and has never had, any sources, and an administrator believed that this action was appropriate to enforce the policy on biography of living persons". Was there anything potentially dangerous or libellous there that I'm unaware of, or are you simply trying to enforce a highly stringent BLP policy? Ironholds ( talk) 11:49, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
I went ahead and opened this even though I don't necessarily disagree with what you are doing. I figured a more neutral thread opening might make for a more civil conversation. Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#BLP_mass_blanking_has_begun Gigs ( talk) 14:52, 1 December 2010 (UTC)
Hi! I nominated this article under G11, but you deleted it under A7 and informed me with a templated notification on my talkpage. I felt the article met G11 more readily than A7 (although I felt both were probably appropriate), and was just wondering whether your notification meant you disagreed with this analysis (I'm always keen to improve the accuracy of my article tagging). -- Lear's Fool 05:30, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
We tried. I had hundreds of articles all ready to blank this morning, but it appears that this attempt is already over, despite our best efforts to beat out a compromise. For the meantime, I'll go back to replying to the emails from BLP subjects and fobbing them off with 'discuss it on the talk page, the community has spoken'. I'd appreciate it if you could drop me a line on IRC if you or the community decide to renew the blankings, it'll make my job a lot easier if they go through. Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry ( talk) 09:44, 2 December 2010 (UTC)
They look like they would be relatively uncontroversial PRODs. Do you have reason to believe otherwise? Ray Talk 03:11, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
About these AFD nominations, could you please put just a little more information into the nominations? Knowing why you think the people are non-notable will help others assess whether they agree with you. Also, if you put something in the nomination that says a little bit about who the person is (e.g. are they a musician, politician, etc.), that will help people browsing through AFDs to spot ones that interest them. Just a statement like "musician who has only performed locally" or "athlete who has never played professionally" would help. Calathan ( talk) 20:59, 3 December 2010 (UTC)
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I would be grateful if you could add a few words characterizing the person in each of your AfD nominations, so that other editors can decide which meet their interests and may possibly be worth an attempt to save by adding good references. I see you do this occasionally but not in the majority of cases. For example, I have no interest or expertise in footballers but want to look into artist BLPs nominated for AfD. A few words specific to the particular BLP would indicate to me and perhaps to others that you have taken a look at that specific article and have concluded that it is beyond redemption. I agree with you that BLPs need to be referenced but would like the chance to find and help add references when that is a good solution that will improve the encyclopedia. Thank you for considering my views on this matter. Cullen328 ( talk) 05:39, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
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You deleted the article about Rose Hilton giving reason A7 for speedy deletion. Rose Hilton is a painter from the UK. She is regarded highly enough to have been given an individual retrospective [2] at Tate St Ives, part of the Tate, a major art institution in the UK. She was also married to Roger Hilton. Even if the previous article didn't contain this information, it should be clear that Rose Hilton is a notable artist. Could the Rose Hilton article please be reinstated? neilg ( talk) 21:16, 16 January 2011 (UTC)
Do you still stand behind ORR proposal as an alternative to a whole-sale topic ban? Some editors support (Cerejota, Cptono, and myself) while others have not been explicit in their opposition to it, but defer to the traditional topic ban. In any case, I do appreciate your involvement and consideration regardless of the outcome. Thanks. Wikifan Be nice 21:23, 8 September 2011 (UTC)
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I was wondering if you had any advice or could help me in keeping the Plo Koon page up and not just a redirect, since it looks like you are the coordinator of WikiProject Star Wars. I have expanded it some and added an image, but another user believes that it the character is non notable. I could use some help in getting more sources to prevent its deletion. If you know anyone else that would be willing to help would be great. Thanks, -- CPacker talk to me 04:18, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
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FYI, I restored semi-protection.... if we set a limited full-protection, then when it expires the article will be completely unprotected, which would be a decidedly bad thing. I don't think we'll have too many registered users vandalizing, and if they do, it's an easy warn/block. If you greatly disagree I'm open to overturning. - RunningOnBrains( talk) 02:59, 15 May 2012 (UTC)
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Hi I'm an amateur on Wikipedia seeking your assistance. Today and tomorrow is International Men's Day. a disruptive editor keeps vandalizing the date of IMD and changing it from November 19 to April:
Can you have this user banned (user: 74.66.82.89) or block him somehow? seeing the same vandalism has happened at least 6 times.
Thanks if you can help NOW (IMD is today when people read the IMD wikipedia entry) 124.170.97.103 ( talk) 07:55, 19 November 2012 (UTC)
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Hello The Wordsmith. I was glad to see another administrator showing up at WP:GGE to offer their views.
Would you be willing to say more about a comment you made on the enforcement page: You mentioned WP:EEML there. For years I had never thought that EEML was much of a precedent because the wording of the decision made me imagine that Arbcom didn't like having to use off-wiki evidence. Their explanation for when such evidence could be used was not much of a bright line. But your citation of EEML could perhaps give a way forward for thinking about the off-wiki stuff. Are you open to having a discussion here, or would you prefer that I confine any remarks to the noticeboard? Thanks, EdJohnston ( talk) 05:21, 28 November 2014 (UTC)
Looks like you've instigated them to do just that. Good job, I guess? Silver seren C 20:56, 29 November 2014 (UTC)
You fine sir have mastered the art of stuffing legumes up one's nostrils. Though hast surely pressed ze button without fear.-- The Devil's Advocate tlk. cntrb. 03:31, 30 November 2014 (UTC)
Please see my closure here. I hope this wording agrees with what you thought. Closing with 'No consensus' might be too strong since there was a shortage of uninvolved parties who thought the COI was actionable. Though I could imagine a new case being made on different grounds, it's hardly worthwhile if Arbcom is considering the issue. EdJohnston ( talk) 18:34, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
If you would like to see the article in question, I can provide you an archive link, or screenshots via Imgur if you would prefer. ReynTime ( talk) 05:01, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
Avono ( talk) 09:21, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
Hello, I have e-mailed you and @ EdJohnston: a link to the cached version of the Amherst GG piece. Hopefully that works. Tarc ( talk) 13:31, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
Ah, I did not see that another user had already done so above. Well, the more the merrier. :) Tarc ( talk) 13:32, 5 December 2014 (UTC)
In response to your closing statement: No, I have never edited the central GamerGate page or talk page and I have never had any content dispute with DHeyward or anyone else on those pages. The fact that you missed the diffs that showed disruptive behavior on the GamerGate page, not the Christina Hoff Sommers page, leads me to believe that you didn't consider all the diffs. Moreover, yes there was ample evidence of violation of other policies, such as WP:OR and WP:NPOV as well as the repetition of problematic BLP allegations. For instance, I cited this edit as an example where DHeyward used sources that don't even mention Sommers (i.e., the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization link), let alone call her "feminist". Here and here are other examples of misrepresentation of sources to advance his opinions. I don't understand how you can say that you don't see any policy violations when DHeyward says that he opposes using any reliably sourced label that the subject objects to. It negates our basic content policies because any BLP subject from Rush Limbaugh to Barack Obama to Jon Stewart would be able to say "I object" via Twitter and we wouldn't be able to write the article based on what reliable sources. -- Sonicyouth86 ( talk) 21:49, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
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I see you dropped the protection to semi. I originally declined to reprotect it but it got silly again, here, and I re-protected it. I checked all the links but there does not seem to be one showing Doc James making the edit that AlbinoFerret added back in. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 20:17, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
This is getting ridiculous. I have no idea why this article is so controversial, the current version is a barely-coherent mess and it should be easy to fix. No worries on the reprotection, we'll have to deal with that for now. The Wordsmith Talk to me 20:24, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
Hello! I noticed that you just hatted this section after the IBAN was imposed on 04:17, 20 December 2014, but there was a report of its violation at 21:56, 23 minutes before hatting. (The reported violation was at 12:32, but I see another taunt at 12:31.) Should there be a new section on the Requests for enforcement page, or does the IBAN not officially start until the section is closed or hatted? Cheers! Woodroar ( talk) 22:16, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
I'm not taking any position on whether Ryulong's talk page should be locked, but as long as it is, I don't see why you should be able to leave messages on the page simply because you're an administrator. At a minimum, you should discuss the issue with HJ Mitchell who protected the page. If you've already addressed this issue somewhere, I apologize. BTW, I don't believe we've ever interacted before; it's nice to meet you.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 16:06, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
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