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The material was covered in other areas. Eg:
Sitchin's research contradicts evolution and biblical accounts'
Scientific and Biblical arguments against Sitchin are discussed in the criticism section
with his translation about a space age advanced human race called the Anunnaki gods'
The Annunaki are mentioned (and linked) in the lead
with an appearance of an elongated rear skull
As far as I'm aware, Sitchin never made this claim.
who were the first humans who came from another world and gave birth to humans on Earth in their image.
This is wrong. The Annunaki were not human, according to Sitchin
History best told in - The Lost Book Of Enki.
And the eleven other books by Sitchin?
Serendi pod ous 16:50, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
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I saw the helpme, and tried to get the user to make a draft first. I also pointed them to BLP. I really should've talked about good sourcing, since that was mentioned - but that's easily something that could've been refined at the draft level. I see that I watchlisted the draft, and that it was not used at all - they stampeded straight to the mainspace. So, looking at the whole picture, I don't think the username should be ignored, nor should the article stand. G4 might do it, or another AFD, or maybe userfy it into a draft (which they should've done in the first place). My interaction here was minor indeed - have at. Thanks for the consult, btw. UltraExactZZ Said ~ Did 03:57, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
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Hello Doug. Regarding your reversion of my edits I would be grateful if you would explain in what way the edit suggested that Cremo's opinions were facts. You also say that my description of Forbidden Archeology is inaccurate. In what way is the description inaccurate? thanks 81.106.127.14 ( talk) 19:53, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
Could I ask for your views on the restoration of this PA [1]? (and indeed if you agree that it is a PA). I'd be grateful for some advice as to how to proceed. Note that I brought this to the attention of the user but he didn't wish to talk [2] William M. Connolley ( talk) 22:18, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
No that wasn't the reason. I checked Jesus and Moses pages i did not see a section titled "criticism of Jesus" even though there is a main article with the same title. Either somebody include a briefing of the criticism of Jesus and Christianity in the main article as well or just remove the tablet from Mohammed's page..
Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kendite ( talk • contribs) 05:42, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
I suggested a bot User_talk:Blevintron#A_new_bot_based_on_what_you_already_have. That user has some nice code for it. Now, I think we should make a list for that user if he accepts it. And then get the lists through several projects, then it will spread to other projects, I hope. History2007 ( talk) 11:17, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
I saw your comments on Moret Talk Page. I am the one who has researched Moret in more depth than anyone, but I am considered an "original source" so I have not been able to reference the public record act requests that I have made. I am of firm belief that Moret and Christopher Busby are both self-promoters who do not deserve Wikipedia entries. Busby does have a PhD and does have a Visiting Assistant Professor appointment to the University of Ulster, but that just provides academic cover for his snale oil sales. Moret plays the part of being a genuine scholar to the hilt provided that no one in the audience has any kind of scientific education to confront her wild claims. Here is what I just posted to Merewyn's Talk Page
Leuren K Moret
You asked if Leuren Moret has a PhD degree. She does not; she dropped out of the UC Davis doctoral program in Geology in the mid-1980's. I have an e-mail from the Department confirming that fact. Moret has done NO independent scientific research. She was given co-authorship of three papers by two UC Berkeley doctoral candidates, now both former Department Heads of major universities. I will gladly correspond with you or anyone else interested in Moret. My information is not posted on Wikipedia because I am considered the original source since I am the one who made the California Public Records Act request to Lawrence Livermore and I am the one who has found and corresponded with her former peers. I have deep intererst in Moret, Douglas Lind Rokke, Rosalie Bertell, Asaf Durakovic, Christopher Busby and the entire group that I have come to call the anti-depleted uranium jihadists. All of them have also morphed into being experts on Fukushima because that is where the money and attention are now. DUStory dash owner at yahoo groups dot com Rhotel1 ( talk) 22:03, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi. Am I right that like me you were canvassed? Personally I don't particularly want to go near it, despite the feeling that something should be done for an editor standing for non-WPfringe positions. Are there any univolved WPians you can think of who have enough knowledge to tell what is WP:Fringe and WP:Fanboy in this area and have clean hands?
In ictu oculi (
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Redmeatfordogs ( talk · contribs)
Hi, Doug. Would you minding taking a quick look at a discussion on my talk page here User talk:CactusWriter#Dance Moms? It concerns the sourcing for information for a reality television show: whether or not the cast bios can be sourced only to episodes or that they require independent reliable sourcing as BLPs. I am certain this must have been discussed before, but I haven't been able to find an exact policy or even a consensus on this issue. Do you know if one exists? — CactusWriter (talk) 16:53, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
User has continued to disruptively edit after previous block and warnings.
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Best Wishes
Ankh.
Morpork 18:18, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
I noted your comment on his talk page, I am hoping he may learn to understand consensus, something I attempted to make him see. He appears to be deeply affected by the many injustices that people have suffered, and that seems to blind him to the necessity to behave well here. I agree he may need to be blocked, and hope this is done swiftly if necessary, but I hope we may yet educate him to work here with quiet calmness and a sense of collegiate purpose. Fiddle Faddle ( talk) 22:02, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
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Is this article really ready for prime time? I realize that there are probably good sources available to use, but the primary editor isn't using them. Viriditas ( talk) 06:04, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
I made
this report on Friday on the edit-warring noticeboard which has not been adjudged. I would appreciate if you could adjudicate it as you see fit.
Best Wishes
Ankh.
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...so things like the MfD for Jimbo's userpage are OK. Remember, we go by GMT here.-- Jasper Deng (talk) 05:43, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
I am having issues with a user, I may be the actual problem, but I wouldn't really know, anyway our argument essentially went down to a very immature argument, any way could you check this: Out, thanks in advance. 67.204.236.189 ( talk) 16:47, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Recently some new users(academics, widely published, notable) have started adding and editing articles about themselves and other members of their circle in preparation for one of their members retirement next year. I've left a series of notes and links for them at their talkpages ( User talk:Peregrip, User talk:Kingh81, and User talk:Gfeinman). But per this Big Brother reference, I guess I creeped them out a little, was wondering if you thought my actions so far had been ok. I was trying to apprise them of the policies and guidelines here before they ran afoul of them (they are treading close on a few). Is there a group or club or noticeboard on Wiki for academics we could point them to? I plan on backing away from them for now to let them figure it out. He iro 22:14, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
You recently removed some entries in which I quoted some materials from different editions of The Secret Teachings of All Ages, on grounds that it constituted personal research. With respect, this seemed odd because the materials I posted were largely quoted from the books themselves, and I identified each of them by Edition and Copy Number. My intentions in posting the information was to assist interested users in distinguishing features unique to two of the editions. In one case, I own a copy of the Edition from which information was quoted; and in the other case, I obtained the information (a copy of the pertinent page) directly from the Librarian of the Philosophical Research Society. In reading the rules, I understand the importance of sourcing, and in these instances the materials I posted were taken directly from, and attributed to, copies of the different Editions themselves. I'd appreciate it if you would be kind enough to reconsider the removals on the basis of the foregoing; however, I am not an expert at Wikipedia and only occasionally make specific contributions when I think the materials are of genuine interest, and I have published sources as evidence. Thank you. Yowzemz Yowzemz ( talk) 00:19, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Just wondering if you can offer your thoughts on why the discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#AuthorityTam seems to be being ignored by admins. I am not asking you to become involved at the discussion, nor am I seeking an opinion about any of the complainants. I am only asking if you can shed some light on the process of what is given admin attention, as the nominator seems fairly frustrated and disappointed by the apparent lack of admin response there. Thanks.-- Jeffro77 ( talk) 12:13, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
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When you have a moment, please take a look at this topic on James Tabor's talk page. I've added a comment to the discussion, which, hopefully, is self-explanatory about Tabor himself and about the James Tabor article. I'm not real happy with the state of the article - nor am I happy with some of the advice that is being given to Tabor himself. But I don't want to take any further action without some more input. Thanks.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 23:06, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
I clarified my remark for the record on Tabor's talk page. Also, this kind of thing needs to stop. Since John Carter trolls my edit logs, he will no doubt be along soon to respond. Cheers. Ignocrates ( talk) 00:54, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
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So colonies in antiquity is the same thing with the ancient Greek colonization, right? Angel ivanov angelov ( talk) 19:37, 8 April 2012 (UTC)
I have never submitted anuthing nor do i know what i am doing so i leave this update to you RE Nazca Lines
There is a New Japanese University Study taking place of the Nazca Lines ( 15 year study) They have currently submitted a New Find south of the Nazca Plain.Very Exciting!!
As per the new Japanese study group I submit this Link.
http://www.viewzone.com/nazcatheories.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.10.243.232 ( talk) 11:59, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
I wrote sections of the Union Institute article about a year ago. I saw that it had been flagged as being too much like an advertisement. On its talk page (date to 2007) a user indicates that he or she is the Web master at the institution and admits that he or she may be biased. I am a scholar (with no affiliation to the institutions). I did some reading and made some comments. Last week the person who originally announced himself or herself as the Web master undid my contributions. You locked me out on the grounds that I was in an edit war. Now the article is locked to the changes that the person who announced himself as the Web master made. I would contend that the article is biased and unsourced. For example, it claims that the Union ran on the Oxford/Cambridge tutorial model. That point is unexplained and a matter of opinion. That is the sort of thing you now locked in. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nero Radi ( talk • contribs) 00:42, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
Thank you. I did take a look but will have to look at it more carefully. I will also reconsider devoting time to researching and writing about an institution now that I know that its representatives can wipe out one's work and replace it with promotional material best suited to their own websites. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nero Radi ( talk • contribs) 17:07, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Mount_Judi "Its source 'Archaeology and Biblical Research' sounds good, but actually it is a journal (now called "Bible and Spade") that "written from a scholarly and conservative viewpoint, supporting the inerrancy of the Biblical record. .... Archaeological evidence, properly interpreted, upholds the history of the Bible". There is no editorial board or review process listed." Not a valid source; if you don't want something from the Turkish media (the country in question) then it should at least not include a non-peer reviewed source that has no changed its name to the "Bible and Spade" and does not have any review process. Historylover4 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 23:19, 8 April 2012 (UTC).
Thanks for the tip on posting on talk pages, the user said this source no longer goes by "Archaeology and Biblical Research" but rather "Bible and Spade" and that it has no review process if that is the case new, reliable info should be put in the article. Historylover4 ( talk) 07:21, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
I quote your post on my talk page: "I've reverted some of your edits - Creationism isn't confined to Protestant Christians, eg List of Catholic creationist organisations. If I've reverted anything else you think needs restoring, feel free, but the Protestant bit was simply wrong. Dougweller ( talk) 06:01, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
And I quote my answer:
Charles danten ( talk · contribs) registers an account at 12:53, 3 April 2010 [14] but doesn't begin editing until more than a year later, on 19 December 2011, [15] focusing solely on one article, animal-assisted therapy. This bizarre conspiracy theory might give you some insight that I lack. Is this a sleeper account of a blocked user? Viriditas ( talk) 09:15, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
I dont know where you two charaters come from or to what ideology you belong to, probably religeous from what I understand from your omments, but you are obvioulsy biased. You are acting like policemen directing trafic where you think it should go according to your own personal whims. You don't seem to have a clue about how science works. This is not about a conspiracy theory but bad science and opportunism. Beyond a short-lived placebo effect, zootherapy has no scientific validity. I did not invent this. The only decent scientific articles that have been published all point in the same direction: this fad is bogus. You can be 100 million to believe it works, it doesn't mean you are right. Perceptions are not always real nor objective. This is why science was invented, to see through appearances. Now this being said, I would like to know who oversees you and how can I get in touch with this person ? You obviously do not belong here.-- Charles danten ( talk) 21:11, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
OK, so now that we have settled this, what's holding you back?-- Charles danten ( talk) 18:01, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
From what? Dougweller ( talk) 18:18, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
What's stopping you from publishing a critic of zootherapy? What's the problem, I play by the rules. I'm no science apologist either. I was a long time veterinarian in Montreal. I'm just trying to set the record straight as far as zootherapy is concerned. If I have waited this long to start editing, its simply because I had no time. I also don't understand why you give so much credibility to the Nathason studies on dolphins. This guy was thoroughly debunked by the world's most important experts on dolphins. Most of the studies in the field of zootherapy are of this nature as a matter of fact. Zootherapy does have a short-lived placebo effect like music or movies but no long lasting therapeutic effect, meaning cure. Yet, most people active in this field claim that animals possess special esoteric powers of undetermined nature that allows them to magically cure people. Why is it so difficult for you to accept that this has been debunked? I have given you references. I am not talking through my hat. So lets move on. Whats holding you back? Maybe I can help you.-- Charles danten ( talk) 18:32, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Science Apologist was an editor. I'm not interested in the article. Dougweller ( talk) 20:46, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Does this mean that you will not publish a critic of zootherapy? And if so, can you state why in clear terms? Thanks-- Charles danten ( talk) 10:00, 12 April 2012 (UTC) And please can you send your answer to my email, as you are supposed to do, so that I don't have to keep checking if you have posted something.
I just expanded Kenimer Site, giving way more focus to its actual archaeological value rather than its internet meme status, aka "Mayan ruins in Georgia". Saw you had did a little work to it back when it was a "news" story, was wondering if you thought it would be appropriate to add it to the pseudohistory and or pseudoarchaeology categories? He iro 00:56, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
The objection concerns my use of Don Patton, who has been flagged up a as inappropriate source - since it is alleged that he has a "fake PhD".
Is it not my intention to vandalise or compromise the objective integrity of Wikipedia. The article on the Ica stones is already biased inasmuch as it witholds evidence of the antiquity of the stones.
Please could you supply details of why you think Don Patton has a fake PhD? Patton obtained a Ph.D. in Education in 1993 from the Pacific School of Graduate Studies. A letter from the Australian Board of Information confirms that the Pacific School held the right to grant doctorates in education at that time: http://www.bible.ca/tracks/Pacific-College-of-Graduate-Studies-Melbourne-Australia-David-Chambers-Jan-Williamson-Clifford-Wilson.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.238.107.151 ( talk) 09:48, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Okay, so now the objection has changed from the original assertion about Don Patton's PhD. I haven't added *any* sources from Patton's self-published web page. However, I've removed references to Patton's personal discoveries of Ica stones, even though he provides photographs from the relevant expeditions he was involved in. 92.238.107.151 ( talk) 15:22, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
( edit conflict)::The basis thing about the PhD is that it's irrelevant. It's in education. How does Patton meet our criteria at WP:VERIFY and WP:RS. And the sources you added come from Patton's webpage at [20]. Dougweller ( talk) 15:15, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
The current article contains heavily biased statements which would only lead the reader into a unobjective consideration of the facts. An example occurs where the articles states that modern day forgers create copies of the original forgeries. This would lead people into thinking that all the Ica stones are forgeries. The fact that Ica stones were being uncovered in archaeological digs led by archaeologist Alejandro Pezzia Asseretor;" class="autosigned">— Preceding strongly refutes this. <span style="font-size: smalleunsigned comment added by 92.238.107.151 ( talk) 09:29, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
I know that any stones showing dinosaurs are modern. Man and dinosaurs did not coexist. By any scientific standards that's an objective statement. I'm copying all this to the Ica talk page. Dougweller ( talk) 10:35, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
Hey, this user is appealing their block. I have suggested that I may be inclined to unblock if they promise to stop adding "see also" links to articles until he has a chance to discuss these edits with the community. Before unblocking I wanted to get your thoughts on the matter. -- Chris (talk) 03:36, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
You wrote that you were sorry you un-blocked me. My editing subjects were a bookstore chain A H Wheeler & Co, a theology scholar Bettina Baumer, a museum Gandhi Memorial Museum, Madurai a town Madurai, a contemporary play Me Nathuram Godse Boltoy, a writer Kishor Shantabai Kale, religious persons/ scholars Alexis Sanderson, Rajendra Prasad Das, Abhishiktananda, Alice Boner, Bhima Bhoi and religious practices Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Kashmir Shaivism. I am sorry that my actions made you regret your unblocking me. My ban encompasses Indian history and colonialism. However it is for others to judge me and not me to judge myself. I think I need help. Yogesh Khandke ( talk) 13:08, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
First of all, many thanks for your message. You wrote on my talk page, regarding Professor Woods: "Critics or supporters are never neutral and we don't require neutrality, what we require is a neutral point of view". I agree with you, and now I see my mistake in the reason I used for my edits, but there are two problems:
1. Woods does not seem to have a neutral point of view on matters regarding demonic possession and exorcisms. Here are some examples:
http://bustedhalo.com/features/the-devil-and-the-details
In this article, we find:
- During the time of Christ, exorcisms were common on people who had mysterious illnesses. Today, many of these illnesses would be identified as epilepsy and mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, multiple personality disorder or mental disabilities. “We understand more about these illnesses and to treat them as ‘demons’ seems to say that religious therapy for them has not advanced at all in the last 200 years” says Woods.
[my observation] Woods apparently belongs to the branch of "modern" theologians who do not believe that Jesus expelled demons, and that in fact demons do not exist.
- Woods believes that the misdiagnosis of mental illness as demonic possession has lead people to perform exorcisms that often offers no help and sometimes does damage to the person it is being performed on. “In that sense I’m sort of the anti-exorcist,” says Woods.
[my observation] Calling himself sort of an anti-exorcist is obviously quite damning in terms of neutrality, plus the former chief exorcist of Rome, Father Amorth (there's an article about him on Wikipedia), writes in his book "An Exorcist Tells His Story" that he and all of his fellow exorcists that he has consulted believe that exorcisms cause no harm to people who didn't require one.
- In terms of the probability of a person being possessed, exorcism expert, Richard Woods O.P. cited Pere de Tonquedec, a Catholic priest who was the official exorcist for the Archdiocese of Paris for over twenty years. "Call the devil and you will see him; or rather not him, but a portrait made of the sick person’s idea of him. It is for this reason that certain priests, due to their inconsiderate and imprudent practice of exorcising, create, confirm and encourage the very disorders that they wanted to suppress,” said Tonquedec
[my observation] This strengthens the impression that he's a "modern" theologian since he cites an alleged exorcist that doesn't believe in demonic possession, instead of citing any of the vast majority of renowned exorcists who believe that at least a small percentage of cases that they receive do merit an exorcism.
- He [Fr. Woods] has seen more than his share of people who believe themselves or others to be possessed. In each case he has dealt with, however, the person has turned out to be suffering from mental illness or psychological trauma.
[my observation] I think that what I have exposed (and there is more out there on the Internet - he has been criticized, for example, for his views on this topic, including what he said regarding the movie "The Exorcist") is enough to assert that Professor Woods does NOT have a neutral point of view on the subject of demonic possession and exorcism.
2. Woods is not a psychiatrist.
Here is his own biographical page:
http://richardwoodsop.net/site/Bio.php
So with what authority does Woods question the competence of Scott Peck as a psychiatrist? I deleted the part that says "misdiagnoses based upon a lack of knowledge regarding dissociative identity disorder (formerly known as multiple personality disorder)". The only Wikipedia source of this claim is Professor Woods, as you know, and as I said, he is not a psychiatrist, so where's the credibility? Based on my initial reason for deleting this portion, you put it back up there, but I hope that this expanded explanation will suffice for you to see that it should be deleted again, unless reliable sources can be found to sustain this claim.
Thanks again for your message, and whenever you have a moment, please write again on my talk page.
Regards...
Dontreader ( talk) 22:53, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Sorry for not knowing how to use the nice indentation for a follow-up, but I just wanted to thank you for your time and help. I will follow your advice regarding Peck and Woods, putting Woods in the article. Perhaps I'll "see" you again, since at one point I thought that three articles had the same attack on Peck (somewhat like a carbon copy). Thanks for the link to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RSN page, which I will use if I run into trouble after my upcoming edit. I do appreciate your kind help, and have a nice day...
Dontreader ( talk) 18:37, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
I will try to use the indentations another time (many thanks for the tip), but when you say that I must use a wikilink when mentioning a different Wikipedia article in the Edit Summary while copying content, I suppose you mean, for example Name of Article. In other words, the double brackets, right? Again, thanks for your generous help! P.S. I'm editing the "Demon" page, inserting Woods, and I should be done in half an hour if there are no complications. I'm trying to be neutral, of course, but I'm looking forward to any feedback...
Dontreader ( talk) 21:05, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
== Dravidians]] Hello Doug.. For me ..fact is very important..
The Dravidians arrived from Iraq...many thousand years ago..caucasian..
And the Original tribes of India..Negrito and proto mongoloid..are still there in India..Some have mixed in...
The Dravidians are found all over India..Including Sindh..in the North ..Afghanistan..further North..
The Aryans came from Turkey...(Europe)..they were nomadic and some historians say..barbaric at That Time....they brought with them a very basic form of sanskrit..which the highly civilized Dravidians (Mesopotamians ) developed....The Aryans are mostly in the North But the Dravidians are very all over India..
Perhaps even in SOuth America.. and ancient Egypt....
Pythagoras,many other Europeans and Chinese studied in India..Our Western number system...etc etc..is from India..
There is however, a need among Westerners and Indians to downplay the Dravidian history..
The Dravidians established ancient cultures..in India
If there is a Euro centrism in Wiki..Please let me know so i can ..just write a book about it or something.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ancientmaths ( talk • contribs) 05:59, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
Also Doug my concern is..Indian History will be totally destroyed and all its achievements attributed to other countries ..
Is this right ?
Dravidians are most definitely caucasian...but they were preceded in India by proto Mongolian and Negrito groups..who are not caucasian..
Wikipedia has a good standing..but what will the worl;d gain by putting odwn succh an ancient influential culture..
Even the ancient buildings in India and the Middle East have influenced Western architecture.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ancientmaths ( talk • contribs) 06:03, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks Doug..I understand where you are coming from.. My concern is Wikipedia..is happy to promote Indian influenced cultures (without acknowledging the Indian influence)...eg martial arts ,feng shui..very Indian but have become Chinese..Western number system..and many fundamental maths formulae etc ..that came from India are made non Indian...Angkor Wat is another example..
Why,I am not sure..
I totally agree my edits must have references....I apologize for this.. But the way Wikipedia has nuanced India..one would never think that India is the most influential culture in Asia..and one of the most influential cultures in the world... Wikipedia ..has a very deep inbuilt bias..for example in your ancient maths page..even though the Indians (and Babylonians) influenced..the middle east,China and Greece.. the opposite can be perceived...when reading Wikis take on ancient maths
The way the whole article has been structured..like many other..the intention is to insult..for example..that Amitabh Bachan was born in British India..When you dont mention that Angkor Wat is Indian (dravidian ) built...i think it is so sad...
Are the Indians themselves doing this..?There was a BBC documentary "empire"..where the presenter totally failed to state that when the British or Europeans first came to India,India was more literate and wealthy than the Europeans..fine he sis not say that so what..BUt!he said that the British thought the Indians were savages..a country which houses the two oldest universities in the world where Ancient Greeks and Chinese went to study..i complained to the channel..
If Indians themselves are doing this ....Huge fact..Aryans came from Turkey at a time when Turkey was very backward... but the Dravidians came from Mesopotamia and parts of Iran..Now these two races and indeed the indigenous of India have mixed in... (Imagine if an anthropologist came to Australia and tested the indigenous people of Australia..)
(i think soon the contributions of the Dravidians will be destroyed..)..Tamil is the most refined ancient language in the world...I am learning French..have already noticed some Dravidian influence there..
What most Indians and westerners dont realize is that the Dravidians and Aryans are spread through India..and Wikipedia and some historians have grouped the original people of India with the Dravidians..so Indian history even in wikipedia is very confused..one section of wikipedia will disagree with another section...I have tried to rectify this a little..and i accept i have not done it well technically speaking but factually speaking i have tried to reconcile ....some of Wikis misunderstanding..
When the anthropologist goes to south India or indeed the North..if they do test on our indigenous people ..of course..they will not be caucasian..
My concern is that there is a huge bias in the Media and Wikipedia when it comes to Indian History and to its disproportionate contributions in ancient times...As i have said..maths..many Dravidian words ,Feng shui Martial arts...architecture ..many components of ancient India..are willingly discarded..
Doug..I dont know where to start..can you assign me to a team that specializes in ancient Indian history ? I would appreciate that..otherwise indeed Indian history will be destroyed..Dravidian already has..even though they were so amazing in Ancient times..they have been grouped with the indigenous of India..and poof ! their contributions have been annihilated ..................
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This one is back up to his old tricks. He iro 05:10, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Doug - I very much value your comments and input. I just wanted to ask about orginal research. How far does this go? For example, if I say that the buildings in an area are Victorian, do I need to find a book about the architecture of the area and cite it? At what point does common-observation become classed as original research?
In terms of the aboutbritain.com material, I note that they claim copyright over all information obtained from their site. Since I'm the contributer, however, I can provide the material independantly of their site and make no reference to them (although does this then could as original research?). It seems untenanble for them to claim copyright over everything anyone adds onto their site - people could add trade-marks, copyright material, rights reserved material etc. When I submitted material to their website, I did not agree to them having exclusive copyright over it so I believe I am free to publish it elsewhere as I see fit. Thanks very much for your time. Kind Regards John — Preceding unsigned comment added by John.dalgleish ( talk • contribs) 19:52, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Wikipedia allows the use of multiple accounts so long as they're not used deceptively. My usernames User:Lee_McLoughlin_Leicester and User:LeeMcLoughlin1975 are hardly intended to deceive anyone. They're probably the most transparent usernames on the internet: My name in full followed by my city of birth or my year of birth! I am not in breach of Wikipedia's policy on holding multiple accounts. Your claim that I'm sock puppeting is not only untrue, but impossible because I'm using near identical usernames! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.192.121.180 ( talk) 18:46, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
I have made some comments regarding the proposed religion MOS. As I said there, it seems to me, personally, that these guidelines should probably be made more specifically applicable to content regarding subjects which share most of the same characteristics of recognized religions, like philosophies, including Jungian psychology and scientism/naturalism, secular faiths, New Age beliefs, and the like, even if they are not officially described internally as religious. I'm not sure how to phrase it to reflect all that, or whom to contact to get input on those other related subjects. John Carter ( talk) 15:54, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
I'd tried to find a policy but couldn't locate one. That certainly doesn't mean that there isn't one. So I simply check nearby states like Maine, New Hampshire, as well as more distant states like Florida, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Hawaii. The Senate races for these and other states are handled separately, so I thought the name for Vermont using "congressional" confused the two offices, as well as departing from what appears to be the naming convention on Wikipedia. Thanks. Vttor ( talk) 16:41, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
Back to Younger dryas impact event. Several single purpose accounts seem to be going at every single edit I make. They use original research and etc. etc. It's getting tiresome. I don't think I've hit 3RR for any particular edit, but the rule seems more complex than I thought. But if they want to play the meat puppet game, I guess it's legal! Help. SkepticalRaptor ( talk) 23:15, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
Can you check please if I have copyvio in those articles?:-- Mishae ( talk) 01:58, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Dougweller,
The "Evolution as fact and theory" page is contested by people who appreciate encyclopedias, Wikipedia.org, science, and religion. In other words, it is a controversial edit. When someone points that out, then there should be adequate and proper response. That said, when someone writes back in response to that response, it should not be with the intention of "rubbing it in your face" kind of motiff, as then it becomes provocative (trolling). I think it is important to examine the "Evolution as fact and theory" entry, looking for the highly controversial statements therein. Pointing out that it is a POV entry might be a POV statement by me. You should not discredit that unless you want to run the risk of revealing your bias.
At this point, you seem like a biased British person who is anti-God. How did I come to this POV? Based on your less-than-stellar remarks regarding the POV statements of that entry that I responded to. Am I right? Am I wrong? You won't tell me. So what? The point is that the "Evolution as fact and theory" is a POV page that is argumentative, self-referencing, circular, and ultimately propagandist. Maybe you want to find irony in all of this, but the truth remains.
So my question is, are you seriously going to do nothing about this uncharacteristic entry? Or are you juts going to support trolling on Wikipedia? (Let me guess... that makes me a troll in your POV. Don't say it; just let me think it.) Snootcher Snootcher ( talk) 10:14, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
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I was curious if you were able to decide on semi-protection for an article. On the Dead Sea Scrolls article, there is frequent changing of the date era by (primarily) unregistered IP editors (these edits and there subsequent reverts make up a disproportionate portion of current edits to the page). The topic has been discussed multiple times in the Talk and consensus had been made in the past. Semi-protection would help prevent these fly-by edits by IP editors who haven't tried looking at the Talk page concerning the topic. I brought up the suggestion of semi-protection with an editor ( Mojoworker) who has dealt with many of the IP Era edits (conversation at § DSS on his User Talk), and he appeared to feel that it was worth a try. Any feedback is appreciated. — al-Shimoni ( talk) 15:48, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
Please respond to the reply. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas)
--- WarriorsPride6565 ( talk) 7:02 PM, 19 April 2012 (UTC — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.175.118.39 ( talk) 11:02, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi. Could you please tell me why I was the only one to receive the edit war warning? I suppose it takes two to make an edit war. Also, could you please tell me what could I do, since I'm pretty sure to be right? I've already used the article talk page. -- Fertuno ( talk) 21:17, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
My coffee hasn't kicked in and I just accidently blocked you - unblocked already. Very, very sorry. Toddst1 ( talk) 14:13, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
Hey, I know we've had some discussions before, and I know you're an admin. Could you move Jonnycake to Johnnycake? I tried to do the move but it wouldn't let me. I laid out the evidence on the talk page that "johnnycake" is the primary spelling in English, I changed the page, but then I couldn't do the move in the regular fashion. TuckerResearch ( talk) 21:39, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
FYI: List of self-publishing companies and Wikipedia:List of self-publishing companies per Wikipedia_talk:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Self_publishing_list. So it is happening, but slowly. And add your suggestions to the list please. I will eventually get to write a bot for it one of these years... History2007 ( talk) 20:46, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hi, you reverted my edit of that page. I don't know about the issue of copyright in regard to youtube videos, but I don't see a problem in linking to the video for informational purposes, particularly when it is so explicitly about the topic at hand. Moreover, with regard to mention of "Marxism" on the linked MacDonald page:
"Through Freudianism, Marxism, and the Old and New Lefts it has made war against the religious, moral, aesthetic, and behavioral norms of gentile groups. Second, in their role as originators and popularizers of the Boasian view of anthropology and the Frankfort School of Social Research"
"Concerning the general "culture of critique," the embrace of Marxism by large numbers of Jews and the over-representation of Jews in Russian Bolshevism is examined."
http://www.kevinmacdonald.net/Reviews.htm#CofC%20Summary
Furthermore, there is an SPLC page that states the following:
In The Culture of Critique: An Evolutionary Analysis of Jewish Involvement in Twentieth-Century Intellectual and Social Movements, MacDonald says that while all Jews are not guilty, the movements he attacks are indeed "Jewishly motivated."
In a chapter devoted to the Frankfurt School, MacDonald suggests that Jews criticize non-Jews' desire to form "cohesive, nationalistic, corporate gentile groups based on conformity to group norms" — with Frankfurt School principals painting this desire as a psychopathology — while they hypocritically pursue cohesiveness in their own group.
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2003/summer/reframing-the-enemy?page=0,1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Druep ( talk • contribs) 23:06, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
I see you've dealt with this guy before. Please could you help me find some way to resolve this before it turns into a full-fledged edit war? Serendi pod ous 06:45, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
Folks please see wikibreak notice at top of page. 109.111.202.234 ( talk) 06:59, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
I've tried to look it up but can't find it, sorry. If it's still pertinent just leave me another notice. I'm only here off and on due to health, so I'm not likely to have a break notice up when absent. Vttor ( talk) 03:51, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hey Doug Weller/Archive 23; just a quick note to let you know that we'll be holding an Office Hours session at 18:00 UTC (don't worry, I got the time right ;p) on 4th May in #wikimedia-office. This is to show off the almost-finished feedback page and prep it for a more public release; I'm incredibly happy to have got to this point :). Hope to see you there! Regards, Okeyes (WMF) ( talk) 03:51, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hi, can you help me understand it a bit more, I don't want to be blocked?!:-- Mishae ( talk) 15:47, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
I am watching the Union Institute & University article be incrementally edited so that it becomes an advertisement for the school. There was a cited reference that might have been viewed as unfavorable that was removed. The former Web master for the Union Institute blew out my contribution. You then locked it down. I am reluctant to return to the any previous version because they will just change it back. I hope other articles are not controlled by employees or former employees of institutions, as they have an incentive to white wash. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nero Radi ( talk • contribs) 00:08, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
After 6 months of researching and building, I finally went live with Mississippian copper plates (and Wulfing cache, Etowah plates, and working on Spiro plates because I ended up accumulating so much stuff I budded some of it off). Thought you might enjoy seeing them. I'm still plowing my way through some books and putting together South Appalachian Mississippian, will get it done eventually. Hope you are well and enjoying your break, going to the beach for a week in 3 weeks myself, then on the road for 4 months to work painting murals. He iro 02:57, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
Doug
Recently two editors Qewr4321, who has received numerous warnings for bad behavior on Wikipedia, and Arcandam have deleted and removed a huge amount of referenced material from the ICOC page. Arcandam made 23 edits today on the ICOC page, mostly deleting well referenced and longstanding material about the church. It does not seem to me that these editors are acting in good faith. Please can you look into it? 00nuthinbutthetruth00 ( talk) 15:26, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
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I've (at long last) got round to nominating Cyrus Cylinder for GA status - it's been on my to-do list for ages but somehow I never seemed to get round to it. Do you know anyone who might be willing to carry out the review? Prioryman ( talk) 20:32, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
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[22] You need to put {{ User nv-1}} onto your userpage; you know more (or know where to find it) than the weirdo who claims to know it... :P Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 > haneʼ 22:12, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
This edit does not look like vandalism, but like an honest "fix" of what was perceived as incorrect spelling. Unfortunately, the IP editor apparently doesn't understand how interwiki's work. Debresser ( talk) 14:25, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Dori ☾ Talk ⁘ Contribs☽ 18:26, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Oh okay. Um, wasn't my intention to be misleading. And some of those pages had more than instance of a term. I didn't realize that was against the Wikipedia guidelines as one article I left alone because it had a message at the top asking editors not to change the date, so I figured the others ones would too. You are also supposed to act in good faith as there were some articles I left untouched and you seem awful assuming that I misused the minor tag. You are likely to be blocked? Please assume good faith.
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After this [23] and [24], both of which I reverted, I left this at their talk. I wouldn't mind some other eyes on this user if you can spare the time. I'd rather not have a repeat of last month. I've already reverted them twice, so. He iro 03:28, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you for the additional information and your assistance Dougweller, it is greatly appreciated. Awministries ( talk) 11:53, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
In case there's escalation on the threats, I wanted you to be aware of this [25] which mentions you as well. -- Ronz ( talk) 15:35, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
You might consider a rangeblock to 204.13.204.0/22, it seems to be nothing but vandalism from those schools. Alternatively, has outreach been tried? LeadSongDog come howl! 17:17, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug, Could you delete this page: Documents on the Persian Gulf's name : the eternal heritage of ancient time. It was recreated only one hour after it was deleted in accordance with this AfD discussion. There's been a lot of astroturfing, soapboxing and almost certainly WP:COI violations as well as crimes against English usage around this page. I strongly suspect personal book promotion. Plus, it's an outgrowth of the Persian Gulf naming dispute, with all that that entails. Cheers. -- Folantin ( talk) 17:15, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello.
Can I ask you why you are repeatedly changing the information I have provided under " House of Wisdom" page?
Regards, Class Avesta — Preceding unsigned comment added by Class Avesta ( talk • contribs) 18:41, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
Dougweller, I don't have an account so you're talking to Teri in Tampa, FL mid 40's female. I felt discouraged at the undoing. It seems Danny can make a very subjective and unverifyable statement and another referred to something as crap and their comments are allowed to stay? Their content seems in part to be nothing more than using the page as a forum. I appoligize then for editing his statement Bible fiction that is inflammatory and not verifiable. I thought it would be an improvement consistent with the desires of Wiki to be polite and in effect more profesional but still get the statement across. You said it would not have been addressed if I hadn't edited. so why did you need to remove all of it? it's only on the talk why not let someone see it and persue investigating the possibility. do I have an outlet for forum anywhere? I think Mt. Sina'a is Jabal an Nabi Shu' ayb. Danny doesn't think it exists why can he say that and I cannot say this? Mine at least could be progressive information in one's interest in Mt. Sinai. he's allowed to compare it to Camelot to me that's like comparing it to Never Never Land I don't find that contributing to the page and I don't appreciate it. Why is he allowed so much more liberty than me? Please help/guide me to feel welcome to contribute. Please don't allow others then to call things a legend or fiction when that clearly is personal opinion and doesn't follow policy as verifiable. I was trying to genuinely contribute in good spirit even though I found other belittling somewhat arrogant sounding opinions/conversations between "Danny" and another allowed to be there offensive. -saying some should be in luny bins in so many words for thier outragious theories? is that necessary. I didn't call anyone group crazy and I get taken off? this doesn't appear objective. Danny is welcome to write his own book projecting his personal beliefs elsewhere. How can I share in the talk in Wikipedia? my contributions seemed consistent with the talk. Could you put some of it back in at your discretion that isn't a problem? Teri 173.170.134.224 ( talk) 19:01, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
Wow! I just read your comment to Ron on here. Typical of believer's acting like they have some majic. Are you going to say typical of Gays? typical of Muslims, Women, Blacks? Blatant mocking of a group for their opinions that you feel deserve less respect than yours? for a sight that is suppose to be polite and neutral I find this very upsetting you are breaking your own sites policies I can see why now you left in Danny's derogatory comments and removed mine. Are you editing this to be propaganda that fits your beliefs? 173.170.134.224 ( talk) 19:19, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
Good evening! [I'm in GMT+1 time zone... :)] You're mostly right in reverting my recent edit of subject. I humbly apologize for my hasty misdemeanour: overlooking I was trampling on the sacred soil of a quote... A sobering lesson to me, indeed. Though I think you could have passed my inserting of "culturally" in article text to mend a sentence clearly misinterpreting what stated in the following quote. Best regards. Brumon ( talk) 20:43, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
The IP editor from Ouroboros refuses to acknowledge the problem with his or her preferred text (see the latest comments at WT:WikiProject Ancient Egypt) and is now putting it into Atum. I removed it twice from the Atum article, and he or she reverted ( diff). I don't want to revert again for fear of an edit war, but that text seriously does not belong there, or in any WP article. I'm not sure what to do now. A. Parrot ( talk) 18:55, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello Dougweller. The association between the "end of the world" and 2012 was first made by an anthropologist, a "scholar", a Mayanist and also a CIA operative, namely Michael D. Coe in 1966. The Maya had nothing to do with it. Uh, the New Agers didn't start it either. Haven't you figured this out yet? Jimini Cricket 72.253.70.4 (talk) 23:40, 22 May 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.253.70.250 ( talk)
Hi Doug! ...I meant a "culturally" (or, maybe better: "intellectually") should be inserted after "being" in last sentence of 8th paragraph (quotation included) in section 2. Nordic theory. Why? - because the clean-cut statement in that sentence is not vindicated by rest of article, esp. the following second quote there. Brumon ( talk) 13:48, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for the note Dougweller. I'd love to see the Malville article if you have an electronic copy. My interest in Nabta, after all, was what sent me to the page. Is there a way to share files within Wikipedia talk? Thanks also for the general info. I've been meaning to start contributing more for some time. Schray ( talk) 19:36, 24 May 2012 (UTC) ;o)
Ok Thanks it's on - I feel you. Got Your comment at the editorial board. I'm working on quite a few articles - in my other UserNames. That's doing great. I Understand what I should and shouldn't write. This is a sandbox experiment right? If You need one of my user names;send me a E-mail. Oh Yea I Edited Flaawless's sandbox! Flaawless ( talk) HDJ ( talk) HDJ ( talk) 22:32, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
Sorry forgot to Talkback when I posted this. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 13:54, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
A character called OldMoonraker has just surfaced on the Aesop talk page, claiming that the illustrations to the article don't meet WP guidelines. Do you have a view on that yourself? Mzilikazi1939 ( talk) 21:18, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
I should like to ask the self-righteous Old Moonraker just what he meant by the statement that 'The guideline suggests that images "should be relevant and increase readers' understanding of the subject matter".....The liberal sprinkling of imaginative representations from the two millennia after his death fail to achieve this', if it was not that the images do not meet WP guidelines. I too am 'a respected and experienced editor' and I do not take kindly to being called a liar. Mzilikazi1939 ( talk) 11:18, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello, Doug. I wanted to let you know that I made a request at WP:ANI for an uninvolved administrator to review your block of Xenos2008 as I believe it was made in contravention in policy. — Psychonaut ( talk) 21:05, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
Can you please clarify this?
You say "the two a's in his name represents a trade mark,and it is illegal for any one in the world to Wright and or use his name with out his permission: That's as in Search Directories,Newspapers,Magazines,Search Engines,any publication what so ever ETC". So you put it in the Urban Dictionary [1] but forbid people searching for it? Seriously, you don't seem to understand how trademark works. But even if you did, I need to clarify this - are you suggesting that you might take legal action against anyone on Wikipedia or Wikipedia if you use the word 'flaawless'? Take a look at WP:NLT. Thanks for redacting your sandbox, but the template was inappropriate and I've replaced it with the userpage template and noindex, please don't remove them. And are you saying you have other Wikipedia accounts? Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 15:58, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
Reply:
This statement is not against Wikipedia using the two a's in flaawless or any one else. If I remember correctly most people under flaawless in Google is not even the person who first created the two a's in flaawless. Though it's still being used. Some people use created material for negative reasons. This word was @ double a's to be distinct from flawless with one a. That's why it's forbidding to some instances. Also it was first created to make sure artists in the world did not use the word regardless devon victory full in music and TV. These words was about somebody on negative issues in movies or music their might could be legal action - I'm only a mere representative of the human flaawless and regardless devon victory; and he's the one who wrote this.Though really it's ok to use any of his names, in any legal way possible - i'm guessing according to the so-called trademark education. It shouldn't be illegal, unless some one made a television show called Regardless Devon Victory, or released a album that sold hundreds or thousands in the name Regardless Devon Victory or flaawless with two a's. The education also states even if the trademark was not registered a human could register right before court somehow to prove that it was legally theirs still; if they have the good proof. I have your talk page on watch just in case you need to reply - I have other accounts that's not in my name though; shared with other people @ different places than i reside - though the other people is the ones whos' registered in their on name - and I can't speak on their be-halph only on my be-halph with the word flaawless. Flaawless ( talk) HDJ ( talk) 00:00, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
You recognized I'm new at this. Thanks for the explanation of reverting. Never had that happen before.
The article already makes the connection between Leviathan and dragons, so I didn't realize I'd skipped a necessary step. Am I missing something? Mthorn10 ( talk) 21:22, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
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You said, "you need an independent source making the link between Leviathan and dragons." Here are three excerpts from the very article I edited:
1. Narratives about dragons often involve them being killed by a hero. This topos can be traced to the Chaoskampf of the mythology of the Ancient Near East (e.g. Hadad vs. Yam, Marduk vs. Tiamat, Teshub vs. Illuyanka, etc.; the Biblical Leviathan presumably reflects a corresponding opponent of an early version of Yahweh).
2. In Jewish religious texts, the first mention of a dragon-like creature is in the Biblical works of Job (26:13), and Isaiah (27:1) where it is called Nachash Bare'ach, or a "Pole Serpent".[13] This is identified in the Midrash Rabba to Genesis 1:21 as Leviathan from the word Taninim (תנינים) "and God created the great sea-monsters."
3. The connection between the sea-monster and "Leviathan the serpent" is made in Isaiah 27:1 Mthorn10 ( talk) 22:12, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
Yes, thanks. I don't have a separate source that makes that specific connection. I thought the text itself supports that proposition, but I see your point. I don't intend to try again on this one. Mthorn10 ( talk) 23:52, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
Dusty 777 00:36, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
[26] reg Yogesh Khandke's topic ban violation. — Spaceman Spiff 07:13, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
I was just protecting the pages vandalized by the IP, I request you to please protect those pages so that IP can not vandalize them again, thanks. Nabbedhigh ( talk) 09:27, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
Please protect these pages
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Is this the right place to post messages about conflict of interest items? I had posted about the Von Neumann constructor page COI there before, and absolutely nothing was done. What is the story here? If you look at the end of my talk page, just yesterday I was telling a new user that self-promotion is creeping in and in 3 years we are not going to be able to unscramble the egg and remove these promotion material any more. Something needs to be done. Then today this showed up and alerted me to the situation on Bell's theorem. So what is the process to stop this?
But this was the tipping point. As you know John Carter had been trying to talk me to become an admin and I gently shrugged my shoulders because I thought it would be extra work. But this made me realize that there are probably not enough admins who can act in these technical areas, and I should just do it. If I had been an admin this Bell theorem saga would not have frustrated a user such as Richard Gill - the last thing should be the loss of Gill as a result of undue frustration. In the past year, good users have been falling off wikispace like leaves in autumn, and that should change. So anyway, what is the story with doing an Rfa? Thanks. History2007 ( talk) 14:58, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug, thanks for the note! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Science 2.0 ( talk • contribs) 14:10, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
To answer your concern— I think the relevance is in the fact that they all form a mutually influential web involving distrust of and destruction by the American police forces, of people both on the left and the right. Waco and Ruby Ridge both led to Oklahoma City, Rainbow Farm, etc. Cheers! Kaecyy ( talk) 10:59, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
If you read about the subjects— maybe not just on Wikipedia, mind you, but on the internet, in interviews, as I've done recently in research— you'll see that each of the earlier incidents is referred to by the victims in the later incidents— at least in the case of the cases I specifically mentioned (Ruby Ridge, Waco, Okie City, Rainbow Farm). But the unifying theme is militia activity and inspiration for it, so yeah, I did copy paste some that I found in one entry into another, so maybe not all those militias need to be there, but the big four I just mentioned are definitely related. Do some key word searches on Google, you'll see! ;) cheers, Kaecyy ( talk) 13:22, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
Hey Doug, just went back and did a compromise edit-- took your good advice, pared the links down to more closely related articles. If you see the need to pare it down further, please don't throw the baby out with the bathwater and take 'em all down again, but I think there's a case to be made for all the remaining See Alsos if you read the articles or Google the subjects a bit. All the best to you, my man! Thanks for your guidance. cheers, Kaecyy ( talk) 14:16, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
I notice that you hid some insulting edit on that page. The same unnamed editor also left a message on Bog body which has simply been deleted, but which probably needs to be treated in the same way. It names a number of regular editors in an insulting manner.
BTW, can you give me some advice on how best to handle another unnamed editor who habitually leaves Edit Summaries that are insulting, referring to other people's edits as "moronic", "bizarre", "idiotic" "total shit" and then swearing at editors whose edit summaries he considers inappropriate. This person is an habitual bully. Having had a bit of interaction, I looked at his edit history, and it is far from pleasant.
Any minute from now he is going to trot out the "three-reversal" rule, to get up my nose, (if he is aware of it) but it's not over a serious matter. The serious matter is the habitual nature of the insults which are being directed to such a wide number of well-meaning, but perhaps less-than-competetnt editors. Lack of competence is really not a good enough reason to insult people. They need encouraging, not humiliating.
Unfortunately if this person wasn't such an absolute A.H. he would be useful to Wikipedia, as he appears to be quite competent at picking up problems. Amandajm ( talk) 16:14, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
I can imagine you might utter a groan seeing a new item regarding the Vassula Ryden page! I have become much more familiar with Wikipedia rules and guidelines since I first started contributing to the Vassula page some months ago and so I am asking if you could view the dispute occurring now on the Vassula page.
I have added a brief item about the dialogue between Vassula and the Vatican. The citation seems good to me but the group of editors who follow the page (who are all, I believe, people who are irreligious and very much opposed to Vassula and what she is doing) are persisting in removing the item.
I would appreciate your comments. Sasanack ( talk) 16:05, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
-- Sasanack ( talk) 08:52, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
Blue Rasberry (talk) 00:12, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
I'd be grateful for your advice on procedures with regard to WP Editor 2011's rather aggressive opinion on dates in the Aesop/ Aesop's Fables articles. Is there some forum where the question can be brought up that would give some kind of definitive opinion?
I know you live by Australian hours and have a feeling they coincide with my (present) mornings. Until 10 days ago I was in Taiwan, where there was a 7-hour difference from where I've returned. I think I've got computer-lag as well as jet-lag! Mzilikazi1939 ( talk) 15:22, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
Thank you, that was very helpful. I'm glad my question arrived so fortuitously. It is ironic that in Taiwan I was involved in stylistic debates as the project there moved from a Chinese phase to an English-language phase. Discussion is never-ending! Mzilikazi1939 ( talk) 16:55, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
Greetings .. your reason to revert my changes are irrational. J.C. Storms who 1st stated that Ramapoughs were the descendents of runaway slaves, prostitutes, etc. had no basis of this and as we now know, lied. why is this allowed to remain but the theory that makes the most sense is removed? Ramapoughnative ( talk) 13:13, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
read the talk page.. i am full aware of Wiki policies. Are you? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ramapoughnative ( talk • contribs) 22:29, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
how can winning awards from the state of New Jersey and authoring over 170 articles be considered POV? Now you just want to argue and not being rational. Ramapoughnative ( talk) 05:49, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
One change has nothing to do with the other.. nice try. Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is " Ramapough Lenape Nation". Thank you. Ramapoughnative ( talk) 06:23, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
WP:POV - yopu just proved my point. You 'disagree' with me. I'm presenting facts, not POV. How can you disagree with facts. yes I have had edit war issues on people who have been condescending, pigheaded and hide behind WP procedures instead of looking at the facts. You say let the reader make the judgement but you want to remove all evidence of fact. I have requested arbitration as you already know. Ramapoughnative ( talk) 14:27, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
Good eye on spotting the copyvio. I left COI and copyvio notices on the user's talk page. -- Drm310 ( talk) 02:35, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
I've been trying to improve the readability of Uniformitarianism but i'm met with reversion after reversion. what am I doing wrong? SmittysmithIII ( talk) 01:40, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
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Hey Doug, I remember you were involved in some clean up around the Mughal articles after visits by Sridhar100 and Mughal lohar. Back as IPs now, I've protected a couple of pages -- Mughal Empire, Shah Jahan. As you're more familiar with Mughal lohar could you take a look? Babur appears to need some attention. cheers. — Spaceman Spiff 11:06, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the notification and links. I'll weigh in my twopence-worth at the relevant pages but perhaps only a farthing at a time (today's an even lazier Sunday than my usual). Haploidavey ( talk) 15:36, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the timely block, but it just occured to me: how the hell are we allowing an IP to undo a revert of hidden content described as "Grossly insulting, degrading, or offensive material". With one click the IP put his crap right back in. Is that right? -- RacerX11 Talk to me Stalk me 13:50, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi! I have been poking into the Maya 2012 business and other examples of pseudohistory lately and have come across Fifth World (Native American mythology) sourced entirely by the Graham Hancock sensationalist book. Now, I've heard of the "fourth world" in NA mythos, but I am unfamiliar with the fifth. If anything the article should be scrapped or stubbed but which, I'm not sure. Since you edit this subject area with an eye towards accuracy I thought I should bring it to you. Ultra Venia ( talk) 20:42, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
Dougweller, I can't believe you reverted my edit and attacked me on the talk page for that article, saying that I shouldn't be allowed to edit because of an (illegitimate) block from a few days ago. Am I blocked now? No. I am just as entitled to edit Wikipedia as anyone else. Even IP editors with no history are allowed to do so. Just stick to the topic and stop being disruptive. Cynwolfe wasn't making tit-for-tat reversions to keep her edit in place; she's still discussing it on the talk page. Why can't you do the same? ( WP Editor 2011 ( talk) 07:19, 8 June 2012 (UTC))
( edit conflict)::::I'm sorry, I didn't reply to part of your post. Your comment about another editor, saying their "suggestion is a ploy to encourage foreign minority groups to bastardise the Queen's English." is the sort of thing I meant. And " I've only seen it twice outside Wikipedia" also shows that you know very little about the subject. As for calling them liars, that definitely qualifies as a personal attack here. And please don't expect experienced editors to be naive, it was clear that your alleged 'grammar and link improvements, which in fact weren't improvements, were more than that, particularly in the context of your other edits to do with era style. You can edit, but you shouldn't edit war, and removing it twice is pretty clearly not trying to avoid edit warring and again, in the context.... Dougweller ( talk) 11:18, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
I set a poll up here, please contribute. -- Jeremy ( blah blah • I did it!) 07:24, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
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Doug ...
From what you wrote in the Great Zimbabwe Talk-File, it seems that there is a definite possibility that you would block me if I were to revert StarMagicxxx for a third time. Or would you take into account the fact that he has failed to give any reason whatsoever for continuing to truncate that subheading? - [despite my asking him more than once to please come and discuss the matter in the Talk-File] - whereas I have tried very hard to justify my extra wording.
Was I successful in trying to explain to you that we are considering evidence that the 13th/14th century ancestors of the Lemba might have built Great Zimbabwe? (when - quite possibly - they may have been known by a completely different name) ... and that their [likely] Semitic ancestry provides support for the "Semitic" theory? (for the origins of that ancient civilization) -- DLMcN ( talk) 11:12, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
Doug ...
As suggested, I took a look at WP:COI - and it seemed to imply that Wikipedia might occasionally be prepared to consider allowing authors to quote from their own papers. So - let me emphasize that (when inserting that link) I was genuinely trying to throw extra light on the matter. My motives were purely for scholarship and for truth. I would certainly not derive any financial benefit if that link were to be included in Wikipedia.
Regarding your other reason for removing that link - you are completely out of order > [You said that because I am a meteorologist/astronomer, my article (on Great Zimbabwe) could not be regarded as a 'reliable source']. In fact, it could actually be argued that your implication was an unnecessary insult, a 'personal attack' on me.
Surely it would have been fairer to judge the article by its content, without prejudice? -- DLMcN ( talk) 11:15, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
Request for restoration of edits.
I am pained to note that you have deleted the citations because you have found the author and the book, both, unreliable. I had merely cited a passage from the Aitareya Upanishad as explained by the author. I had given the traditional meaning of Vedanta extracted from the Upanishads and provided by the author in his book. I had also cited the Bhagvad Gita in respect of Aum. These three are all time-honoured statements of undeniable Universal truth. I had included these citations in an honest attempt to lift the article to the next higher level. The book I have relied upon is an outstanding work on a specific part of the Rig Veda, the text which is not ordinarily read or studied even by the followers of Hindu religion primarily because it is difficult to grasp its essence, a task that takes years and years of devoted study under the guidance of a teacher who has already experienced the truth. Kindly restore my edits. Soni Ruchi ( talk) 10:39, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
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Do you know anything about Hendrickson Publishers? Do they really publish mainstream "academia"? Where is the line drawn between self-published and a non-mainstream publishing house? I'm questioning Prophecy of Seventy Weeks#Analysis of seven. Thanks, Jasonasosa ( talk) 07:41, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
He's back...... [35] -- AussieLegend ( talk) 15:14, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello Dougweller, does this article here: ( [36]) look like an indiscriminate collection of journalistic reports? Mr.Wikipediania ( Stalk • Talk) 13:31, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
Comments on the actual talk page would be preferred. There are obviously going to be different discussions regarding its stand alone notability and its relevancy to the main I-P article. Ankh. Morpork 14:11, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello Doug. Has a certain "editor" who does blanket-bombing edits been warned, especially on Younger Dryas impact hypothesis (YDIH) article? He pays lip-service to Wikipedia policies, especially NPOV, but the ironic thing is he confuses the title of the article which is that it is a "hypothesis", yet he tries to impose his POV that it has been absolutely refuted. (Interestingly, there is a very recent article in astrobio.net http://www.astrobio.net/pressrelease/4822/new-evidence-links-cosmic-impact-to-mass-extinction which indicates the matter is far from resolved.) He has tried a similar approach to "Acupuncture", but since that has 280 watchers versus the 40 watchers of YDIH, his edits are satisfyingly neutralized before the article becomes unreliable. As of the moment, the "Younger Dryas Impact hypothesis" is no longer a collegial work -- he has made it his own. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Titus III ( talk • contribs) 20:28, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello User:Dougweller. Is this the correct place to talk about your reversion of my edits to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanugo and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam ? You can see your reversions here http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Lanugo&diff=497522073&oldid=496960984 and here http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Adam&diff=497522116&oldid=497504729 I would like to hear why you think I am vandalizing and/or having a non-neutral point of view. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.62.148.235 ( talk • contribs)
Thanks, Doug. Dexter Bond ( talk) 19:57, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi, can we add the new DNA from 2012 or no to the Startchild_skull ? I'm a little lost here, you folks say we need a reliable source and all DNA must be peer reviewed, but the article states the Skull is Human based on DNA that hasn't any peer review. The citation that validated the oldest DNA is from a site that refers to the original Lloyd site, but that's not reliable, so how can we trust this to say it's human? For me it isn't extraordinary to say it's not human, it's extraordinary to say it's human when you see all the physical evidence alone. Sorry for all this, but I can't get to understand how this works, the article is biased to a skeptic point of view, without all new evidence and stating something that isn't true, we don't know if it's human or not. ˜˜˜˜ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Subkelvin ( talk • contribs) 17:43, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
Talk:Turko Mughal Titles, I have done so and the matter have been resolved, Now there is no issue of copyright please update the article. ( Imtiaz Ahmed Mughal ( talk) 15:33, 16 June 2012 (UTC))
Talk:Tarkhan Mughals, I have done so and matter have been resolved. I have created the temporary page(Talk:Tarkhan Mughals/Temp), now there is no issue of copyright, Please update the article.( Imtiaz Ahmed Mughal ( talk) 15:49, 16 June 2012 (UTC))
I'll try to take a look at these tomorrow.
Dougweller (
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dear doug,
the edits by the wp:spa [37] are now back into the article. take a look at the sources. the first one uses the derogatory "qadiani"-term, and is a webpage of a fundo mosque! the second source is the webpage of the smaller * lahore ahmadiyya movement*, an antagonist sect, who also uses the derogatory "qadiani"-term... about the mainstream ahmadiyya muslim community, their rivals! the sources are quite biased and unreliable. i don't think user User:Solarra is aware of this fact.-- altetendekrabbe 12:47, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
Dear Doug, I have addressed the above claims on the talk page of the Ahmadiyya Wikipedia page. I think it is very important to back up any critical comments with evidence not simply to trash sources that have an alternative opinion. I hope you will consider both viewpoints and use your discretion. It should be noted that our mutual friend Altetendekrabbe referred to the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement as the smaller group as if this was therefore some kind of logic for not accepting their opinions. If we are to accept this premise then by Altetendekrabbe's logic we could say that the opinions of Main stream Muslims are therefore to be more widely accepted than the Ahmadiyya. Of course this would be an unacceptable bias and therefore it cannot be used as the logic for discrediting an opinion of the "Smaller" Movement. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Steeringly ( talk • contribs) 23:22, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
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Actually, I don't think the protection on Astrology is not needed at this point. The latest edit war was not a continuation of the previous one, and the person responsible has been sufficiently warned and has already agreed to stop edit-warring, and I take him at his word.
More importantly, though, is that, shortly before you protected, MannJess finally closed an RfC, which was long overdue and was holding up edits for which broad consensus exists. See his closing comments here: [ [38]]. In evaluating my request, please note that I did not participate in the RfC and do not have particularly strong feelings one way or the other about the changes proposed. Thanks. Dominus Vobisdu ( talk) 20:19, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the guidance. I noticed, "Any exceptional claim requires multiple high-quality sources.[8] Red flags that should prompt extra caution include: ...surprising or apparently important claims not covered by multiple mainstream sources."(WP:V) So, what level of rigor is required to challenge - let's say - two mainstream sources; particularly, what type scholarly evidence would be required to properly challenge the perspectives shared by the National Geographic and Smithsonian Institution? How would I edit such an article without vandalizing the content? Thanks. Thepasta ( talk) 22:19, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
This can never be the reason for creating an article here. Dougweller ( talk) 13:31, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
16:39, 18 June 2012 (UTC) Zananiri ( talk)
I notice this article, which is listed for deletion, was modified today. According to the article, one of the three publications by this person 'in Search of True Happiness' was published by the Soni 'parivar' (family), which apparently makes it a private publication. I fail to see. how that makes him an authority on the Upanishads or the Vedas, though I accept that he is expressing his personal views on these subjects. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zananiri ( talk • contribs) 16:22, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
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Would this attempt to coordinate ( [39], [40], [41]) with these 3 POV editors from American Third Position Party be something we should worry about? I haven't run across User:William S. Saturn much. He iro 02:00, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
Doug, can you check User talk:SpacemanSpiff#Khan Jahan Bahadur? Another sock has shown up, I'm off wiki for a while and won't be able to spend much time on this for a few more days. cheers. — Spaceman Spiff 11:50, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
Dougweller good day! Please give reasons before reverting anything -- Majilis ( talk) 04:21, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
Dougweller ok what you're saying is He was a Muslim, i've changed that so that no one will dispute about it, everyone agrees He is a Muslim scientist, please but whatever you do give reasons -- Majilis ( talk) 04:26, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
You-know-who adding the same material as before, just two days after protection expired. Ergative rlt ( talk) 00:32, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
No problem. I actually had to run off to see a movie right when the ANI discussion was starting, otherwise I would have copied the info from that last go-round at RSN. Ergative rlt ( talk) 17:43, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
Already corrected on the talk page, I can't fix edit summaries. [42] Not that I;m the only one who's been trying to get through to Dlkek2. [43] [44] Edward321 ( talk)
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Hi, you mentioned going overboard, if you think there is an issue (as you mentioned here User_talk:IRWolfie-#GreenUniverse_clean_up) with the way I am cleaning up Wikipedia:Contributor_copyright_investigations/GreenUniverse it would be good to know before I continue cleaning up. IRWolfie- ( talk) 21:10, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
Dougweller i see you reverted my posts why you won't explain it first then revert? do you have any comments? Please let us discuss it on the discussion page dedicated to the al-Farabi
-- Majilis ( talk) 01:33, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug, thanks for jumping in with this, it was starting to get a little out of hand. Hopefully that will do the job. Callanecc ( talk) 05:52, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
It would have been nice if you notified me that you were mentioning my actions here.-- William S. Saturn ( talk) 00:12, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
Hey Doughweller,
I have an issue that after much thought I believe you are most fit to handle since you are a straight shooter and well acquainted to Wikipedia rules and regulations. My grievance is as follows:
On the page Iran which is a national page for the natino of Iran, the user "Iranic" since a few months ago has persistently placed a header on the top in form a disambiguation statement saying This article is about the modern nation of Iran. For historical uses, see Greater Iran
I have a grievance against this un-wikipedia like behaviour on the following grands:
1)Headers on the top are for disambiguation purposes (i.e. Court redirects here for disambiguation see court) NOT for personal agendas or content material. In other words he should not put a header redirection unless it helps in directing the users between pages. In that ground he is violating a rule
2) He quotes a source in the header!!!! He in fact quotes a SIDE NOTE! of a page that Richard Fry wrote some 30 years ago and takes it out of context to justify his statement. First of all, the whole concept of Greater Iran is made up and at best only the work of one author. How can that be justification for putting it up on a nation's page in wikipedia? Secondly whether his sources say what he says or not is irrelvant. You can not cite a header or a disambiguation! Thirdly and this is the worst (I know you personally stated this many times) he is using a YOUTUBE video link!!!? as one of his sources! That is nonsense
3) He persistently shows lack of flexibility. I originally removed the header on the grounds that it did not contribute anything that could not be part of the page's content itself. Why should the concept of Greater Iran be part of the header? What is that going to accompolish? Specially since "greater iran" is a made up topic. He responded by saying and I quote the user Iranic "This is about places ruled by Iran." In response as a gesture of good faith I changed the header into "This page is about the modern nation of Iran. For lands ruled by Iran see Greater Iran." He clearly reverted that.
4) Honestly I think the reason why Iranic has created the page Greater Iran and why he places this unnecessary header is to udermine the fact that Iran IS Persia. I am not sure what his agenda is or where he is from. His page is suspect. He has no text or peronality expresed in the page. I think this is a clear attempt to attack Iranian people. Imagine for a moment that when you type Germany or Nederlands in Wikipedia on the top of the page you see something like this "This page is about the modern nation of Germany. For historical reasons see "Greater Germany." or "This is about the Modern Nation of Nederlands, for historical reasons see "Medieval Europe."). It is embarrasing.
I have nobody else to go to. I have shown you time and again that I respect regulations and rules. I need you to help me now! I have nobody else to go to. I have agreed with you (against my perosnal belief or desire at times) for instnace in the Cyrus the Great page (where you RIGHTFULLY prevented youtube videos from being linked) and then again in Cyrus Cylinder where I did not interfere with your work out of respect for your adherence to wikipedia rules and simple common sense. I however now have not much time. I am working in the ER and seeing patients the whole day. My work day is 12-14 hours and I am constantly tired. Imagine my frustration where I come home and find out that wikipedia and its history/political pages are being vanadlized by people with suspicious reputations. So please do your thing as a moderator and a man with common sense. Help me correct this error because I see no other way to deal with Iranic aside from getting engaged in a revert war which I WILL lose because I can not be here all the time. Thanks man. Dr. Persi ( talk) 01:42, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
As I see you've dealt with 94.175.118.39 ( talk · contribs)'s use of haplotype data before, I was wondering if you felt that my edits of that user's additions to Cantonese people were in bounds - specifically things like my edits here and here, as well as my arguments at Talk:Cantonese_people#Genetics and the "Cited studies" section immediately below. I don't want to find myself being in the position of the edit warrior reverting things that might be allowable inferences or basic applications of WP:CALC. Thanks! Ergative rlt ( talk) 16:14, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
Jasonasosa ( talk) 17:04, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you for driving the effort to identify and neutralize the extensive sockpuppet problem related to the use of unreliable material from fringe character Terence "Terry" Mortenson. I salute your dogged determination to protect the wiki from copyright violation and bad sourcing. Binksternet ( talk) 21:02, 24 June 2012 (UTC) |
Hi, we have a page move war going on wrt Varghese Payapilly Palakkappilly and its associated talk page. InarZan pointed out on the talk that Varghese Payapilly is the more common name but PalakkappillyAchayan seems not to understand how the policy works. Despite my numerous differences with InarZan at Saint Thomas Christians etc, I believe that they are correct here and said as much at the talk page. Not having had much involvement with contested page moves, could you advise on the appropriate steps? Should I initiate a formal move request? - Sitush ( talk) 05:50, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
— Jeff G. ツ (talk) 20:13, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
Can you please be more specific? Slogging through ANI is tedious under the best of circumstances; on my phone it's excruciating. — Jeff G. ツ (talk) 01:56, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
What ever you suggested me are ok. Living persons details, I have deleted. Pl. advise about my recent contributions, during last seven days. Rayabhari ( talk) 15:52, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
Can I ask you why you have changed the updated information I've added on "Behzādān Pour Vandād Hormuzd" ( Abu Muslim Khorasani)? Class Avesta ( talk) 16:50, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
Hey Doug,
I've been thinking...
You know that User: Johnjonesjr, I don't know. I know there were some annoying arguments that we had, but there was always some kind of innocence that he seemed to project. I know I could be wrong... but just in case... is there anyway we could double check to make sure he had nothing to do with that User: Allenroyboy? Somehow... I really believe he was away and maybe he got hacked or something. Please... just check it out. I spent a lot of time on the Daniel pages and he was always there checking on me... which I respect. Thanks, Jasonasosa ( talk) 19:55, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
... sockpuppet? Also, I'm having trouble deciding whether the master you listed is actually related. Their writing style seems a bit different to me. — DoRD ( talk) 18:57, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
Well, I quoted the article by the French sociologist of Pierre Bourdieu on the American academia impact on race relations in Brazil. It was pretty clear he was being quoted (his name and that of his partner were added at the end of the text). As far as I can see, it was not copyright violation, and the text was important to be there, at the English wikipedia. Since you have removed it, I don't know what to do, since it was highly relevant to be there. Grenzer22 ( talk) 12:06, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
As for the claim on Chagas, part of the text written is not in the link you mentioned (the one which describes his role in discovering a parasitic fungal genus associated with PCP, Pneumocystis pneumonia). That part you mentioned is a very standard description of Chagas' work, found in almost every place describing his work. I have no problems with your removal. And I'm going to watch closely so that it won't happen again.
I have looked back at my previous posts and as far as I have seen there is no copyright violation in other posts either. Grenzer22 ( talk) 12:15, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
Just to make it clear that I am going to be even more careful from now on, thanks for helping me out. Grenzer22 ( talk) 12:32, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
I've just removed the Pierre Bourdieu article from the White Brazilian topic, it is not to be found like that anywhere else (the other 2 you have already deleted). As I said it was not intentional, and I am going to be more vigilant from now on, thank you very much. Grenzer22 ( talk) 13:49, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug, Given the editor's previous deletion of material I've warned him/her for your revert - hope you don't mind. Callanecc ( talk • contribs • logs) 17:50, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
NeilN talk to me 21:40, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
Just a note to say I've responded on my talk page to your accusation of edit warring. -- Sasanack ( talk) 08:17, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for your response on my talk page but you haven't understood what I was trying to say. I made ONE revert but then things got technically messy as I tried to remove 2 separate citations while DominusV (unknown to me) reverted my original edit. I think if you are going to warn people in that formal way you should be certain of what has happened. The whole situation remains very strange from a 'part-time' editor's point of view. The whole behaviour of the 'group of 4' editors (as I like to call them) is aggressive and negative yet they are never criticised. The DRN has at least brought forward independent editors making helpful and constructive comments and suggestions. Sadly, as I explained on that noticeboard, there is absolutely no readiness by the g of 4 to compromise or accept any of the suggestions. I think you are unlikely to need to ban me because the whole experience on Wikipedia has been so discouraging and negative that I think I probably need to get out of here sooner rather than later.-- Sasanack ( talk) 15:54, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
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his page was under my watch, regards DBig Xray 19:40, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi again, Doug. To revisit that thing from yesterday, could you please take a look at this page? I've given him a warning on simple and am working with another commons editor over the images. Regards, Osiris ( talk) 02:36, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
DBig Xray 10:54, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for informing me. I'll check into it. She's one of the most valuable editors we have.
I just left a message on her talk page about massive changes user:Zachariel just made to the History of astrology page.
You're pretty good at historical sourcing, so would you mind taking a look at Zachariel's edits, and keep an eye on him? He seems to be edit-warring again. Dominus Vobisdu ( talk) 12:34, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
This is going to go bonkers if we let it. Are you happy that the review is in good hands, now? If so, let me know and I'll close the incident to forestall the otherwise inevitable. Uncle G ( talk) 15:32, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
Well, it looks like that problem has been resolved at least in the short term. I wonder if you would have any interest about maybe offering some input about an article which might have similar problems, if from the other side, at Soka Gakkai. Getting a few more people involved there would be useful as well, and I would be particularly grateful if an outsider would comment on the newer additions. John Carter ( talk) 19:17, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey Dougweller, I've answered there but wanted to give a little background. There are a great number of people who do blame admins for all the problems, and of course admins aren't the primary reason for losses. There are some problems that we admins need to address as a group, but there are many, many more reasons we lose good editors that need to be addressed. I think that for the project to work, however, you have to put all the cards on the table and at least acknowledge that perception of admins is a problem. I don't want that to dominate there, however. But the project needs many admins to actually take a role and join the project, because loss of talent IS a serious concern here, and why isn't completely clear. I think having it as a clearing house to establish problems, set priorities, discuss potential changes in policy before RfCing for the change, all of that can actually help us keep the talent we have and not scare off new editors as well. We need some type of centralized discussion for retention at this stage, and a Project seems the right way to go. It is only a day old, so what it is depends on who participates and how they mold it. Would love to see you be a part of the molding process, particularly early on. Bring a friend. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © 12:44, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
Btw. Thank you. And also those were sensible revisions to surname/sock redirects recently. I was diverted from anthoponymy and didn't see them. Thanks again. In ictu oculi ( talk) 23:42, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the message. I've been trying to improve the page on the Hanau epe over the past few days. I don't know much about Heyerdahl, apart from vague memories of him on TV in my childhood, and the notion at the time that there was some great mystery about Easter Island. I've just ordered a copy of his book Kon-Tiki, because I want to get a sense of why he seems to be obsessed by these diffusionist ideas and why they seemed to catch the imagination of the time. I have a feeling that these scenarios of ethnic struggle were linked to a post-WWII with fascination with stories of racial extermination that came to defined as a sort-of liberal re-imagining of the Nazi mythos (The Lord of the Rings is the classic example of that). That's why I'm inclined to think that the "racist" claim essentially misses the point, just as much as the Saint-Heyerdahl-humanitarian version does. Of course this is all "OR", but I'd feel happier getting a sense of what he actually wrote before diving in to the Heyerdahl article too much. Obviously these arguments should be clearly presented, though I think they should be placed in context - this "Thor-Nazi" image is a vary recent one, though criticisms of his theories certainly are not. Paul B ( talk) 20:39, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
A friend of mine once wrote on Usenet: I believe that this is because his particular brand of racism fits in well with the basic racist assumptions held by a large proportion of people (if not a majority) in Europe or of European origins (white Americans, Australians etc.). This is that whites or "caucasoids" were and are the most intelligent, energetic, creative, and generally capable "race", and that therefore all true civilisation needs to be initiated and sustained by whites. And the most "white" of all are of course blond/red-haired blue-eyed "nordic" types. Heyerdahl's work is full of the implicit or explicit association of blond/red-hair, blue eyes, and "caucasian" features with creators and diffusers of high civilisation. It is also full of the sorts of idea that says that e.g. Polynesians - being rather lazy, fond of a good time, not particularly creative etc. - could not possibly have been responsible for the Easter Island statues. "...keeping in mind when he wrote" - yes, when he started writing, such ideas were much more *openly* expressed.
Just look at some of the supposedly "scientific" textbooks on race which were published right up to the 1960s. After that date, such ideas are much less openly displayed. And a study of Heyerdahl's writings reveal a similar trend. In his earlier works, especially "Aku Aku" and his magnum opus "American Indians in the Pacific" (AIP), his belief in the differential abilities of human races, and especially in the almost superhuman abilities of his blond blue-eyed caucasoid all-civilising, world-voyaging "long ears" is explicit. In later works these ideas are rather more disguised, and in addition he begins to emphasise a self-procaimed sympathy with third-world peoples etc., telling us how much he has done for them etc. I suspect this is all under the influence of "political correctness". However he has nowhere repudiated his earlier clearly racist beliefs, and it is clear from his most recent work "In the Footsteps of Adam" that he has not changed his mind on any of his theories, which at least partly rely on his basic racist assumptions. Incidentally, I am not here saying that he has necessarily reached the wrong conclusions. I am not even saying that his racism is necessarily wrong. Maybe blond blue-eyed peoples really are superior to others. Where I find Heyerdahl *scientifically* unacceptable is that he often uses a sort of circular thinking ("Easter Island statues were made by non-Polynesians". Why? Because Polynesians couldn't make large stone structures. How do you know this? Because all such structures in Polynesia were made by non-Polynesians. How do you know this? Because Polynesians couldn't make large stone structures etc.). Take away this sort of argument and there is often very little of substance left.
Incidentally, I have been looking into the "evidence" that Heyerdahl, Andrew Collins etc. are using in support of their ideas of an ancient worldwide all-civilising blond caucasoid race. Much, if not all, appears on closer examination to be illusory or misleading. For instance, early reports of "white" Amerindians are vitiated by the observation that some early Spanish chroniclers describe *all* the South American Amerindians as "white". (They were writing well before the time when "white" had fixed racial connotations, and in any case they were not trained physical anthropologists. What they probably meant was that they regarded the Amerindians as more similar to themselves than to their "black" African slaves). As for the often-quoted Indian legends of "white" civilising heroes etc., it should be noted that our first accounts of these legends date from well after the Spanish Conquest, and come from Spaniards. And actually there are many other accounts about creator-heroes in reported Amerindian mythology which describe them as anything but "white". The whole field of ancient Amerindian, and Polynesian mythology is much more obscure, complex, and confusing, than Heyerdahl etc. would have us believe. And I have yet to find a real primary source for the supposed "blue eyes".
My view is that he took on so much, and was so far ahead of his contemporaries in theorizing, that he did not get adequately challenged in a sufficiently timely way as to be forced to re-examine some of his shakier observations. He certainly has not been "adequately challenged", in the sense that he has prevailed so far in the propaganda war over those who would disagree with him. Many of his theories have been adequately challenged on a scientific basis, but the general public rarely gets to hear of this. As for being "far ahead of his contemporaries", many of his theories are actually re-hashes of the sorts of theories which were flying about in the 18th., 19th., and early 20th. centuries, when it was quite obvious to most westerners that non-whites were inferior to whites,and must therefore owe any admirable parts of their culture to white initiative and influence. Incidentally, it is interesting that Heyerdahl nowhere picks up on the fact which you mentioned in one of your earlier posts - that Australian Aboriginals often have blond hair - nor does he dwell on the fact that some Melanesian populations (e.g. on Malaita) also contain a significant proportion of blond and red haired people. In both cases, actually a much higher incidence of blondism than in any part of Polynesia. Yet he goes on at length on evidence for blondism among the Polynesians.
A reading of e.g. AIP, will suggest a probable reason for this blindness towards the blond Australians and Melanesians. Not only are Thor's blue-eyed blond caucasoids at the top of the hierarchy in terms of intelligence and civilised attributes, but the dark Melanesians and Aboriginals are definitely at the bottom. Since Heyerdahl associates blondism with high civilisation, he attributes the blond elements among the Polynesians to the same source as the more civilised features of their culture (stone structures, rongo-rongo writing etc.) i.e. to his beloved caucasoid long-ears. It would spoil his picture to point out the much higher degree of blondism among the Melanesians, as this would suggest a very plausible alternative source of Polynesian blondism, as well as muddying the chromatic association of blondism and light colouration with civilised virtues. For even if Polynesians are regarded in AIP, "Aku Aku" etc. as distinctly lacking in these as compared with the lighter supposed "long ears", they are however considerably superior to the darker dismally savage Melanesians. (end quote from friend) Dougweller ( talk)
I suspect the new user
User:Madvirgin is a sock of earlier banned user
User:Arfaz and
User:DdraconiandevilL. He is new member but his edits look like experienced user and resemble the style of the two above mentioned accounts.
Anish Viswa 06:06, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
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The material was covered in other areas. Eg:
Sitchin's research contradicts evolution and biblical accounts'
Scientific and Biblical arguments against Sitchin are discussed in the criticism section
with his translation about a space age advanced human race called the Anunnaki gods'
The Annunaki are mentioned (and linked) in the lead
with an appearance of an elongated rear skull
As far as I'm aware, Sitchin never made this claim.
who were the first humans who came from another world and gave birth to humans on Earth in their image.
This is wrong. The Annunaki were not human, according to Sitchin
History best told in - The Lost Book Of Enki.
And the eleven other books by Sitchin?
Serendi pod ous 16:50, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
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I saw the helpme, and tried to get the user to make a draft first. I also pointed them to BLP. I really should've talked about good sourcing, since that was mentioned - but that's easily something that could've been refined at the draft level. I see that I watchlisted the draft, and that it was not used at all - they stampeded straight to the mainspace. So, looking at the whole picture, I don't think the username should be ignored, nor should the article stand. G4 might do it, or another AFD, or maybe userfy it into a draft (which they should've done in the first place). My interaction here was minor indeed - have at. Thanks for the consult, btw. UltraExactZZ Said ~ Did 03:57, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
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Hello Doug. Regarding your reversion of my edits I would be grateful if you would explain in what way the edit suggested that Cremo's opinions were facts. You also say that my description of Forbidden Archeology is inaccurate. In what way is the description inaccurate? thanks 81.106.127.14 ( talk) 19:53, 24 March 2012 (UTC)
Could I ask for your views on the restoration of this PA [1]? (and indeed if you agree that it is a PA). I'd be grateful for some advice as to how to proceed. Note that I brought this to the attention of the user but he didn't wish to talk [2] William M. Connolley ( talk) 22:18, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
No that wasn't the reason. I checked Jesus and Moses pages i did not see a section titled "criticism of Jesus" even though there is a main article with the same title. Either somebody include a briefing of the criticism of Jesus and Christianity in the main article as well or just remove the tablet from Mohammed's page..
Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kendite ( talk • contribs) 05:42, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
I suggested a bot User_talk:Blevintron#A_new_bot_based_on_what_you_already_have. That user has some nice code for it. Now, I think we should make a list for that user if he accepts it. And then get the lists through several projects, then it will spread to other projects, I hope. History2007 ( talk) 11:17, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
I saw your comments on Moret Talk Page. I am the one who has researched Moret in more depth than anyone, but I am considered an "original source" so I have not been able to reference the public record act requests that I have made. I am of firm belief that Moret and Christopher Busby are both self-promoters who do not deserve Wikipedia entries. Busby does have a PhD and does have a Visiting Assistant Professor appointment to the University of Ulster, but that just provides academic cover for his snale oil sales. Moret plays the part of being a genuine scholar to the hilt provided that no one in the audience has any kind of scientific education to confront her wild claims. Here is what I just posted to Merewyn's Talk Page
Leuren K Moret
You asked if Leuren Moret has a PhD degree. She does not; she dropped out of the UC Davis doctoral program in Geology in the mid-1980's. I have an e-mail from the Department confirming that fact. Moret has done NO independent scientific research. She was given co-authorship of three papers by two UC Berkeley doctoral candidates, now both former Department Heads of major universities. I will gladly correspond with you or anyone else interested in Moret. My information is not posted on Wikipedia because I am considered the original source since I am the one who made the California Public Records Act request to Lawrence Livermore and I am the one who has found and corresponded with her former peers. I have deep intererst in Moret, Douglas Lind Rokke, Rosalie Bertell, Asaf Durakovic, Christopher Busby and the entire group that I have come to call the anti-depleted uranium jihadists. All of them have also morphed into being experts on Fukushima because that is where the money and attention are now. DUStory dash owner at yahoo groups dot com Rhotel1 ( talk) 22:03, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
Hi. Am I right that like me you were canvassed? Personally I don't particularly want to go near it, despite the feeling that something should be done for an editor standing for non-WPfringe positions. Are there any univolved WPians you can think of who have enough knowledge to tell what is WP:Fringe and WP:Fanboy in this area and have clean hands?
In ictu oculi (
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Hi, Doug. Would you minding taking a quick look at a discussion on my talk page here User talk:CactusWriter#Dance Moms? It concerns the sourcing for information for a reality television show: whether or not the cast bios can be sourced only to episodes or that they require independent reliable sourcing as BLPs. I am certain this must have been discussed before, but I haven't been able to find an exact policy or even a consensus on this issue. Do you know if one exists? — CactusWriter (talk) 16:53, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
User has continued to disruptively edit after previous block and warnings.
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Best Wishes
Ankh.
Morpork 18:18, 29 March 2012 (UTC)
I noted your comment on his talk page, I am hoping he may learn to understand consensus, something I attempted to make him see. He appears to be deeply affected by the many injustices that people have suffered, and that seems to blind him to the necessity to behave well here. I agree he may need to be blocked, and hope this is done swiftly if necessary, but I hope we may yet educate him to work here with quiet calmness and a sense of collegiate purpose. Fiddle Faddle ( talk) 22:02, 30 March 2012 (UTC)
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Is this article really ready for prime time? I realize that there are probably good sources available to use, but the primary editor isn't using them. Viriditas ( talk) 06:04, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
I made
this report on Friday on the edit-warring noticeboard which has not been adjudged. I would appreciate if you could adjudicate it as you see fit.
Best Wishes
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...so things like the MfD for Jimbo's userpage are OK. Remember, we go by GMT here.-- Jasper Deng (talk) 05:43, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
I am having issues with a user, I may be the actual problem, but I wouldn't really know, anyway our argument essentially went down to a very immature argument, any way could you check this: Out, thanks in advance. 67.204.236.189 ( talk) 16:47, 1 April 2012 (UTC)
Recently some new users(academics, widely published, notable) have started adding and editing articles about themselves and other members of their circle in preparation for one of their members retirement next year. I've left a series of notes and links for them at their talkpages ( User talk:Peregrip, User talk:Kingh81, and User talk:Gfeinman). But per this Big Brother reference, I guess I creeped them out a little, was wondering if you thought my actions so far had been ok. I was trying to apprise them of the policies and guidelines here before they ran afoul of them (they are treading close on a few). Is there a group or club or noticeboard on Wiki for academics we could point them to? I plan on backing away from them for now to let them figure it out. He iro 22:14, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
You recently removed some entries in which I quoted some materials from different editions of The Secret Teachings of All Ages, on grounds that it constituted personal research. With respect, this seemed odd because the materials I posted were largely quoted from the books themselves, and I identified each of them by Edition and Copy Number. My intentions in posting the information was to assist interested users in distinguishing features unique to two of the editions. In one case, I own a copy of the Edition from which information was quoted; and in the other case, I obtained the information (a copy of the pertinent page) directly from the Librarian of the Philosophical Research Society. In reading the rules, I understand the importance of sourcing, and in these instances the materials I posted were taken directly from, and attributed to, copies of the different Editions themselves. I'd appreciate it if you would be kind enough to reconsider the removals on the basis of the foregoing; however, I am not an expert at Wikipedia and only occasionally make specific contributions when I think the materials are of genuine interest, and I have published sources as evidence. Thank you. Yowzemz Yowzemz ( talk) 00:19, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
Just wondering if you can offer your thoughts on why the discussion at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#AuthorityTam seems to be being ignored by admins. I am not asking you to become involved at the discussion, nor am I seeking an opinion about any of the complainants. I am only asking if you can shed some light on the process of what is given admin attention, as the nominator seems fairly frustrated and disappointed by the apparent lack of admin response there. Thanks.-- Jeffro77 ( talk) 12:13, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
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When you have a moment, please take a look at this topic on James Tabor's talk page. I've added a comment to the discussion, which, hopefully, is self-explanatory about Tabor himself and about the James Tabor article. I'm not real happy with the state of the article - nor am I happy with some of the advice that is being given to Tabor himself. But I don't want to take any further action without some more input. Thanks.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 23:06, 3 April 2012 (UTC)
I clarified my remark for the record on Tabor's talk page. Also, this kind of thing needs to stop. Since John Carter trolls my edit logs, he will no doubt be along soon to respond. Cheers. Ignocrates ( talk) 00:54, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
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I have never submitted anuthing nor do i know what i am doing so i leave this update to you RE Nazca Lines
There is a New Japanese University Study taking place of the Nazca Lines ( 15 year study) They have currently submitted a New Find south of the Nazca Plain.Very Exciting!!
As per the new Japanese study group I submit this Link.
http://www.viewzone.com/nazcatheories.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.10.243.232 ( talk) 11:59, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
I wrote sections of the Union Institute article about a year ago. I saw that it had been flagged as being too much like an advertisement. On its talk page (date to 2007) a user indicates that he or she is the Web master at the institution and admits that he or she may be biased. I am a scholar (with no affiliation to the institutions). I did some reading and made some comments. Last week the person who originally announced himself or herself as the Web master undid my contributions. You locked me out on the grounds that I was in an edit war. Now the article is locked to the changes that the person who announced himself as the Web master made. I would contend that the article is biased and unsourced. For example, it claims that the Union ran on the Oxford/Cambridge tutorial model. That point is unexplained and a matter of opinion. That is the sort of thing you now locked in. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nero Radi ( talk • contribs) 00:42, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
Thank you. I did take a look but will have to look at it more carefully. I will also reconsider devoting time to researching and writing about an institution now that I know that its representatives can wipe out one's work and replace it with promotional material best suited to their own websites. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nero Radi ( talk • contribs) 17:07, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Mount_Judi "Its source 'Archaeology and Biblical Research' sounds good, but actually it is a journal (now called "Bible and Spade") that "written from a scholarly and conservative viewpoint, supporting the inerrancy of the Biblical record. .... Archaeological evidence, properly interpreted, upholds the history of the Bible". There is no editorial board or review process listed." Not a valid source; if you don't want something from the Turkish media (the country in question) then it should at least not include a non-peer reviewed source that has no changed its name to the "Bible and Spade" and does not have any review process. Historylover4 ( talk) —Preceding undated comment added 23:19, 8 April 2012 (UTC).
Thanks for the tip on posting on talk pages, the user said this source no longer goes by "Archaeology and Biblical Research" but rather "Bible and Spade" and that it has no review process if that is the case new, reliable info should be put in the article. Historylover4 ( talk) 07:21, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
I quote your post on my talk page: "I've reverted some of your edits - Creationism isn't confined to Protestant Christians, eg List of Catholic creationist organisations. If I've reverted anything else you think needs restoring, feel free, but the Protestant bit was simply wrong. Dougweller ( talk) 06:01, 26 March 2012 (UTC)
And I quote my answer:
Charles danten ( talk · contribs) registers an account at 12:53, 3 April 2010 [14] but doesn't begin editing until more than a year later, on 19 December 2011, [15] focusing solely on one article, animal-assisted therapy. This bizarre conspiracy theory might give you some insight that I lack. Is this a sleeper account of a blocked user? Viriditas ( talk) 09:15, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
I dont know where you two charaters come from or to what ideology you belong to, probably religeous from what I understand from your omments, but you are obvioulsy biased. You are acting like policemen directing trafic where you think it should go according to your own personal whims. You don't seem to have a clue about how science works. This is not about a conspiracy theory but bad science and opportunism. Beyond a short-lived placebo effect, zootherapy has no scientific validity. I did not invent this. The only decent scientific articles that have been published all point in the same direction: this fad is bogus. You can be 100 million to believe it works, it doesn't mean you are right. Perceptions are not always real nor objective. This is why science was invented, to see through appearances. Now this being said, I would like to know who oversees you and how can I get in touch with this person ? You obviously do not belong here.-- Charles danten ( talk) 21:11, 7 April 2012 (UTC)
OK, so now that we have settled this, what's holding you back?-- Charles danten ( talk) 18:01, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
From what? Dougweller ( talk) 18:18, 9 April 2012 (UTC)
What's stopping you from publishing a critic of zootherapy? What's the problem, I play by the rules. I'm no science apologist either. I was a long time veterinarian in Montreal. I'm just trying to set the record straight as far as zootherapy is concerned. If I have waited this long to start editing, its simply because I had no time. I also don't understand why you give so much credibility to the Nathason studies on dolphins. This guy was thoroughly debunked by the world's most important experts on dolphins. Most of the studies in the field of zootherapy are of this nature as a matter of fact. Zootherapy does have a short-lived placebo effect like music or movies but no long lasting therapeutic effect, meaning cure. Yet, most people active in this field claim that animals possess special esoteric powers of undetermined nature that allows them to magically cure people. Why is it so difficult for you to accept that this has been debunked? I have given you references. I am not talking through my hat. So lets move on. Whats holding you back? Maybe I can help you.-- Charles danten ( talk) 18:32, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
Science Apologist was an editor. I'm not interested in the article. Dougweller ( talk) 20:46, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Does this mean that you will not publish a critic of zootherapy? And if so, can you state why in clear terms? Thanks-- Charles danten ( talk) 10:00, 12 April 2012 (UTC) And please can you send your answer to my email, as you are supposed to do, so that I don't have to keep checking if you have posted something.
I just expanded Kenimer Site, giving way more focus to its actual archaeological value rather than its internet meme status, aka "Mayan ruins in Georgia". Saw you had did a little work to it back when it was a "news" story, was wondering if you thought it would be appropriate to add it to the pseudohistory and or pseudoarchaeology categories? He iro 00:56, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
The objection concerns my use of Don Patton, who has been flagged up a as inappropriate source - since it is alleged that he has a "fake PhD".
Is it not my intention to vandalise or compromise the objective integrity of Wikipedia. The article on the Ica stones is already biased inasmuch as it witholds evidence of the antiquity of the stones.
Please could you supply details of why you think Don Patton has a fake PhD? Patton obtained a Ph.D. in Education in 1993 from the Pacific School of Graduate Studies. A letter from the Australian Board of Information confirms that the Pacific School held the right to grant doctorates in education at that time: http://www.bible.ca/tracks/Pacific-College-of-Graduate-Studies-Melbourne-Australia-David-Chambers-Jan-Williamson-Clifford-Wilson.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.238.107.151 ( talk) 09:48, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Okay, so now the objection has changed from the original assertion about Don Patton's PhD. I haven't added *any* sources from Patton's self-published web page. However, I've removed references to Patton's personal discoveries of Ica stones, even though he provides photographs from the relevant expeditions he was involved in. 92.238.107.151 ( talk) 15:22, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
( edit conflict)::The basis thing about the PhD is that it's irrelevant. It's in education. How does Patton meet our criteria at WP:VERIFY and WP:RS. And the sources you added come from Patton's webpage at [20]. Dougweller ( talk) 15:15, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
The current article contains heavily biased statements which would only lead the reader into a unobjective consideration of the facts. An example occurs where the articles states that modern day forgers create copies of the original forgeries. This would lead people into thinking that all the Ica stones are forgeries. The fact that Ica stones were being uncovered in archaeological digs led by archaeologist Alejandro Pezzia Asseretor;" class="autosigned">— Preceding strongly refutes this. <span style="font-size: smalleunsigned comment added by 92.238.107.151 ( talk) 09:29, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
I know that any stones showing dinosaurs are modern. Man and dinosaurs did not coexist. By any scientific standards that's an objective statement. I'm copying all this to the Ica talk page. Dougweller ( talk) 10:35, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
Hey, this user is appealing their block. I have suggested that I may be inclined to unblock if they promise to stop adding "see also" links to articles until he has a chance to discuss these edits with the community. Before unblocking I wanted to get your thoughts on the matter. -- Chris (talk) 03:36, 10 April 2012 (UTC)
You wrote that you were sorry you un-blocked me. My editing subjects were a bookstore chain A H Wheeler & Co, a theology scholar Bettina Baumer, a museum Gandhi Memorial Museum, Madurai a town Madurai, a contemporary play Me Nathuram Godse Boltoy, a writer Kishor Shantabai Kale, religious persons/ scholars Alexis Sanderson, Rajendra Prasad Das, Abhishiktananda, Alice Boner, Bhima Bhoi and religious practices Vigyan Bhairav Tantra, Kashmir Shaivism. I am sorry that my actions made you regret your unblocking me. My ban encompasses Indian history and colonialism. However it is for others to judge me and not me to judge myself. I think I need help. Yogesh Khandke ( talk) 13:08, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi,
First of all, many thanks for your message. You wrote on my talk page, regarding Professor Woods: "Critics or supporters are never neutral and we don't require neutrality, what we require is a neutral point of view". I agree with you, and now I see my mistake in the reason I used for my edits, but there are two problems:
1. Woods does not seem to have a neutral point of view on matters regarding demonic possession and exorcisms. Here are some examples:
http://bustedhalo.com/features/the-devil-and-the-details
In this article, we find:
- During the time of Christ, exorcisms were common on people who had mysterious illnesses. Today, many of these illnesses would be identified as epilepsy and mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, multiple personality disorder or mental disabilities. “We understand more about these illnesses and to treat them as ‘demons’ seems to say that religious therapy for them has not advanced at all in the last 200 years” says Woods.
[my observation] Woods apparently belongs to the branch of "modern" theologians who do not believe that Jesus expelled demons, and that in fact demons do not exist.
- Woods believes that the misdiagnosis of mental illness as demonic possession has lead people to perform exorcisms that often offers no help and sometimes does damage to the person it is being performed on. “In that sense I’m sort of the anti-exorcist,” says Woods.
[my observation] Calling himself sort of an anti-exorcist is obviously quite damning in terms of neutrality, plus the former chief exorcist of Rome, Father Amorth (there's an article about him on Wikipedia), writes in his book "An Exorcist Tells His Story" that he and all of his fellow exorcists that he has consulted believe that exorcisms cause no harm to people who didn't require one.
- In terms of the probability of a person being possessed, exorcism expert, Richard Woods O.P. cited Pere de Tonquedec, a Catholic priest who was the official exorcist for the Archdiocese of Paris for over twenty years. "Call the devil and you will see him; or rather not him, but a portrait made of the sick person’s idea of him. It is for this reason that certain priests, due to their inconsiderate and imprudent practice of exorcising, create, confirm and encourage the very disorders that they wanted to suppress,” said Tonquedec
[my observation] This strengthens the impression that he's a "modern" theologian since he cites an alleged exorcist that doesn't believe in demonic possession, instead of citing any of the vast majority of renowned exorcists who believe that at least a small percentage of cases that they receive do merit an exorcism.
- He [Fr. Woods] has seen more than his share of people who believe themselves or others to be possessed. In each case he has dealt with, however, the person has turned out to be suffering from mental illness or psychological trauma.
[my observation] I think that what I have exposed (and there is more out there on the Internet - he has been criticized, for example, for his views on this topic, including what he said regarding the movie "The Exorcist") is enough to assert that Professor Woods does NOT have a neutral point of view on the subject of demonic possession and exorcism.
2. Woods is not a psychiatrist.
Here is his own biographical page:
http://richardwoodsop.net/site/Bio.php
So with what authority does Woods question the competence of Scott Peck as a psychiatrist? I deleted the part that says "misdiagnoses based upon a lack of knowledge regarding dissociative identity disorder (formerly known as multiple personality disorder)". The only Wikipedia source of this claim is Professor Woods, as you know, and as I said, he is not a psychiatrist, so where's the credibility? Based on my initial reason for deleting this portion, you put it back up there, but I hope that this expanded explanation will suffice for you to see that it should be deleted again, unless reliable sources can be found to sustain this claim.
Thanks again for your message, and whenever you have a moment, please write again on my talk page.
Regards...
Dontreader ( talk) 22:53, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
Sorry for not knowing how to use the nice indentation for a follow-up, but I just wanted to thank you for your time and help. I will follow your advice regarding Peck and Woods, putting Woods in the article. Perhaps I'll "see" you again, since at one point I thought that three articles had the same attack on Peck (somewhat like a carbon copy). Thanks for the link to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:RSN page, which I will use if I run into trouble after my upcoming edit. I do appreciate your kind help, and have a nice day...
Dontreader ( talk) 18:37, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
I will try to use the indentations another time (many thanks for the tip), but when you say that I must use a wikilink when mentioning a different Wikipedia article in the Edit Summary while copying content, I suppose you mean, for example Name of Article. In other words, the double brackets, right? Again, thanks for your generous help! P.S. I'm editing the "Demon" page, inserting Woods, and I should be done in half an hour if there are no complications. I'm trying to be neutral, of course, but I'm looking forward to any feedback...
Dontreader ( talk) 21:05, 12 April 2012 (UTC)
== Dravidians]] Hello Doug.. For me ..fact is very important..
The Dravidians arrived from Iraq...many thousand years ago..caucasian..
And the Original tribes of India..Negrito and proto mongoloid..are still there in India..Some have mixed in...
The Dravidians are found all over India..Including Sindh..in the North ..Afghanistan..further North..
The Aryans came from Turkey...(Europe)..they were nomadic and some historians say..barbaric at That Time....they brought with them a very basic form of sanskrit..which the highly civilized Dravidians (Mesopotamians ) developed....The Aryans are mostly in the North But the Dravidians are very all over India..
Perhaps even in SOuth America.. and ancient Egypt....
Pythagoras,many other Europeans and Chinese studied in India..Our Western number system...etc etc..is from India..
There is however, a need among Westerners and Indians to downplay the Dravidian history..
The Dravidians established ancient cultures..in India
If there is a Euro centrism in Wiki..Please let me know so i can ..just write a book about it or something.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ancientmaths ( talk • contribs) 05:59, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
Also Doug my concern is..Indian History will be totally destroyed and all its achievements attributed to other countries ..
Is this right ?
Dravidians are most definitely caucasian...but they were preceded in India by proto Mongolian and Negrito groups..who are not caucasian..
Wikipedia has a good standing..but what will the worl;d gain by putting odwn succh an ancient influential culture..
Even the ancient buildings in India and the Middle East have influenced Western architecture.. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ancientmaths ( talk • contribs) 06:03, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks Doug..I understand where you are coming from.. My concern is Wikipedia..is happy to promote Indian influenced cultures (without acknowledging the Indian influence)...eg martial arts ,feng shui..very Indian but have become Chinese..Western number system..and many fundamental maths formulae etc ..that came from India are made non Indian...Angkor Wat is another example..
Why,I am not sure..
I totally agree my edits must have references....I apologize for this.. But the way Wikipedia has nuanced India..one would never think that India is the most influential culture in Asia..and one of the most influential cultures in the world... Wikipedia ..has a very deep inbuilt bias..for example in your ancient maths page..even though the Indians (and Babylonians) influenced..the middle east,China and Greece.. the opposite can be perceived...when reading Wikis take on ancient maths
The way the whole article has been structured..like many other..the intention is to insult..for example..that Amitabh Bachan was born in British India..When you dont mention that Angkor Wat is Indian (dravidian ) built...i think it is so sad...
Are the Indians themselves doing this..?There was a BBC documentary "empire"..where the presenter totally failed to state that when the British or Europeans first came to India,India was more literate and wealthy than the Europeans..fine he sis not say that so what..BUt!he said that the British thought the Indians were savages..a country which houses the two oldest universities in the world where Ancient Greeks and Chinese went to study..i complained to the channel..
If Indians themselves are doing this ....Huge fact..Aryans came from Turkey at a time when Turkey was very backward... but the Dravidians came from Mesopotamia and parts of Iran..Now these two races and indeed the indigenous of India have mixed in... (Imagine if an anthropologist came to Australia and tested the indigenous people of Australia..)
(i think soon the contributions of the Dravidians will be destroyed..)..Tamil is the most refined ancient language in the world...I am learning French..have already noticed some Dravidian influence there..
What most Indians and westerners dont realize is that the Dravidians and Aryans are spread through India..and Wikipedia and some historians have grouped the original people of India with the Dravidians..so Indian history even in wikipedia is very confused..one section of wikipedia will disagree with another section...I have tried to rectify this a little..and i accept i have not done it well technically speaking but factually speaking i have tried to reconcile ....some of Wikis misunderstanding..
When the anthropologist goes to south India or indeed the North..if they do test on our indigenous people ..of course..they will not be caucasian..
My concern is that there is a huge bias in the Media and Wikipedia when it comes to Indian History and to its disproportionate contributions in ancient times...As i have said..maths..many Dravidian words ,Feng shui Martial arts...architecture ..many components of ancient India..are willingly discarded..
Doug..I dont know where to start..can you assign me to a team that specializes in ancient Indian history ? I would appreciate that..otherwise indeed Indian history will be destroyed..Dravidian already has..even though they were so amazing in Ancient times..they have been grouped with the indigenous of India..and poof ! their contributions have been annihilated ..................
Ancientmaths ( talk) 23:21, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
This one is back up to his old tricks. He iro 05:10, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Doug - I very much value your comments and input. I just wanted to ask about orginal research. How far does this go? For example, if I say that the buildings in an area are Victorian, do I need to find a book about the architecture of the area and cite it? At what point does common-observation become classed as original research?
In terms of the aboutbritain.com material, I note that they claim copyright over all information obtained from their site. Since I'm the contributer, however, I can provide the material independantly of their site and make no reference to them (although does this then could as original research?). It seems untenanble for them to claim copyright over everything anyone adds onto their site - people could add trade-marks, copyright material, rights reserved material etc. When I submitted material to their website, I did not agree to them having exclusive copyright over it so I believe I am free to publish it elsewhere as I see fit. Thanks very much for your time. Kind Regards John — Preceding unsigned comment added by John.dalgleish ( talk • contribs) 19:52, 14 April 2012 (UTC)
Wikipedia allows the use of multiple accounts so long as they're not used deceptively. My usernames User:Lee_McLoughlin_Leicester and User:LeeMcLoughlin1975 are hardly intended to deceive anyone. They're probably the most transparent usernames on the internet: My name in full followed by my city of birth or my year of birth! I am not in breach of Wikipedia's policy on holding multiple accounts. Your claim that I'm sock puppeting is not only untrue, but impossible because I'm using near identical usernames! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.192.121.180 ( talk) 18:46, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
I have made some comments regarding the proposed religion MOS. As I said there, it seems to me, personally, that these guidelines should probably be made more specifically applicable to content regarding subjects which share most of the same characteristics of recognized religions, like philosophies, including Jungian psychology and scientism/naturalism, secular faiths, New Age beliefs, and the like, even if they are not officially described internally as religious. I'm not sure how to phrase it to reflect all that, or whom to contact to get input on those other related subjects. John Carter ( talk) 15:54, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
I'd tried to find a policy but couldn't locate one. That certainly doesn't mean that there isn't one. So I simply check nearby states like Maine, New Hampshire, as well as more distant states like Florida, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Hawaii. The Senate races for these and other states are handled separately, so I thought the name for Vermont using "congressional" confused the two offices, as well as departing from what appears to be the naming convention on Wikipedia. Thanks. Vttor ( talk) 16:41, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
Back to Younger dryas impact event. Several single purpose accounts seem to be going at every single edit I make. They use original research and etc. etc. It's getting tiresome. I don't think I've hit 3RR for any particular edit, but the rule seems more complex than I thought. But if they want to play the meat puppet game, I guess it's legal! Help. SkepticalRaptor ( talk) 23:15, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
Can you check please if I have copyvio in those articles?:-- Mishae ( talk) 01:58, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
Dougweller,
The "Evolution as fact and theory" page is contested by people who appreciate encyclopedias, Wikipedia.org, science, and religion. In other words, it is a controversial edit. When someone points that out, then there should be adequate and proper response. That said, when someone writes back in response to that response, it should not be with the intention of "rubbing it in your face" kind of motiff, as then it becomes provocative (trolling). I think it is important to examine the "Evolution as fact and theory" entry, looking for the highly controversial statements therein. Pointing out that it is a POV entry might be a POV statement by me. You should not discredit that unless you want to run the risk of revealing your bias.
At this point, you seem like a biased British person who is anti-God. How did I come to this POV? Based on your less-than-stellar remarks regarding the POV statements of that entry that I responded to. Am I right? Am I wrong? You won't tell me. So what? The point is that the "Evolution as fact and theory" is a POV page that is argumentative, self-referencing, circular, and ultimately propagandist. Maybe you want to find irony in all of this, but the truth remains.
So my question is, are you seriously going to do nothing about this uncharacteristic entry? Or are you juts going to support trolling on Wikipedia? (Let me guess... that makes me a troll in your POV. Don't say it; just let me think it.) Snootcher Snootcher ( talk) 10:14, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
SkepticalRaptor ( talk) 18:57, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
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Please respond to the reply. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas)
--- WarriorsPride6565 ( talk) 7:02 PM, 19 April 2012 (UTC — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.175.118.39 ( talk) 11:02, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
Hi. Could you please tell me why I was the only one to receive the edit war warning? I suppose it takes two to make an edit war. Also, could you please tell me what could I do, since I'm pretty sure to be right? I've already used the article talk page. -- Fertuno ( talk) 21:17, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
My coffee hasn't kicked in and I just accidently blocked you - unblocked already. Very, very sorry. Toddst1 ( talk) 14:13, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
Hey, I know we've had some discussions before, and I know you're an admin. Could you move Jonnycake to Johnnycake? I tried to do the move but it wouldn't let me. I laid out the evidence on the talk page that "johnnycake" is the primary spelling in English, I changed the page, but then I couldn't do the move in the regular fashion. TuckerResearch ( talk) 21:39, 22 April 2012 (UTC)
FYI: List of self-publishing companies and Wikipedia:List of self-publishing companies per Wikipedia_talk:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Self_publishing_list. So it is happening, but slowly. And add your suggestions to the list please. I will eventually get to write a bot for it one of these years... History2007 ( talk) 20:46, 23 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hi, you reverted my edit of that page. I don't know about the issue of copyright in regard to youtube videos, but I don't see a problem in linking to the video for informational purposes, particularly when it is so explicitly about the topic at hand. Moreover, with regard to mention of "Marxism" on the linked MacDonald page:
"Through Freudianism, Marxism, and the Old and New Lefts it has made war against the religious, moral, aesthetic, and behavioral norms of gentile groups. Second, in their role as originators and popularizers of the Boasian view of anthropology and the Frankfort School of Social Research"
"Concerning the general "culture of critique," the embrace of Marxism by large numbers of Jews and the over-representation of Jews in Russian Bolshevism is examined."
http://www.kevinmacdonald.net/Reviews.htm#CofC%20Summary
Furthermore, there is an SPLC page that states the following:
In The Culture of Critique: An Evolutionary Analysis of Jewish Involvement in Twentieth-Century Intellectual and Social Movements, MacDonald says that while all Jews are not guilty, the movements he attacks are indeed "Jewishly motivated."
In a chapter devoted to the Frankfurt School, MacDonald suggests that Jews criticize non-Jews' desire to form "cohesive, nationalistic, corporate gentile groups based on conformity to group norms" — with Frankfurt School principals painting this desire as a psychopathology — while they hypocritically pursue cohesiveness in their own group.
http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-report/browse-all-issues/2003/summer/reframing-the-enemy?page=0,1 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Druep ( talk • contribs) 23:06, 25 April 2012 (UTC)
I see you've dealt with this guy before. Please could you help me find some way to resolve this before it turns into a full-fledged edit war? Serendi pod ous 06:45, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
Folks please see wikibreak notice at top of page. 109.111.202.234 ( talk) 06:59, 26 April 2012 (UTC)
I've tried to look it up but can't find it, sorry. If it's still pertinent just leave me another notice. I'm only here off and on due to health, so I'm not likely to have a break notice up when absent. Vttor ( talk) 03:51, 27 April 2012 (UTC)
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Hi, can you help me understand it a bit more, I don't want to be blocked?!:-- Mishae ( talk) 15:47, 30 April 2012 (UTC)
I am watching the Union Institute & University article be incrementally edited so that it becomes an advertisement for the school. There was a cited reference that might have been viewed as unfavorable that was removed. The former Web master for the Union Institute blew out my contribution. You then locked it down. I am reluctant to return to the any previous version because they will just change it back. I hope other articles are not controlled by employees or former employees of institutions, as they have an incentive to white wash. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nero Radi ( talk • contribs) 00:08, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
After 6 months of researching and building, I finally went live with Mississippian copper plates (and Wulfing cache, Etowah plates, and working on Spiro plates because I ended up accumulating so much stuff I budded some of it off). Thought you might enjoy seeing them. I'm still plowing my way through some books and putting together South Appalachian Mississippian, will get it done eventually. Hope you are well and enjoying your break, going to the beach for a week in 3 weeks myself, then on the road for 4 months to work painting murals. He iro 02:57, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
Doug
Recently two editors Qewr4321, who has received numerous warnings for bad behavior on Wikipedia, and Arcandam have deleted and removed a huge amount of referenced material from the ICOC page. Arcandam made 23 edits today on the ICOC page, mostly deleting well referenced and longstanding material about the church. It does not seem to me that these editors are acting in good faith. Please can you look into it? 00nuthinbutthetruth00 ( talk) 15:26, 5 May 2012 (UTC)
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I've (at long last) got round to nominating Cyrus Cylinder for GA status - it's been on my to-do list for ages but somehow I never seemed to get round to it. Do you know anyone who might be willing to carry out the review? Prioryman ( talk) 20:32, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
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[22] You need to put {{ User nv-1}} onto your userpage; you know more (or know where to find it) than the weirdo who claims to know it... :P Choyoołʼįįhí:Seb az86556 > haneʼ 22:12, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
This edit does not look like vandalism, but like an honest "fix" of what was perceived as incorrect spelling. Unfortunately, the IP editor apparently doesn't understand how interwiki's work. Debresser ( talk) 14:25, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Dori ☾ Talk ⁘ Contribs☽ 18:26, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
Oh okay. Um, wasn't my intention to be misleading. And some of those pages had more than instance of a term. I didn't realize that was against the Wikipedia guidelines as one article I left alone because it had a message at the top asking editors not to change the date, so I figured the others ones would too. You are also supposed to act in good faith as there were some articles I left untouched and you seem awful assuming that I misused the minor tag. You are likely to be blocked? Please assume good faith.
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After this [23] and [24], both of which I reverted, I left this at their talk. I wouldn't mind some other eyes on this user if you can spare the time. I'd rather not have a repeat of last month. I've already reverted them twice, so. He iro 03:28, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you for the additional information and your assistance Dougweller, it is greatly appreciated. Awministries ( talk) 11:53, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
In case there's escalation on the threats, I wanted you to be aware of this [25] which mentions you as well. -- Ronz ( talk) 15:35, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
You might consider a rangeblock to 204.13.204.0/22, it seems to be nothing but vandalism from those schools. Alternatively, has outreach been tried? LeadSongDog come howl! 17:17, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug, Could you delete this page: Documents on the Persian Gulf's name : the eternal heritage of ancient time. It was recreated only one hour after it was deleted in accordance with this AfD discussion. There's been a lot of astroturfing, soapboxing and almost certainly WP:COI violations as well as crimes against English usage around this page. I strongly suspect personal book promotion. Plus, it's an outgrowth of the Persian Gulf naming dispute, with all that that entails. Cheers. -- Folantin ( talk) 17:15, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello.
Can I ask you why you are repeatedly changing the information I have provided under " House of Wisdom" page?
Regards, Class Avesta — Preceding unsigned comment added by Class Avesta ( talk • contribs) 18:41, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
Dougweller, I don't have an account so you're talking to Teri in Tampa, FL mid 40's female. I felt discouraged at the undoing. It seems Danny can make a very subjective and unverifyable statement and another referred to something as crap and their comments are allowed to stay? Their content seems in part to be nothing more than using the page as a forum. I appoligize then for editing his statement Bible fiction that is inflammatory and not verifiable. I thought it would be an improvement consistent with the desires of Wiki to be polite and in effect more profesional but still get the statement across. You said it would not have been addressed if I hadn't edited. so why did you need to remove all of it? it's only on the talk why not let someone see it and persue investigating the possibility. do I have an outlet for forum anywhere? I think Mt. Sina'a is Jabal an Nabi Shu' ayb. Danny doesn't think it exists why can he say that and I cannot say this? Mine at least could be progressive information in one's interest in Mt. Sinai. he's allowed to compare it to Camelot to me that's like comparing it to Never Never Land I don't find that contributing to the page and I don't appreciate it. Why is he allowed so much more liberty than me? Please help/guide me to feel welcome to contribute. Please don't allow others then to call things a legend or fiction when that clearly is personal opinion and doesn't follow policy as verifiable. I was trying to genuinely contribute in good spirit even though I found other belittling somewhat arrogant sounding opinions/conversations between "Danny" and another allowed to be there offensive. -saying some should be in luny bins in so many words for thier outragious theories? is that necessary. I didn't call anyone group crazy and I get taken off? this doesn't appear objective. Danny is welcome to write his own book projecting his personal beliefs elsewhere. How can I share in the talk in Wikipedia? my contributions seemed consistent with the talk. Could you put some of it back in at your discretion that isn't a problem? Teri 173.170.134.224 ( talk) 19:01, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
Wow! I just read your comment to Ron on here. Typical of believer's acting like they have some majic. Are you going to say typical of Gays? typical of Muslims, Women, Blacks? Blatant mocking of a group for their opinions that you feel deserve less respect than yours? for a sight that is suppose to be polite and neutral I find this very upsetting you are breaking your own sites policies I can see why now you left in Danny's derogatory comments and removed mine. Are you editing this to be propaganda that fits your beliefs? 173.170.134.224 ( talk) 19:19, 20 May 2012 (UTC)
Good evening! [I'm in GMT+1 time zone... :)] You're mostly right in reverting my recent edit of subject. I humbly apologize for my hasty misdemeanour: overlooking I was trampling on the sacred soil of a quote... A sobering lesson to me, indeed. Though I think you could have passed my inserting of "culturally" in article text to mend a sentence clearly misinterpreting what stated in the following quote. Best regards. Brumon ( talk) 20:43, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
The IP editor from Ouroboros refuses to acknowledge the problem with his or her preferred text (see the latest comments at WT:WikiProject Ancient Egypt) and is now putting it into Atum. I removed it twice from the Atum article, and he or she reverted ( diff). I don't want to revert again for fear of an edit war, but that text seriously does not belong there, or in any WP article. I'm not sure what to do now. A. Parrot ( talk) 18:55, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello Dougweller. The association between the "end of the world" and 2012 was first made by an anthropologist, a "scholar", a Mayanist and also a CIA operative, namely Michael D. Coe in 1966. The Maya had nothing to do with it. Uh, the New Agers didn't start it either. Haven't you figured this out yet? Jimini Cricket 72.253.70.4 (talk) 23:40, 22 May 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.253.70.250 ( talk)
Hi Doug! ...I meant a "culturally" (or, maybe better: "intellectually") should be inserted after "being" in last sentence of 8th paragraph (quotation included) in section 2. Nordic theory. Why? - because the clean-cut statement in that sentence is not vindicated by rest of article, esp. the following second quote there. Brumon ( talk) 13:48, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for the note Dougweller. I'd love to see the Malville article if you have an electronic copy. My interest in Nabta, after all, was what sent me to the page. Is there a way to share files within Wikipedia talk? Thanks also for the general info. I've been meaning to start contributing more for some time. Schray ( talk) 19:36, 24 May 2012 (UTC) ;o)
Ok Thanks it's on - I feel you. Got Your comment at the editorial board. I'm working on quite a few articles - in my other UserNames. That's doing great. I Understand what I should and shouldn't write. This is a sandbox experiment right? If You need one of my user names;send me a E-mail. Oh Yea I Edited Flaawless's sandbox! Flaawless ( talk) HDJ ( talk) HDJ ( talk) 22:32, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
Sorry forgot to Talkback when I posted this. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 13:54, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
A character called OldMoonraker has just surfaced on the Aesop talk page, claiming that the illustrations to the article don't meet WP guidelines. Do you have a view on that yourself? Mzilikazi1939 ( talk) 21:18, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
I should like to ask the self-righteous Old Moonraker just what he meant by the statement that 'The guideline suggests that images "should be relevant and increase readers' understanding of the subject matter".....The liberal sprinkling of imaginative representations from the two millennia after his death fail to achieve this', if it was not that the images do not meet WP guidelines. I too am 'a respected and experienced editor' and I do not take kindly to being called a liar. Mzilikazi1939 ( talk) 11:18, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
Hello, Doug. I wanted to let you know that I made a request at WP:ANI for an uninvolved administrator to review your block of Xenos2008 as I believe it was made in contravention in policy. — Psychonaut ( talk) 21:05, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
Can you please clarify this?
You say "the two a's in his name represents a trade mark,and it is illegal for any one in the world to Wright and or use his name with out his permission: That's as in Search Directories,Newspapers,Magazines,Search Engines,any publication what so ever ETC". So you put it in the Urban Dictionary [1] but forbid people searching for it? Seriously, you don't seem to understand how trademark works. But even if you did, I need to clarify this - are you suggesting that you might take legal action against anyone on Wikipedia or Wikipedia if you use the word 'flaawless'? Take a look at WP:NLT. Thanks for redacting your sandbox, but the template was inappropriate and I've replaced it with the userpage template and noindex, please don't remove them. And are you saying you have other Wikipedia accounts? Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 15:58, 27 May 2012 (UTC)
Reply:
This statement is not against Wikipedia using the two a's in flaawless or any one else. If I remember correctly most people under flaawless in Google is not even the person who first created the two a's in flaawless. Though it's still being used. Some people use created material for negative reasons. This word was @ double a's to be distinct from flawless with one a. That's why it's forbidding to some instances. Also it was first created to make sure artists in the world did not use the word regardless devon victory full in music and TV. These words was about somebody on negative issues in movies or music their might could be legal action - I'm only a mere representative of the human flaawless and regardless devon victory; and he's the one who wrote this.Though really it's ok to use any of his names, in any legal way possible - i'm guessing according to the so-called trademark education. It shouldn't be illegal, unless some one made a television show called Regardless Devon Victory, or released a album that sold hundreds or thousands in the name Regardless Devon Victory or flaawless with two a's. The education also states even if the trademark was not registered a human could register right before court somehow to prove that it was legally theirs still; if they have the good proof. I have your talk page on watch just in case you need to reply - I have other accounts that's not in my name though; shared with other people @ different places than i reside - though the other people is the ones whos' registered in their on name - and I can't speak on their be-halph only on my be-halph with the word flaawless. Flaawless ( talk) HDJ ( talk) 00:00, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
You recognized I'm new at this. Thanks for the explanation of reverting. Never had that happen before.
The article already makes the connection between Leviathan and dragons, so I didn't realize I'd skipped a necessary step. Am I missing something? Mthorn10 ( talk) 21:22, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
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You said, "you need an independent source making the link between Leviathan and dragons." Here are three excerpts from the very article I edited:
1. Narratives about dragons often involve them being killed by a hero. This topos can be traced to the Chaoskampf of the mythology of the Ancient Near East (e.g. Hadad vs. Yam, Marduk vs. Tiamat, Teshub vs. Illuyanka, etc.; the Biblical Leviathan presumably reflects a corresponding opponent of an early version of Yahweh).
2. In Jewish religious texts, the first mention of a dragon-like creature is in the Biblical works of Job (26:13), and Isaiah (27:1) where it is called Nachash Bare'ach, or a "Pole Serpent".[13] This is identified in the Midrash Rabba to Genesis 1:21 as Leviathan from the word Taninim (תנינים) "and God created the great sea-monsters."
3. The connection between the sea-monster and "Leviathan the serpent" is made in Isaiah 27:1 Mthorn10 ( talk) 22:12, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
Yes, thanks. I don't have a separate source that makes that specific connection. I thought the text itself supports that proposition, but I see your point. I don't intend to try again on this one. Mthorn10 ( talk) 23:52, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
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[26] reg Yogesh Khandke's topic ban violation. — Spaceman Spiff 07:13, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
I was just protecting the pages vandalized by the IP, I request you to please protect those pages so that IP can not vandalize them again, thanks. Nabbedhigh ( talk) 09:27, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
Please protect these pages
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Is this the right place to post messages about conflict of interest items? I had posted about the Von Neumann constructor page COI there before, and absolutely nothing was done. What is the story here? If you look at the end of my talk page, just yesterday I was telling a new user that self-promotion is creeping in and in 3 years we are not going to be able to unscramble the egg and remove these promotion material any more. Something needs to be done. Then today this showed up and alerted me to the situation on Bell's theorem. So what is the process to stop this?
But this was the tipping point. As you know John Carter had been trying to talk me to become an admin and I gently shrugged my shoulders because I thought it would be extra work. But this made me realize that there are probably not enough admins who can act in these technical areas, and I should just do it. If I had been an admin this Bell theorem saga would not have frustrated a user such as Richard Gill - the last thing should be the loss of Gill as a result of undue frustration. In the past year, good users have been falling off wikispace like leaves in autumn, and that should change. So anyway, what is the story with doing an Rfa? Thanks. History2007 ( talk) 14:58, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug, thanks for the note! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Science 2.0 ( talk • contribs) 14:10, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
To answer your concern— I think the relevance is in the fact that they all form a mutually influential web involving distrust of and destruction by the American police forces, of people both on the left and the right. Waco and Ruby Ridge both led to Oklahoma City, Rainbow Farm, etc. Cheers! Kaecyy ( talk) 10:59, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
If you read about the subjects— maybe not just on Wikipedia, mind you, but on the internet, in interviews, as I've done recently in research— you'll see that each of the earlier incidents is referred to by the victims in the later incidents— at least in the case of the cases I specifically mentioned (Ruby Ridge, Waco, Okie City, Rainbow Farm). But the unifying theme is militia activity and inspiration for it, so yeah, I did copy paste some that I found in one entry into another, so maybe not all those militias need to be there, but the big four I just mentioned are definitely related. Do some key word searches on Google, you'll see! ;) cheers, Kaecyy ( talk) 13:22, 30 May 2012 (UTC)
Hey Doug, just went back and did a compromise edit-- took your good advice, pared the links down to more closely related articles. If you see the need to pare it down further, please don't throw the baby out with the bathwater and take 'em all down again, but I think there's a case to be made for all the remaining See Alsos if you read the articles or Google the subjects a bit. All the best to you, my man! Thanks for your guidance. cheers, Kaecyy ( talk) 14:16, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
I notice that you hid some insulting edit on that page. The same unnamed editor also left a message on Bog body which has simply been deleted, but which probably needs to be treated in the same way. It names a number of regular editors in an insulting manner.
BTW, can you give me some advice on how best to handle another unnamed editor who habitually leaves Edit Summaries that are insulting, referring to other people's edits as "moronic", "bizarre", "idiotic" "total shit" and then swearing at editors whose edit summaries he considers inappropriate. This person is an habitual bully. Having had a bit of interaction, I looked at his edit history, and it is far from pleasant.
Any minute from now he is going to trot out the "three-reversal" rule, to get up my nose, (if he is aware of it) but it's not over a serious matter. The serious matter is the habitual nature of the insults which are being directed to such a wide number of well-meaning, but perhaps less-than-competetnt editors. Lack of competence is really not a good enough reason to insult people. They need encouraging, not humiliating.
Unfortunately if this person wasn't such an absolute A.H. he would be useful to Wikipedia, as he appears to be quite competent at picking up problems. Amandajm ( talk) 16:14, 31 May 2012 (UTC)
I can imagine you might utter a groan seeing a new item regarding the Vassula Ryden page! I have become much more familiar with Wikipedia rules and guidelines since I first started contributing to the Vassula page some months ago and so I am asking if you could view the dispute occurring now on the Vassula page.
I have added a brief item about the dialogue between Vassula and the Vatican. The citation seems good to me but the group of editors who follow the page (who are all, I believe, people who are irreligious and very much opposed to Vassula and what she is doing) are persisting in removing the item.
I would appreciate your comments. Sasanack ( talk) 16:05, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
-- Sasanack ( talk) 08:52, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
Blue Rasberry (talk) 00:12, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
I'd be grateful for your advice on procedures with regard to WP Editor 2011's rather aggressive opinion on dates in the Aesop/ Aesop's Fables articles. Is there some forum where the question can be brought up that would give some kind of definitive opinion?
I know you live by Australian hours and have a feeling they coincide with my (present) mornings. Until 10 days ago I was in Taiwan, where there was a 7-hour difference from where I've returned. I think I've got computer-lag as well as jet-lag! Mzilikazi1939 ( talk) 15:22, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
Thank you, that was very helpful. I'm glad my question arrived so fortuitously. It is ironic that in Taiwan I was involved in stylistic debates as the project there moved from a Chinese phase to an English-language phase. Discussion is never-ending! Mzilikazi1939 ( talk) 16:55, 29 May 2012 (UTC)
Greetings .. your reason to revert my changes are irrational. J.C. Storms who 1st stated that Ramapoughs were the descendents of runaway slaves, prostitutes, etc. had no basis of this and as we now know, lied. why is this allowed to remain but the theory that makes the most sense is removed? Ramapoughnative ( talk) 13:13, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
read the talk page.. i am full aware of Wiki policies. Are you? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ramapoughnative ( talk • contribs) 22:29, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
how can winning awards from the state of New Jersey and authoring over 170 articles be considered POV? Now you just want to argue and not being rational. Ramapoughnative ( talk) 05:49, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
One change has nothing to do with the other.. nice try. Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is " Ramapough Lenape Nation". Thank you. Ramapoughnative ( talk) 06:23, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
WP:POV - yopu just proved my point. You 'disagree' with me. I'm presenting facts, not POV. How can you disagree with facts. yes I have had edit war issues on people who have been condescending, pigheaded and hide behind WP procedures instead of looking at the facts. You say let the reader make the judgement but you want to remove all evidence of fact. I have requested arbitration as you already know. Ramapoughnative ( talk) 14:27, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
Good eye on spotting the copyvio. I left COI and copyvio notices on the user's talk page. -- Drm310 ( talk) 02:35, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
I've been trying to improve the readability of Uniformitarianism but i'm met with reversion after reversion. what am I doing wrong? SmittysmithIII ( talk) 01:40, 4 June 2012 (UTC)
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Hey Doug, I remember you were involved in some clean up around the Mughal articles after visits by Sridhar100 and Mughal lohar. Back as IPs now, I've protected a couple of pages -- Mughal Empire, Shah Jahan. As you're more familiar with Mughal lohar could you take a look? Babur appears to need some attention. cheers. — Spaceman Spiff 11:06, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the notification and links. I'll weigh in my twopence-worth at the relevant pages but perhaps only a farthing at a time (today's an even lazier Sunday than my usual). Haploidavey ( talk) 15:36, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the timely block, but it just occured to me: how the hell are we allowing an IP to undo a revert of hidden content described as "Grossly insulting, degrading, or offensive material". With one click the IP put his crap right back in. Is that right? -- RacerX11 Talk to me Stalk me 13:50, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi! I have been poking into the Maya 2012 business and other examples of pseudohistory lately and have come across Fifth World (Native American mythology) sourced entirely by the Graham Hancock sensationalist book. Now, I've heard of the "fourth world" in NA mythos, but I am unfamiliar with the fifth. If anything the article should be scrapped or stubbed but which, I'm not sure. Since you edit this subject area with an eye towards accuracy I thought I should bring it to you. Ultra Venia ( talk) 20:42, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
Dougweller, I can't believe you reverted my edit and attacked me on the talk page for that article, saying that I shouldn't be allowed to edit because of an (illegitimate) block from a few days ago. Am I blocked now? No. I am just as entitled to edit Wikipedia as anyone else. Even IP editors with no history are allowed to do so. Just stick to the topic and stop being disruptive. Cynwolfe wasn't making tit-for-tat reversions to keep her edit in place; she's still discussing it on the talk page. Why can't you do the same? ( WP Editor 2011 ( talk) 07:19, 8 June 2012 (UTC))
( edit conflict)::::I'm sorry, I didn't reply to part of your post. Your comment about another editor, saying their "suggestion is a ploy to encourage foreign minority groups to bastardise the Queen's English." is the sort of thing I meant. And " I've only seen it twice outside Wikipedia" also shows that you know very little about the subject. As for calling them liars, that definitely qualifies as a personal attack here. And please don't expect experienced editors to be naive, it was clear that your alleged 'grammar and link improvements, which in fact weren't improvements, were more than that, particularly in the context of your other edits to do with era style. You can edit, but you shouldn't edit war, and removing it twice is pretty clearly not trying to avoid edit warring and again, in the context.... Dougweller ( talk) 11:18, 8 June 2012 (UTC)
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Doug ...
From what you wrote in the Great Zimbabwe Talk-File, it seems that there is a definite possibility that you would block me if I were to revert StarMagicxxx for a third time. Or would you take into account the fact that he has failed to give any reason whatsoever for continuing to truncate that subheading? - [despite my asking him more than once to please come and discuss the matter in the Talk-File] - whereas I have tried very hard to justify my extra wording.
Was I successful in trying to explain to you that we are considering evidence that the 13th/14th century ancestors of the Lemba might have built Great Zimbabwe? (when - quite possibly - they may have been known by a completely different name) ... and that their [likely] Semitic ancestry provides support for the "Semitic" theory? (for the origins of that ancient civilization) -- DLMcN ( talk) 11:12, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
Doug ...
As suggested, I took a look at WP:COI - and it seemed to imply that Wikipedia might occasionally be prepared to consider allowing authors to quote from their own papers. So - let me emphasize that (when inserting that link) I was genuinely trying to throw extra light on the matter. My motives were purely for scholarship and for truth. I would certainly not derive any financial benefit if that link were to be included in Wikipedia.
Regarding your other reason for removing that link - you are completely out of order > [You said that because I am a meteorologist/astronomer, my article (on Great Zimbabwe) could not be regarded as a 'reliable source']. In fact, it could actually be argued that your implication was an unnecessary insult, a 'personal attack' on me.
Surely it would have been fairer to judge the article by its content, without prejudice? -- DLMcN ( talk) 11:15, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
Request for restoration of edits.
I am pained to note that you have deleted the citations because you have found the author and the book, both, unreliable. I had merely cited a passage from the Aitareya Upanishad as explained by the author. I had given the traditional meaning of Vedanta extracted from the Upanishads and provided by the author in his book. I had also cited the Bhagvad Gita in respect of Aum. These three are all time-honoured statements of undeniable Universal truth. I had included these citations in an honest attempt to lift the article to the next higher level. The book I have relied upon is an outstanding work on a specific part of the Rig Veda, the text which is not ordinarily read or studied even by the followers of Hindu religion primarily because it is difficult to grasp its essence, a task that takes years and years of devoted study under the guidance of a teacher who has already experienced the truth. Kindly restore my edits. Soni Ruchi ( talk) 10:39, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
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Do you know anything about Hendrickson Publishers? Do they really publish mainstream "academia"? Where is the line drawn between self-published and a non-mainstream publishing house? I'm questioning Prophecy of Seventy Weeks#Analysis of seven. Thanks, Jasonasosa ( talk) 07:41, 12 June 2012 (UTC)
He's back...... [35] -- AussieLegend ( talk) 15:14, 13 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello Dougweller, does this article here: ( [36]) look like an indiscriminate collection of journalistic reports? Mr.Wikipediania ( Stalk • Talk) 13:31, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
Comments on the actual talk page would be preferred. There are obviously going to be different discussions regarding its stand alone notability and its relevancy to the main I-P article. Ankh. Morpork 14:11, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello Doug. Has a certain "editor" who does blanket-bombing edits been warned, especially on Younger Dryas impact hypothesis (YDIH) article? He pays lip-service to Wikipedia policies, especially NPOV, but the ironic thing is he confuses the title of the article which is that it is a "hypothesis", yet he tries to impose his POV that it has been absolutely refuted. (Interestingly, there is a very recent article in astrobio.net http://www.astrobio.net/pressrelease/4822/new-evidence-links-cosmic-impact-to-mass-extinction which indicates the matter is far from resolved.) He has tried a similar approach to "Acupuncture", but since that has 280 watchers versus the 40 watchers of YDIH, his edits are satisfyingly neutralized before the article becomes unreliable. As of the moment, the "Younger Dryas Impact hypothesis" is no longer a collegial work -- he has made it his own. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Titus III ( talk • contribs) 20:28, 14 June 2012 (UTC)
Hello User:Dougweller. Is this the correct place to talk about your reversion of my edits to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanugo and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam ? You can see your reversions here http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Lanugo&diff=497522073&oldid=496960984 and here http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Adam&diff=497522116&oldid=497504729 I would like to hear why you think I am vandalizing and/or having a non-neutral point of view. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.62.148.235 ( talk • contribs)
Thanks, Doug. Dexter Bond ( talk) 19:57, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi, can we add the new DNA from 2012 or no to the Startchild_skull ? I'm a little lost here, you folks say we need a reliable source and all DNA must be peer reviewed, but the article states the Skull is Human based on DNA that hasn't any peer review. The citation that validated the oldest DNA is from a site that refers to the original Lloyd site, but that's not reliable, so how can we trust this to say it's human? For me it isn't extraordinary to say it's not human, it's extraordinary to say it's human when you see all the physical evidence alone. Sorry for all this, but I can't get to understand how this works, the article is biased to a skeptic point of view, without all new evidence and stating something that isn't true, we don't know if it's human or not. ˜˜˜˜ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Subkelvin ( talk • contribs) 17:43, 15 June 2012 (UTC)
Talk:Turko Mughal Titles, I have done so and the matter have been resolved, Now there is no issue of copyright please update the article. ( Imtiaz Ahmed Mughal ( talk) 15:33, 16 June 2012 (UTC))
Talk:Tarkhan Mughals, I have done so and matter have been resolved. I have created the temporary page(Talk:Tarkhan Mughals/Temp), now there is no issue of copyright, Please update the article.( Imtiaz Ahmed Mughal ( talk) 15:49, 16 June 2012 (UTC))
I'll try to take a look at these tomorrow.
Dougweller (
talk) 20:25, 16 June 2012 (UTC)
dear doug,
the edits by the wp:spa [37] are now back into the article. take a look at the sources. the first one uses the derogatory "qadiani"-term, and is a webpage of a fundo mosque! the second source is the webpage of the smaller * lahore ahmadiyya movement*, an antagonist sect, who also uses the derogatory "qadiani"-term... about the mainstream ahmadiyya muslim community, their rivals! the sources are quite biased and unreliable. i don't think user User:Solarra is aware of this fact.-- altetendekrabbe 12:47, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
Dear Doug, I have addressed the above claims on the talk page of the Ahmadiyya Wikipedia page. I think it is very important to back up any critical comments with evidence not simply to trash sources that have an alternative opinion. I hope you will consider both viewpoints and use your discretion. It should be noted that our mutual friend Altetendekrabbe referred to the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement as the smaller group as if this was therefore some kind of logic for not accepting their opinions. If we are to accept this premise then by Altetendekrabbe's logic we could say that the opinions of Main stream Muslims are therefore to be more widely accepted than the Ahmadiyya. Of course this would be an unacceptable bias and therefore it cannot be used as the logic for discrediting an opinion of the "Smaller" Movement. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Steeringly ( talk • contribs) 23:22, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
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Actually, I don't think the protection on Astrology is not needed at this point. The latest edit war was not a continuation of the previous one, and the person responsible has been sufficiently warned and has already agreed to stop edit-warring, and I take him at his word.
More importantly, though, is that, shortly before you protected, MannJess finally closed an RfC, which was long overdue and was holding up edits for which broad consensus exists. See his closing comments here: [ [38]]. In evaluating my request, please note that I did not participate in the RfC and do not have particularly strong feelings one way or the other about the changes proposed. Thanks. Dominus Vobisdu ( talk) 20:19, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the guidance. I noticed, "Any exceptional claim requires multiple high-quality sources.[8] Red flags that should prompt extra caution include: ...surprising or apparently important claims not covered by multiple mainstream sources."(WP:V) So, what level of rigor is required to challenge - let's say - two mainstream sources; particularly, what type scholarly evidence would be required to properly challenge the perspectives shared by the National Geographic and Smithsonian Institution? How would I edit such an article without vandalizing the content? Thanks. Thepasta ( talk) 22:19, 17 June 2012 (UTC)
This can never be the reason for creating an article here. Dougweller ( talk) 13:31, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
16:39, 18 June 2012 (UTC) Zananiri ( talk)
I notice this article, which is listed for deletion, was modified today. According to the article, one of the three publications by this person 'in Search of True Happiness' was published by the Soni 'parivar' (family), which apparently makes it a private publication. I fail to see. how that makes him an authority on the Upanishads or the Vedas, though I accept that he is expressing his personal views on these subjects. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zananiri ( talk • contribs) 16:22, 18 June 2012 (UTC)
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Would this attempt to coordinate ( [39], [40], [41]) with these 3 POV editors from American Third Position Party be something we should worry about? I haven't run across User:William S. Saturn much. He iro 02:00, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
Doug, can you check User talk:SpacemanSpiff#Khan Jahan Bahadur? Another sock has shown up, I'm off wiki for a while and won't be able to spend much time on this for a few more days. cheers. — Spaceman Spiff 11:50, 20 June 2012 (UTC)
Dougweller good day! Please give reasons before reverting anything -- Majilis ( talk) 04:21, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
Dougweller ok what you're saying is He was a Muslim, i've changed that so that no one will dispute about it, everyone agrees He is a Muslim scientist, please but whatever you do give reasons -- Majilis ( talk) 04:26, 21 June 2012 (UTC)
You-know-who adding the same material as before, just two days after protection expired. Ergative rlt ( talk) 00:32, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
No problem. I actually had to run off to see a movie right when the ANI discussion was starting, otherwise I would have copied the info from that last go-round at RSN. Ergative rlt ( talk) 17:43, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
Already corrected on the talk page, I can't fix edit summaries. [42] Not that I;m the only one who's been trying to get through to Dlkek2. [43] [44] Edward321 ( talk)
Yes, I have written it...
But I see whats happend...
I only told about the Ottoman Title's,,,
But I never do it...
If any want to know the Truth...I will written on my Talkpage.
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Hi, you mentioned going overboard, if you think there is an issue (as you mentioned here User_talk:IRWolfie-#GreenUniverse_clean_up) with the way I am cleaning up Wikipedia:Contributor_copyright_investigations/GreenUniverse it would be good to know before I continue cleaning up. IRWolfie- ( talk) 21:10, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
Dougweller i see you reverted my posts why you won't explain it first then revert? do you have any comments? Please let us discuss it on the discussion page dedicated to the al-Farabi
-- Majilis ( talk) 01:33, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug, thanks for jumping in with this, it was starting to get a little out of hand. Hopefully that will do the job. Callanecc ( talk) 05:52, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
It would have been nice if you notified me that you were mentioning my actions here.-- William S. Saturn ( talk) 00:12, 22 June 2012 (UTC)
Hey Doughweller,
I have an issue that after much thought I believe you are most fit to handle since you are a straight shooter and well acquainted to Wikipedia rules and regulations. My grievance is as follows:
On the page Iran which is a national page for the natino of Iran, the user "Iranic" since a few months ago has persistently placed a header on the top in form a disambiguation statement saying This article is about the modern nation of Iran. For historical uses, see Greater Iran
I have a grievance against this un-wikipedia like behaviour on the following grands:
1)Headers on the top are for disambiguation purposes (i.e. Court redirects here for disambiguation see court) NOT for personal agendas or content material. In other words he should not put a header redirection unless it helps in directing the users between pages. In that ground he is violating a rule
2) He quotes a source in the header!!!! He in fact quotes a SIDE NOTE! of a page that Richard Fry wrote some 30 years ago and takes it out of context to justify his statement. First of all, the whole concept of Greater Iran is made up and at best only the work of one author. How can that be justification for putting it up on a nation's page in wikipedia? Secondly whether his sources say what he says or not is irrelvant. You can not cite a header or a disambiguation! Thirdly and this is the worst (I know you personally stated this many times) he is using a YOUTUBE video link!!!? as one of his sources! That is nonsense
3) He persistently shows lack of flexibility. I originally removed the header on the grounds that it did not contribute anything that could not be part of the page's content itself. Why should the concept of Greater Iran be part of the header? What is that going to accompolish? Specially since "greater iran" is a made up topic. He responded by saying and I quote the user Iranic "This is about places ruled by Iran." In response as a gesture of good faith I changed the header into "This page is about the modern nation of Iran. For lands ruled by Iran see Greater Iran." He clearly reverted that.
4) Honestly I think the reason why Iranic has created the page Greater Iran and why he places this unnecessary header is to udermine the fact that Iran IS Persia. I am not sure what his agenda is or where he is from. His page is suspect. He has no text or peronality expresed in the page. I think this is a clear attempt to attack Iranian people. Imagine for a moment that when you type Germany or Nederlands in Wikipedia on the top of the page you see something like this "This page is about the modern nation of Germany. For historical reasons see "Greater Germany." or "This is about the Modern Nation of Nederlands, for historical reasons see "Medieval Europe."). It is embarrasing.
I have nobody else to go to. I have shown you time and again that I respect regulations and rules. I need you to help me now! I have nobody else to go to. I have agreed with you (against my perosnal belief or desire at times) for instnace in the Cyrus the Great page (where you RIGHTFULLY prevented youtube videos from being linked) and then again in Cyrus Cylinder where I did not interfere with your work out of respect for your adherence to wikipedia rules and simple common sense. I however now have not much time. I am working in the ER and seeing patients the whole day. My work day is 12-14 hours and I am constantly tired. Imagine my frustration where I come home and find out that wikipedia and its history/political pages are being vanadlized by people with suspicious reputations. So please do your thing as a moderator and a man with common sense. Help me correct this error because I see no other way to deal with Iranic aside from getting engaged in a revert war which I WILL lose because I can not be here all the time. Thanks man. Dr. Persi ( talk) 01:42, 23 June 2012 (UTC)
As I see you've dealt with 94.175.118.39 ( talk · contribs)'s use of haplotype data before, I was wondering if you felt that my edits of that user's additions to Cantonese people were in bounds - specifically things like my edits here and here, as well as my arguments at Talk:Cantonese_people#Genetics and the "Cited studies" section immediately below. I don't want to find myself being in the position of the edit warrior reverting things that might be allowable inferences or basic applications of WP:CALC. Thanks! Ergative rlt ( talk) 16:14, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
Jasonasosa ( talk) 17:04, 24 June 2012 (UTC)
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Thank you for driving the effort to identify and neutralize the extensive sockpuppet problem related to the use of unreliable material from fringe character Terence "Terry" Mortenson. I salute your dogged determination to protect the wiki from copyright violation and bad sourcing. Binksternet ( talk) 21:02, 24 June 2012 (UTC) |
Hi, we have a page move war going on wrt Varghese Payapilly Palakkappilly and its associated talk page. InarZan pointed out on the talk that Varghese Payapilly is the more common name but PalakkappillyAchayan seems not to understand how the policy works. Despite my numerous differences with InarZan at Saint Thomas Christians etc, I believe that they are correct here and said as much at the talk page. Not having had much involvement with contested page moves, could you advise on the appropriate steps? Should I initiate a formal move request? - Sitush ( talk) 05:50, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
— Jeff G. ツ (talk) 20:13, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
Can you please be more specific? Slogging through ANI is tedious under the best of circumstances; on my phone it's excruciating. — Jeff G. ツ (talk) 01:56, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
What ever you suggested me are ok. Living persons details, I have deleted. Pl. advise about my recent contributions, during last seven days. Rayabhari ( talk) 15:52, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
Can I ask you why you have changed the updated information I've added on "Behzādān Pour Vandād Hormuzd" ( Abu Muslim Khorasani)? Class Avesta ( talk) 16:50, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
Hey Doug,
I've been thinking...
You know that User: Johnjonesjr, I don't know. I know there were some annoying arguments that we had, but there was always some kind of innocence that he seemed to project. I know I could be wrong... but just in case... is there anyway we could double check to make sure he had nothing to do with that User: Allenroyboy? Somehow... I really believe he was away and maybe he got hacked or something. Please... just check it out. I spent a lot of time on the Daniel pages and he was always there checking on me... which I respect. Thanks, Jasonasosa ( talk) 19:55, 25 June 2012 (UTC)
... sockpuppet? Also, I'm having trouble deciding whether the master you listed is actually related. Their writing style seems a bit different to me. — DoRD ( talk) 18:57, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
Well, I quoted the article by the French sociologist of Pierre Bourdieu on the American academia impact on race relations in Brazil. It was pretty clear he was being quoted (his name and that of his partner were added at the end of the text). As far as I can see, it was not copyright violation, and the text was important to be there, at the English wikipedia. Since you have removed it, I don't know what to do, since it was highly relevant to be there. Grenzer22 ( talk) 12:06, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
As for the claim on Chagas, part of the text written is not in the link you mentioned (the one which describes his role in discovering a parasitic fungal genus associated with PCP, Pneumocystis pneumonia). That part you mentioned is a very standard description of Chagas' work, found in almost every place describing his work. I have no problems with your removal. And I'm going to watch closely so that it won't happen again.
I have looked back at my previous posts and as far as I have seen there is no copyright violation in other posts either. Grenzer22 ( talk) 12:15, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
Just to make it clear that I am going to be even more careful from now on, thanks for helping me out. Grenzer22 ( talk) 12:32, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
I've just removed the Pierre Bourdieu article from the White Brazilian topic, it is not to be found like that anywhere else (the other 2 you have already deleted). As I said it was not intentional, and I am going to be more vigilant from now on, thank you very much. Grenzer22 ( talk) 13:49, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug, Given the editor's previous deletion of material I've warned him/her for your revert - hope you don't mind. Callanecc ( talk • contribs • logs) 17:50, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
NeilN talk to me 21:40, 27 June 2012 (UTC)
Just a note to say I've responded on my talk page to your accusation of edit warring. -- Sasanack ( talk) 08:17, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for your response on my talk page but you haven't understood what I was trying to say. I made ONE revert but then things got technically messy as I tried to remove 2 separate citations while DominusV (unknown to me) reverted my original edit. I think if you are going to warn people in that formal way you should be certain of what has happened. The whole situation remains very strange from a 'part-time' editor's point of view. The whole behaviour of the 'group of 4' editors (as I like to call them) is aggressive and negative yet they are never criticised. The DRN has at least brought forward independent editors making helpful and constructive comments and suggestions. Sadly, as I explained on that noticeboard, there is absolutely no readiness by the g of 4 to compromise or accept any of the suggestions. I think you are unlikely to need to ban me because the whole experience on Wikipedia has been so discouraging and negative that I think I probably need to get out of here sooner rather than later.-- Sasanack ( talk) 15:54, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
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his page was under my watch, regards DBig Xray 19:40, 30 June 2012 (UTC)
Hi again, Doug. To revisit that thing from yesterday, could you please take a look at this page? I've given him a warning on simple and am working with another commons editor over the images. Regards, Osiris ( talk) 02:36, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
DBig Xray 10:54, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for informing me. I'll check into it. She's one of the most valuable editors we have.
I just left a message on her talk page about massive changes user:Zachariel just made to the History of astrology page.
You're pretty good at historical sourcing, so would you mind taking a look at Zachariel's edits, and keep an eye on him? He seems to be edit-warring again. Dominus Vobisdu ( talk) 12:34, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
This is going to go bonkers if we let it. Are you happy that the review is in good hands, now? If so, let me know and I'll close the incident to forestall the otherwise inevitable. Uncle G ( talk) 15:32, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
Well, it looks like that problem has been resolved at least in the short term. I wonder if you would have any interest about maybe offering some input about an article which might have similar problems, if from the other side, at Soka Gakkai. Getting a few more people involved there would be useful as well, and I would be particularly grateful if an outsider would comment on the newer additions. John Carter ( talk) 19:17, 1 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey Dougweller, I've answered there but wanted to give a little background. There are a great number of people who do blame admins for all the problems, and of course admins aren't the primary reason for losses. There are some problems that we admins need to address as a group, but there are many, many more reasons we lose good editors that need to be addressed. I think that for the project to work, however, you have to put all the cards on the table and at least acknowledge that perception of admins is a problem. I don't want that to dominate there, however. But the project needs many admins to actually take a role and join the project, because loss of talent IS a serious concern here, and why isn't completely clear. I think having it as a clearing house to establish problems, set priorities, discuss potential changes in policy before RfCing for the change, all of that can actually help us keep the talent we have and not scare off new editors as well. We need some type of centralized discussion for retention at this stage, and a Project seems the right way to go. It is only a day old, so what it is depends on who participates and how they mold it. Would love to see you be a part of the molding process, particularly early on. Bring a friend. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © 12:44, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
Btw. Thank you. And also those were sensible revisions to surname/sock redirects recently. I was diverted from anthoponymy and didn't see them. Thanks again. In ictu oculi ( talk) 23:42, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the message. I've been trying to improve the page on the Hanau epe over the past few days. I don't know much about Heyerdahl, apart from vague memories of him on TV in my childhood, and the notion at the time that there was some great mystery about Easter Island. I've just ordered a copy of his book Kon-Tiki, because I want to get a sense of why he seems to be obsessed by these diffusionist ideas and why they seemed to catch the imagination of the time. I have a feeling that these scenarios of ethnic struggle were linked to a post-WWII with fascination with stories of racial extermination that came to defined as a sort-of liberal re-imagining of the Nazi mythos (The Lord of the Rings is the classic example of that). That's why I'm inclined to think that the "racist" claim essentially misses the point, just as much as the Saint-Heyerdahl-humanitarian version does. Of course this is all "OR", but I'd feel happier getting a sense of what he actually wrote before diving in to the Heyerdahl article too much. Obviously these arguments should be clearly presented, though I think they should be placed in context - this "Thor-Nazi" image is a vary recent one, though criticisms of his theories certainly are not. Paul B ( talk) 20:39, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
A friend of mine once wrote on Usenet: I believe that this is because his particular brand of racism fits in well with the basic racist assumptions held by a large proportion of people (if not a majority) in Europe or of European origins (white Americans, Australians etc.). This is that whites or "caucasoids" were and are the most intelligent, energetic, creative, and generally capable "race", and that therefore all true civilisation needs to be initiated and sustained by whites. And the most "white" of all are of course blond/red-haired blue-eyed "nordic" types. Heyerdahl's work is full of the implicit or explicit association of blond/red-hair, blue eyes, and "caucasian" features with creators and diffusers of high civilisation. It is also full of the sorts of idea that says that e.g. Polynesians - being rather lazy, fond of a good time, not particularly creative etc. - could not possibly have been responsible for the Easter Island statues. "...keeping in mind when he wrote" - yes, when he started writing, such ideas were much more *openly* expressed.
Just look at some of the supposedly "scientific" textbooks on race which were published right up to the 1960s. After that date, such ideas are much less openly displayed. And a study of Heyerdahl's writings reveal a similar trend. In his earlier works, especially "Aku Aku" and his magnum opus "American Indians in the Pacific" (AIP), his belief in the differential abilities of human races, and especially in the almost superhuman abilities of his blond blue-eyed caucasoid all-civilising, world-voyaging "long ears" is explicit. In later works these ideas are rather more disguised, and in addition he begins to emphasise a self-procaimed sympathy with third-world peoples etc., telling us how much he has done for them etc. I suspect this is all under the influence of "political correctness". However he has nowhere repudiated his earlier clearly racist beliefs, and it is clear from his most recent work "In the Footsteps of Adam" that he has not changed his mind on any of his theories, which at least partly rely on his basic racist assumptions. Incidentally, I am not here saying that he has necessarily reached the wrong conclusions. I am not even saying that his racism is necessarily wrong. Maybe blond blue-eyed peoples really are superior to others. Where I find Heyerdahl *scientifically* unacceptable is that he often uses a sort of circular thinking ("Easter Island statues were made by non-Polynesians". Why? Because Polynesians couldn't make large stone structures. How do you know this? Because all such structures in Polynesia were made by non-Polynesians. How do you know this? Because Polynesians couldn't make large stone structures etc.). Take away this sort of argument and there is often very little of substance left.
Incidentally, I have been looking into the "evidence" that Heyerdahl, Andrew Collins etc. are using in support of their ideas of an ancient worldwide all-civilising blond caucasoid race. Much, if not all, appears on closer examination to be illusory or misleading. For instance, early reports of "white" Amerindians are vitiated by the observation that some early Spanish chroniclers describe *all* the South American Amerindians as "white". (They were writing well before the time when "white" had fixed racial connotations, and in any case they were not trained physical anthropologists. What they probably meant was that they regarded the Amerindians as more similar to themselves than to their "black" African slaves). As for the often-quoted Indian legends of "white" civilising heroes etc., it should be noted that our first accounts of these legends date from well after the Spanish Conquest, and come from Spaniards. And actually there are many other accounts about creator-heroes in reported Amerindian mythology which describe them as anything but "white". The whole field of ancient Amerindian, and Polynesian mythology is much more obscure, complex, and confusing, than Heyerdahl etc. would have us believe. And I have yet to find a real primary source for the supposed "blue eyes".
My view is that he took on so much, and was so far ahead of his contemporaries in theorizing, that he did not get adequately challenged in a sufficiently timely way as to be forced to re-examine some of his shakier observations. He certainly has not been "adequately challenged", in the sense that he has prevailed so far in the propaganda war over those who would disagree with him. Many of his theories have been adequately challenged on a scientific basis, but the general public rarely gets to hear of this. As for being "far ahead of his contemporaries", many of his theories are actually re-hashes of the sorts of theories which were flying about in the 18th., 19th., and early 20th. centuries, when it was quite obvious to most westerners that non-whites were inferior to whites,and must therefore owe any admirable parts of their culture to white initiative and influence. Incidentally, it is interesting that Heyerdahl nowhere picks up on the fact which you mentioned in one of your earlier posts - that Australian Aboriginals often have blond hair - nor does he dwell on the fact that some Melanesian populations (e.g. on Malaita) also contain a significant proportion of blond and red haired people. In both cases, actually a much higher incidence of blondism than in any part of Polynesia. Yet he goes on at length on evidence for blondism among the Polynesians.
A reading of e.g. AIP, will suggest a probable reason for this blindness towards the blond Australians and Melanesians. Not only are Thor's blue-eyed blond caucasoids at the top of the hierarchy in terms of intelligence and civilised attributes, but the dark Melanesians and Aboriginals are definitely at the bottom. Since Heyerdahl associates blondism with high civilisation, he attributes the blond elements among the Polynesians to the same source as the more civilised features of their culture (stone structures, rongo-rongo writing etc.) i.e. to his beloved caucasoid long-ears. It would spoil his picture to point out the much higher degree of blondism among the Melanesians, as this would suggest a very plausible alternative source of Polynesian blondism, as well as muddying the chromatic association of blondism and light colouration with civilised virtues. For even if Polynesians are regarded in AIP, "Aku Aku" etc. as distinctly lacking in these as compared with the lighter supposed "long ears", they are however considerably superior to the darker dismally savage Melanesians. (end quote from friend) Dougweller ( talk)
I suspect the new user
User:Madvirgin is a sock of earlier banned user
User:Arfaz and
User:DdraconiandevilL. He is new member but his edits look like experienced user and resemble the style of the two above mentioned accounts.
Anish Viswa 06:06, 3 July 2012 (UTC)