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Doug, you may check my IP-edits on talk page and article Persian Gulf naming dispute. I've done it because (in)famous endless games have started again. Cheers, Mr. O. -- 109.165.191.169 ( talk) 11:15, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
Call me thick, but when I was trying to fix that Mikemikev issue, the block page won't let me rangeblock an IPV6 - I tried 2001:630:12:1073/64 and various combinations of extra colons, but it wasn't having it. What am I doing wrong? Black Kite ( talk) 14:39, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
Watz up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Take It To The Head ( talk • contribs) 19:17, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug, thanks for your support on this page. Somewhere I have a mental note you may have attended one of the Mahogany Ship symposiums - I really dont know why I think this! Maybe you wrote something about it somewhere? Anyway I have been working at a revision of the Mahogany Ship page and would appreciate any comments and improvements when it finally appears. Cheers. Nickm57 ( talk) 09:59, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug. You asked for me to have a look.
On my edit you were concerned that i confuse Christian God from The God of the Bible. They are one in the same and absolutely is not the trinity,
Lake — Preceding unsigned comment added by Laketahoejwb ( talk • contribs) 15:29, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
On my edit you were concerned that i confuse Christian God from The God of the Bible.
" Please do not delete sourced text as you just did. The article is not about God in the Bible, it is about God in Christianity. Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 12:13, 4 July 2012 (UTC) " .
Lake --15:42, 4 July 2012 (UTC) Laketahoejwb ( talk)
from laketahoe: ---It most certainly does. The trinity consumes half of the article
-- Laketahoejwb ( talk) 15:54, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
Please reply on Indus Valley Civilization talk page asap. -- Ancienzus ( talk) 08:41, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for the clarification. I did use the book regarding Juan Ponce de Leon as citing sources on his page, but nothing else. I might need to find a few more sources to go along with that book. LeftAire ( talk) 16:54, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi, just want to say thanks for your efford to update my knowledge on Help:Edit summary & Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia! Thank you :) -- 89.16.134.159 ( talk) 07:44, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug, I noticed in the Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 May 5, you voted to support the term 'pseudohistorian' as a category name on the basis that it is used in reliable sources. Your comment read:
Would you mind listing a reliable source which offers a definition of the term according to mainstream acceptance? I started a new talk section yesterday to point out that according to dictionary.com the word 'pseudohistorian' doesn't exist. Like others, I'm confused by the intended meaning of its use in WP. Obviously, if you have a reliable source to show that it does have legitimate status, and that it has an accepted meaning which can be found by appropriate encyclopedic reference, that would quickly bring my concern on this matter to an end. Thank you -- Zac Δ talk! 17:27, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
Zac, just to clarify, I wasn't warning you about NLT, just advising you that there can be problems with using the word libellous. Now back to your dictionary problem. My Oxford Dictionary of English (larger than the concise - pretty big in fact, but not the multivolume one) has the word 'pseudo-' (note the dash), with combining form in bold text after it, indicating that it can be used with other words. Not that it matters, as I said, what we care about is its use in reliable sources. Dougweller ( talk) 08:00, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
http://decipherment.wordpress.com/ JC 72.253.70.250 ( talk) 19:55, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
Please join the discussion at Talk:Maimonides#Israel_Shahak_as_a_source. -- Steven J. Anderson ( talk) 08:37, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug...
Got a hard question for you...
Is this a proper way to reference/source article content?
Excerpt taken from Fallen angel#Grigori: (Removed ref tags for visibility)
This argument is also on Talk:Fallen angel
Let me know. Thanks, Jasonasosa ( talk) 18:20, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug, Not sure if you saw it so I'll mention it here, I left a message at User talk:Dougweller/reversion. Callanecc ( talk • contribs) talkback (etc) template appreciated. 13:14, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug. I reverted some of your blanking out in Pytheas, giving my reasons and opening a discussion. Dave ( talk) 05:59, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
I apologize for adding copyright text into the article, even if i did credit the original translator of the text, i do realize i did edit the text before reading the guidelines of how to add to articles and so on. It wont happen again.
Now, on to the reason why i deleted sourced text. Mostly because it was something that was written by one single man, while finding sites that refute his claim over and over again. By the hundreds of thousands, millions even depending on your search. Which made me have a certain doubt of his credibility and claim.
A few examples that refute his claims, "I soothed their weariness; I freed them from their bonds. My vast troops were marching peaceably in Babylon, and the whole of [Sumer] and Akkad had nothing to fear. I sought the safety of the city of Babylon and all its sanctuaries. As for the population of Babylon […, w]ho as if without div[ine intention] had endured a yoke not decreed for them, I returned them unharmed to their cells, in the sanctuaries that make them happy. May all the gods that I returned to their sanctuaries,"(Text from the cyrus cylinder) And i could go on and on.
And through Persepolis fortification fragments "The Persians introduced the first idea of human rights. A few examples are: Free religion, no slavery (all Persian workers were paid, contrary to popular culture), all ethnic groups had the same rights, liberty and security to citizens, women had the same rights as men and much more." He freed the jews of babylon from slavery, and was even called "The Great, The Father, The Liberator, The Law-Giver and the jews even went as far as calling him The Anointed of the Lord(Messiah) in the Tanakh (hebrew bible)" I do agree that all of the claimed texts arent on the cylinder. But through other sources, we've come to known that most of the claims fairly accurate. For example through the ones ive mentioned and Xenophons cyropaedia, which tells of Cyrus the Greats character.
I'll read more about how to post on article pages and so on. And how to go about if a text is somehow questionable. Even a soruced one that is.
Hope you have a good day. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.14.172.108 ( talk) 15:03, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug, I saw your post on the editor retention wikiproject about research. I'm compiling a literature review of the scholarly research on a subpage of my meta talk space I can find on the topic to help with this and the gender gap issue. If you had anything to add or wanted to help it's there for collaboration :) -- Cailil talk 16:49, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug,
I need your man power again...
Please see Talk:Noah/Archive 2#CFORK merge candidate
Maybe I'm completely wrong here... and you need to adjust my thinking... but even though Noach (parsha) is a Jewish POV page on Wiki... it is still a valid and good page, right? There are sooo many Jewish wiki POV articles... and someone seems to think that they all need to be merged/deleted?
Please look into this, if time allows. Thanks, Jasonasosa ( talk) 05:37, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
I thought i'd continue here instead of on the page. I don't think you realise how aggressive you have been, because you feel justified by the rules.
Your comment on my talk page about wp:vandal and now your revert based on wp:consensus have one thing in common - they both suggest that you think the letter of the law is more important than the spirit of the law.
In my opinion that interpretation is counterproductive to wikipedia. It means that anyone who wants to contribute to content has to spend a huge amount of time focused on literal interpretations of rules for fear of aggressive rebukes. An environment of fear is not good for encouraging contribution and collaboration.
Oncenawhile ( talk) 23:30, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
Uh, where is the message you have for me? --
I dream of horses @ 01:22, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
Nathan2055 talk - contribs 01:35, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Doug. You'll notice that this was from a long long time ago, but did you mean to block this IP address indefinitely? [2] NTox · talk 08:47, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug, there is a little on Pytheas discussion. Dave ( talk) 12:28, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
Whitening is clearly discussed in the sources u removed and they are from open sources — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brranew ( talk • contribs) 15:44, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
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There wasn't even enough time to merge out all of the content from Noach (Parsha). That was a swift delete. What about the referenced Jewish views? Are the other Parshas also on the chopping block? What about the Islamic view pages... like Islamic view of Lot. Should all of the Islamic view pages be deleted too? There are so many. Jasonasosa ( talk) 20:47, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey, Doug!!! Just wanted to remind you that one of the things people involved with Scientology are supposed to try to be is enthusiastic!!! And, hey, just think of Tom Cruise assaulting Oprah's couch and you'll know how true that is!!! I seem to remember something else about multiple quotation marks.... Oh, yeah!!! [3]. John Carter ( talk) 17:10, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello Dougweller
I wonder what you think about the following:
I came across the article on Parvez Dewan, created recently, and was surprised to see that he is referred to as a diplomat and writer. He was a civil servant in the Indian Adminstrative Service (IAS) until he retired and not a career diplomat in the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) which is the Indian diplomatic service. The two are quite different. In any case, being part of either service does not make one notable per se.
His stint in Kashmir, as an IAS officer, was not carried out as a diplomat. He did not need a diplomatic passport to serve in his own country. Apart from a short spell in the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs or Ministry of External Affairs at the very end of his career, he seems to have had little to do with international affairs and diplomacy and there is no record in the article or his CV, cited in the article, of him ever having served abroad as a diplomat. His postings as an IAS officer in India were, and are, part and parcel of the job. Civil servants in every country are expected to undertake such work.
As far as I can see, he is just another retired Indian civil servant. He has translated a few things but he is not really known as a writer, though he seems to have published a couple of other books, nothing that, I think, would automatically make anyone a Wikipedia article candidate.
I see no notabilty here per Wikipedia guidelines. I may be wrong, of course. You are in a far better position to review this. Please have a look, if convenient.-- Zananiri ( talk) 21:20, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
Doug, you still have not modified or deleted the attack article found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_as_fact_and_theory. If you read the Talk section, you can read about the motivation and OBVIOUS bias of this article from the author's own typed words. "I'd like to remind editors that quote mining is one of the favourite tactics of creationists, which is exactly the strategy employed herein. I'd like to delete those quotes and turn this into a real article without being labelled a creationists POV pusher by a few ignorant punks." Thompsma (talk) 00:29, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
I pointed out the flagrance of this in the Talk section, and my comments were deleted. This abusive article and abusive Talk section stay on Wikipedia simply because of its form and not for its function. To keep this page up means that you personally, Doug, and Wikipedia by proxy, are supporting some weird "creationists are stupid" argument. I am a Christian and not a "creationist." But it is clear that when links used to make up the lie that special adaptation is a law, that "creationism" is misleading, and links and citations are propaganda in context (i.e. people who are in the business of spouting this hateful message against those who acknowledge the fact that God is the sole creator of the universe and all things in it, calling them "punks" and "creationists" and calling their beliefs "theories" and "facts"), that Wikipedia is made to look bad.
This continues to be a one-sided article that is argumentative and propagandistic. Look how many times the reader is supposed to fall for the premises starting with "Evolution has been described as...", "This has been dubbed the standard gene[r]ic definition of...", and "Philosophers of science argue...". If the reader falls for these premises, then the author can make his argumentative case in support of the CLEAR THESIS OF THIS ARTICLE, which is that "Evolution is a fact, and 'creationism' is wrong, misleading, and stupid." Who are the people who say all the things that the author is claiming? And why must we be reliant upon these phantom citations in order for him to make his points?
"Evolution Theory" refers, of course, to the theory that human beings evolved from primates: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_evolution. This is neither fact nor law. The way that Thompsma refers to "evolution" is that of special adaptation. However, he tries to confuse the issue with his whole argumentation of "fact versus theory - my beliefs are facts and yours are dumb." How do I know that is his argument? READ THE TALK SECTION. He says it all over the place, and I, like many others who have been deleted from the Talk section pointing this out, have been deleted.
THIS IS PROPAGANDA, AND YOU ARE SUPPORTING IT. It is all point-of-view, argumentative, abusive, circular in reference, and propaganda. We should all know who the author hates and is criticizing here. We already know why he wrote this article: he thinks that those who oppose Evolution Theory and those who support God as the Creator are just a bunch of idiots. Ask him. He has made it public now. THIS IS ABUSE ON WIKIPEDIA.
I cannot write this anywhere else on Wikipedia, as it will just get deleted. I would like for folks who are insulted by Thompsma's abusive article to also know that a moderator at Wikipedia is defending his approach in insulting make-believe believers of views that he does not hold himself. I want all Wikipedia folsk to be able to read how you will not moderate the heck out of that hateful, argumentative, rhetorical, and clearly propagandistic rebuttal argument to "creationism." I want all readers to know that Wikipedia sides with argumentative folks who load their articles with hatred for others, and that Wikipedia will do nothing about that. That is at least fair, and it would be more credible for Wikipedia to stand by its pro-argumentation stance publicly, rather than let argumentative folks act impunitively.
Your responses so far have been without great merit. I just want folks who are insulted by this particular article to know that Wikipedia supports propaganda. Then they can use a different website for information on things like facts, theories, laws, etc.
Thank you.
Snootcher ( talk) 00:20, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
One consequence of the Kuhnian model in its relation to Wikipedia is the WP will tend to favour the current academically accepted hypothesis rather than some new proposal or "myth"-based construct. This is because of our policies regarding "fringe" theories, sourcing and due weight. Since most hypotheses never do gain traction, it is not necessarily a bad reflection of the world. Sorry, I came here about something else & saw this while trying to find that. Ignore me! - Sitush ( talk) 14:48, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug,
This question is for my own improvement while editing on WP. Does WP have any policies or guidelines about proper/improper use of referencing/quoting Bible verses/scriptures? I want to make sure I'm in compliance with WP policy when editing content involving scripture use.
Thanks, Jasonasosa ( talk) 19:58, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
I have better things to write about than Hawkins. He may be notable enough for an article, I really don't know, but a lot of the things you put on my page don't help with WP:NOTE, from his mail order PhD to the " Physicians Recognition Award" which isn't a big deal at all. I don't know why you don't want to put the time in to find out what might meet our criteria and use that in your userpace, but if you don't, I can't see why you'd expect me to. Dougweller ( talk) 20:27, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
Doug, I don't intend to make this a big issue, I do feel that there is some bias here on the part of the admins in the notes that I could find, arguing 'psuedo-science', but I bothered to look into this guy once he came into my awareness and it is very easy to see that he is not even in the "minor leagues" he has actually made an impact in various areas. And you keep berating his "mail-order PhD", yet the guy has his MD and is American Medical Association (life time member) along with 35+ other MEDICAL memberships not to mention his authorship. Seriously this is just skewed and overly obtuse on your part... Iconoclast.Horizon ( talk) 21:09, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
This guy demonstrates a lot of notability alright!
The Pope's writings all go through the "The Vatican Publishing House", well that sounds like self-publishing according to your definition Jasonasosa, so I suppose that makes the Pope non-notable based on that criteria. Iconoclast.Horizon ( talk) 00:12, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
It can't be undeleted as it has no references. That's the bottom line.
Dougweller (
talk) 04:54, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
No, I wasn't really wondering why those tags were just added but thank you for your 'help' in re-clarifying your position Jason (which exact point were you trying to make again, non-notable, no refs, self -promotional publishers you don't like?) as you can see the article has been reinstated, irregardless of your opinions. Iconoclast.Horizon ( talk) 08:36, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
"What makes the Pope notable, are all of the third party reference provided.."? NO, what makes the Pope, or anyone, notable is that they are notable, not whether you like their publisher or their wiki-references meet your approval or not. The point is the basis for your criteria for deletion is sufficiently lacking. Iconoclast.Horizon ( talk) 09:09, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
Only doing damage control for about a day and a half now. Dougweller ( talk) 10:12, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
A new debate has started over whether it is the or just one of the creation narratives. Please add your voice. -- Walter Görlitz ( talk) 19:00, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
I tried to present the narrative solely by mine all words, with one quote given under quotation marks. Check it out if this can stand. Tritomex ( talk) 13:20, 14 July 2012 (UTC) Thank you very much for your help and explanations. They are very helpful as I was not aware about those facts. Please accept my deep respect for your work. Tritomex ( talk) 14:31, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
This user has been repeatedly insisting that the premiere date for Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood is September 3, but refuses to cite sources to prove it. All the sources we have say "Fall 2012." I was pleased to see that he was blocked for disruptive editing elsewhere. It seems you have the power to block users. I would like to request that if he changes this date one more time without providing a source that he be blocked. He has been sufficiently warned, I think. Thanks for your help on this. Please leave any response on my talk page, as I do not habitually check other users' talk pages for a response. -- Jgstokes-We can disagree without being disagreeable ( talk) 23:06, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
...are certainly socks of a repeatedly indef blocked editor who is generally discussed under the User:ProfessorJane identity. I've requested an investigation at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/ProfessorJane. Ergative rlt ( talk) 00:08, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello, Doug,
I'd like to point out why your deletion of my work on "Judas Iscariot" is not only unjustified, but insulting:
As I stated in my contribution to the article, the information provided comes directly from the Lutheran Study Bible, the notes and essays of which were created by a variety of professional theologians and pastors and endorsed by their synod, a body of over two million people. And I've never seen the website to which you refer.
A body of professional theologians publishing in their denomination's official Bible is not "reliable"? (And again, I cited the actual text; see the previous point.)
That's fine. How would you say nicely that the previous content is incomplete and misleading?
No, you were lazy or careless, since the link is provided in the words "an article on Judas Iscariot" at the beginning of the second paragraph.
That might be true, but in this case, you were careless, prejudicial, and condescending.
Is providing incomplete, gravely-misleading, and factually-incorrect content relevant to the faith of more than two billion people "quite what it means when Wikipedia states it is an encyclopedia"?
You've erred, Doug. The work should be restored.
Regards,
AmillennialistContraMundum ( talk) 07:24, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
It can be proven differently because it's in the book sitting on my coffee table (and in many other homes, churches, stores, and libraries. That's why I was able to provide specific page numbers. Do any of your sources cite specific page numbers?).
And is not the Lutheran Study Bible a "reliable source"?
AmillennialistContraMundum ( talk) 08:18, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Saw the page protection on white nationalism article. Thought that you should be made aware of this discussion. - Multirecs ( talk) 13:58, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
So, you got any edits planned for today? Jayemd ( talk) 08:57, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug, I just noticed the "reply" an IP user left to your warning. Regarding the rules on other people's talk pages, is thi something that I/you would be ok to revert? Callanecc ( talk • contribs) talkback (etc) template appreciated. 13:00, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
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Hi, Doug. Thanks for the kind tone of your remarks. I wanted to let you know that I just reverted some of the changes you made to the book of Moses article. I agree that the announcement of the forthcoming book may be a conflict of interest, so I did not add that back. However the parallels between the book of Moses verses and the Enoch literature can be publicly verified, and I thought they should be kept as is. If you or anyone else has an honest quibble with any of these parallels, however, I'd be happy to look at them again on a one-by-one basis. I'll try to watch for any reply from you, but since I don't get a chance to check for such messages often, please forgive me if I am slow to reply.
Cheers, Jeff — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeffreymarkbradshaw ( talk • contribs) 20:53, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Doug. Thanks for your quick reply. First of all, do I take it that the reference to the Orlov article is sufficient for the "lad" material, or do I need more?
As far as the others go, I have read NOR, but it seems I have not understood all the nuances. Please help me understand which of the following options is acceptable, and I'll document the material accordingly in the next day or two:
1. Could I, as one alternative, document the parallels by brief quotations of the actual phrases from the book of Moses and the Enoch literature (e.g., "And there came a man unto him, whose name was Mahijah, and said unto him: Tell us plainly who thou art, and from whence thou comest?" (Moses 6:40); "they summoned Mahujah… And the giants… sent him to Enoch [...] saying to him: ... tell him that he is to explain to you." (Dead Sea Scrolls 4QEnGiants 1:20)).
2. If this is not acceptable, could I reference a Web page such as http://strongreasons.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/the-book-of-enoch-and-the-book-of-moses/ ?
3. If this is not acceptable, I assume I could reference published materials such as Hugh Nibley's books on the topic, right?
Thanks, Jeff — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeffreymarkbradshaw ( talk • contribs) 21:19, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Doug, please let me know if you received my questions above.
Thanks, Jeff — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeffreymarkbradshaw ( talk • contribs) 20:26, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug. You requested a ref on the language aspects of Pytheas' name for Britain. It seemed to me that it needed more work. So, I determined on Britain (placename) as the place to put that reference and do that work. What was there was undeveloped and mainly confused, basically a limn off some dictionary. Now I find some high resentment at my changing any of the original wording and a significant slowdown due to the vandalistic removals and phony requests for references on referenced material. It started with someone proferring himself as the voice of the Irish. I explained that I could not accept him as the spokesman of the Irish but if he was a linguist from the Republic of Ireland I would be all ears. It appears as though I have to fight an edit war now in order to get back to Stonehenge. You might want to take a look at that. Thanks. Dave ( talk) 12:27, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
The statement I wrote that you quote is in fact part of the reference. I think we encountered this in Pytheas. I can repeat that ref, no problem there. The general statement, well, I took that to be introductory. It is generally true. I figured it needs no ref. That can come out all right. Dave ( talk) 16:16, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Now, down to the knitty gritty. You requested me very politely to provide a reference on part of the Pytheas article. Then we started having disagreements on Stonehenge. What bothered me is this. That section was actually referenced. I think we have been through this in quite long discussions now. There was nothing at all in Pytheas that was not standard. I went to especial trouble to reference every major point. The essence of it was, as long as I agreed with you, you were polite and friendly. That went only as far as the agreement. Well, I think one cannot fly off the handle at every tiff. So, we worked out an arrangement where I would do some research and then we could see where we stood. First I wanted to fix this Britain article and present the topic more fully. Now I find, not only can't I get back to Knossos, which I was working on, but I can;t even get back to Pytheas, to which I was diverted by you. Instead I am involved in a long clash over inconsequentials. This is now pretty much like a lawsuit and nothing at all like scholarship.
We are already IN an edit war. Frankly, I don't see the point of it. None of the usual rules seem to apply. My referenced material is deleted arbitrariy. I'm asked for references when they've already been given. Everything I write is questioned. Moreover, only the opinions of the attackers seem to matter. I can only conclude this is not a level playing ground. This is an instance where people with axes to grind are to be allowed to take over groups of articles arbitrarily. I've seen this many times before in my life. Power is always veiled. All of a sudden you can't get anywhere. Nothing you do is right. Your seeming friends turn against you. You seem to be in trouble but you can't quite figure out what. I wouldn't mind if any of the articles in the group were worth anything. But they are not. That very fact leads me to think someone in control of these articles does not want good articles there.
Well, all right. This is not or should not be a war. There are serious content questions. I never heard of the word ethnic being objectionable. It does not mean anything genetic. If he thought it was, why did he not change it for one he thought was better? I'm trying to focus in in the linguistic and tribal identity of the original British. I'm getting nowhere. It seems pretty plain to me, this is a classic example of WP being controled by a group with an axe to grind. This group drives off editors. In order to hold my own here I need some support. Right now it is three against one. If no one else is interested in getting a decent article here we aren't going to get anywhere now either. You're right, it isn't worth it. I originally had a policy not to go back to articles I had worked on. I found after evaluation that most of my material had survived, so I stayed. I think you are doing the wrong thing here. I do have other things to do. If I can make a difference here I can do some work. If not, take it away. Delete whatever you like. Write or do not write whatever you like. You have to want my services to get them. I'm making the small changes you suggested. I got no interest in the article being bad. Then I am leaving it after all. I can work with WP's good aspects but there is no point in wrestling with its limitations. Waste of time. There's no resentment. If you decide to play on a level field I can come back. My name, however, is not Sisyphus. Thanks for contacting me on Pytheas originally. Thanks for your advice. I don't think our fundamental philosophies are reconcilable. Nothing turns me off faster than a stacked deck. Always been that way. You British and British residents can keep it all British, hey? The next time you have one of these things leave me out. Just delete it. Anyone can look this material up just as I did. Ciao. Dave ( talk) 16:16, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Doug I don't understand why you completely struck out what I wrote versus making corrections. First of all, it was not plaguerized, copied or taken verbatim from any other writing. Second, if the source I cited, despite citing within it Nobel Prize winning scientists does not meet some Wikipedia standard, then fine, but it takes all of 2 minutes on Google to find a bevy of sources.
What is so utterly ridiculous about the article on Juan Diego is that it devotes so much time to discussion of whether or not he existed, while ignoring the most compelling evidence of his existence and the story - that is the Tilma. The garment that should have lasted 20 years and has lasted 500, perfectly preserved with no scientific explanation for that or the icon of Our Lady of Guadelupe on it. Not sure if you get out much, but you can actually go see it in Mexico City. It is a rather glaring and embarrassing omission from the article. So frankly, I was just trying to do Wikipedia a favor. I have found far worse sources than what I provided cited on Wikipedia, but if you prefer a different source that's fine. But as it stands right now, the article is far from complete and again, what it is omitting, is rather significant don't you think?
I mean, in light of the attempt to create a legitimate debate about his existence, it would seem rather germane that the tilma exists. Because since it does eixst, you really only have two options, it is Juan Diego who wore it, or someone else. But since no one else has been identified (hard to imagine they would keep quiet about something like that), the only really logical conclusion is it was Juan Diego.
But I was simply trying to add some basic factual information about the Tilma. So here are your choices. Number one, the article is glaringly incomplete and embarassing. Number two, you (or I will later) find "acceptable sources". But what's up there reads like it was written by someone with a rather strong Catholic bias and doesn't even appear to be objective. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Keneverett ( talk • contribs) 19:00, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Fifelfoo ( talk) 05:28, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
A few questions. One, you might have noticed the recent Falun Gong arbitration at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Falun Gong 2/Proposed decision, which seems to have been a primary contributor to User:Ohconfucius, one of the best who has worked on that content, retiring, and also seems to be instituting a "mandated editor review" for any proposed changes in Falun Gong-related content by some editors. I think it would be very much in everybody's best interests if we had a few experienced hands who might be able to inform themselves on related topics a little involved in maybe making the effectively "full protection" edits the editors under MER propose. I already asked SilkTork and he said he's busy enough, and you came to mind second. Secondly, I wonder if you have the Highbeam Research account that was given away. I ask this in relation to the articles on Baltic mythology, Estonian mythology, Latvian mythology, and Lithuanian mythology. The Highbeam site has an article from the Encyclopedia of Religion on "Baltic religions: New religious movements" might be interesting and useful in establishing how to deal with these articles. And, of course, if you don't have the free one year subscription to it as per Wikipedia:HighBeam yet, I tend to think it would be very useful for you too. I've only used it a few times, and I am more than a little pleasantly surprised at how much it has. John Carter ( talk) 00:40, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Doug, i friendlily stalked your ed-summary
on
Exodus, and having exhausted my interest in "Finger of God" pages in the last few days, thot you might be interested to know that the lk goes somewhere now. As to "not biblical" i actually tried to track the refs back to some logic supporting inferring in the word "own", and before running the chain of refs back to something inaccessible, i found myself shocked myself with instances of willingness to write footnotes that seem to ignore what the supposed source says. Anyhoo: there is such a stub now (which does not support the word "own"). I'm not interested enuf to take up the IMO justified cudgel against "own", but in case you might be interested in revisiting the edit to see where the stubification of the former red lk led, i'd like you to know about it. (I dunno if you're interested in the astronomy; i was more fascinated than i anticipated, FWIW!) Thanks for your interest in the link, and for reading this far (if you turn out to. [smile])
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Hi. You did the correct thing. If I knew how to send Wikilove messages, I would send my first ever in WP to you, in the form of a plate of either cold or warm Dolma (without a "Made in ..." tag on them) of your choice. Thank you and all the best. -- E4024 ( talk) 10:10, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
While my Proposal regarding reports to notification boards is not quite ready for prime-time, when I saw your ANI post here I just had to ask for your comments.-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 17:55, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey all!
So, big news this week - on Tuesday, we ramped up to 5 percent of articles :). There's been a lot more feedback (pardon the pun) as I'm sure you've noticed, and to try and help we've scheduled a large number of office hours sessions, including one this evening at 22:00 UTC in the #wikimedia-office connect channel, and another at 01:00 UTC for the aussies amongst us :). I hope to see some of you there - if any of you can't make it but have any questions, I'm always happy to help.
Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) ( talk) 20:37, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
Some Sütlaç (Turkish rice pudding) for you! | |
To thank you very much and for you to enjoy it after the Dolma and before a cup of Turkish coffee... E4024 ( talk) 20:20, 20 July 2012 (UTC) |
Hi! There is a silly situation — i found a new script @ fr wiki at copyed it here and something went wrong with it and i can't undo anything. I'm Edgars2007 ( talk · contribs). Could you delete this page and undo this edit? -- Edgars2007-02 ( talk) 13:22, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
I think what C. Fred was trying to attract attention (with the word "agenda") about the new user's change in Dolma article was the fact that he or she pretended to ignore the fact that there was already a reference to the countries of the former Ottoman Empire in the lead and Greece is one of them. Now the same user (TheOrignator) has tried to do the same in Baklava article. Gives the impression that he wants to change the history of Greece, at least in WP... -- E4024 ( talk) 07:31, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
It is not the kind of baklava we are accustomed to in my country. (The dough layers should be thin as transparent.) Therefore I am sending you what I found in WP. Whoever made it I hope it is tasty and wish you and everybody else in WP to enjoy it. In Turkey we say "Let us eat sweet and talk sweet..." E4024 ( talk) 09:52, 22 July 2012 (UTC) |
98.185.48.50 ( talk · contribs · count)
Hi, Doug. That particular IP appears to be used by different people based on the edit history; subsequent to the last block, which I believe was a mistake, someone used that IP today to commit a clear-cut case of vandalism. That's how I got involved.
I looked at the edits you blocked the person for earlier this month and they didn't look like bad-faith edits or even incorrect edits. I think perhaps the editor that warned this IP and then reported them jumped the gun in seeing disruptive intent.
Thanks for keeping an eye on things around here. -- A. B. ( talk • contribs) 00:57, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
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I was wandering around in Wikipedia and then saw an error to correct in the Sarah Parcak article. I was surprised to see you were busy editing away there. The last time I talked to you was when the Ransom logo disappeared. After waiting a while I had the school give me a copy of the logo and I added it back in. So far so good. GroveGuy ( talk) 20:53, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
Check out this one! [4] I almost forgot about this! -- Kansas Bear ( talk) 22:43, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
Am not really on Wikipedia at present, and don't plan to be back soon, but saw your question in passing. I think tradition is fairly consistent in regarding Ascanius as the founder of Alba Longa. Don't know whether there's some distinction to be made between founder and first king? This is probably indicative of what I was saying on the talk page about not treating these kings as historical. The point is what each represents in Roman myths of genealogy. I'm not sure where I'd go to sort this out. If I happen upon something in my outside research, I'll drop you a note. Best wishes! Cynwolfe ( talk) 23:59, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
I think that you are right, better control the book first. I changed the introduction to dolma, I hope that now is better. Moreover, I added a sentence + ref specifying that the same dishes are also common in the Italian cuisine (always a reason of astonishment when some Turkish friend comes to Italy :-)). Alex2006 ( talk) 06:14, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug. Could you watchlist this page? Minor kerfuffle at the moment but check out the charming edit summaries by one particular user on 12 July (I think). Cheers. -- Folantin ( talk) 09:27, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
Could you take a look at this please? Thanks. -- E4024 ( talk) 10:14, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
Transferred from your user page, lol. He iro 13:43, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
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I've taken your comments on board in the edit i made today on the article having read the suggested guidance and hope we can agree on contributing to this article together rather than entering into an edit war. If you have further dispute with my additions , can i request you post your contentions on the articles talk page and we look to resolve them there rather than reverting and deleting the whole thing.
Darwinerasmus ( talk) 17:33, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
Thanks - i didnt call this an object in the lead - i called it the baltic anomaly and said it was an unidentified submerged object which it is in the literal sense of those words - seems not encyclopaedic to me to call it a ufo in the title of the article when it is only a fringe opinion that it is a ufo - there was speculation with the norweigan spiral anomaly discussion that it was a wormhole from another dimension however it was rightly classified in wiki as an anomaly. However i see that the article has been taken up by another editor now and reads much more clearly with some of my edits merged with yours and appears much less biased in how the article is weighted , so ill settle with that for now. Darwinerasmus ( talk) 20:03, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
You have a message on my talk page.-- andreasegde ( talk) 22:58, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey Doug, John Carter approached me about an editor on the Scientology page you've tried to work with before. It is clear to me that their behavior is disruptive to the point that a ban is necessary. I'm happy to institute a topic ban under the discretionary sanctions, but Carter mentioned you were thinking of an outright site ban. If that's the case we should skip all that and head to a community board (or ARBCOM?) Could you let me know your thoughts on my talk page? Cheers,-- Cúchullain t/ c 02:12, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
You said over at DRN, "We simply do not use other articles as sources, that's basic policy and overrides anything in a guideline." I wholly and completely agree, but I can't seem to find a policy or guideline which actually says that. Do you know where it is? Best regards, TransporterMan ( TALK) 13:54, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
I'm having a heck of a time adding Wiki:CopyVio to the new welcome @ Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/Welcome. I admit to being a novice with creating columns. I think would look good as the logo. Can you give it a shot? When pesky gets her Mini-manual going we can use it to balance out the right-side column. Thanks. ``` Buster Seven Talk 19:40, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
User:Buster7 has given you a Nice Koekjes which promote fellowship, goodwill and WikiLove. Hopefully this one will make your day better. You can spread the good flavor of Nice Koekjes around Wiki-World by giving someone else one. Maybe to a friend or, better yet, to someone you have had disagreements with in the past. Nice Biscuits are very tasty and have been known to be so NICE, they will even bake themselves. Enjoy! ``` Buster Seven Talk 19:55, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
What does black pudding taste like? Is it good? John Shandy` • talk 20:05, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
When I was at school, The Goodies were in full flow on television and Bill Oddie, who comes from Rochdale, just up the valley, was frequently portrayed as assaulting people with a black pudden. Our article refers to one outcome of this but another that gained notoriety via the national press was the expulsion from my school of a mate who whacked the headmaster over the head with a string of them, in imitation of Oddie's character. It was an act intended (but obviously not taken) in jest! - Sitush ( talk) 05:45, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug, can we review some of your recent edits to Peak Corporate Network? It seems to me that you used a machete where a penknife (or at least a steak knife) might have been enough. I don't want to revert an admin's edits without talking about it first! Regards, David_FLXD (Talk) Review me 03:49, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Check out my new stalker! [5] -- Kansas Bear ( talk) 06:13, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Greetings you are an admin so you know what to do. I have been observing what is a little bit of a worrying trend in the insertion (undue weight) of Serer people related content across many African articles. It is not so much an issue with Serer but with its weight and notablity in these topics. They almost seem to be central to everything and builders of everything. (based on two books) It is so out of place and it causes a very serer-oriented weight and claims in places i honestly believe it is not fully deserving. To make my case you can read 20 books on West African history and none mention the word Serer-- at best it is a footnote. In Amazon.com next to nothing. for a group that is so heavily represented in so many articles it is at best worrying. I just did a google search and it said "did you mean server" -- no external links of any notability. My main problem is over representation to the point where it harms balance. A little hedging and 3rd party monitoring might be needed to see if my worries are valid. -- Inayity ( talk) 07:13, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
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I had asked another admin but seems like he is off-line. Can you do something about this (my last talk in the link) please? Thanks in advance. -- E4024 ( talk) 18:30, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello, Doug:
As you know, I'm the author of the Peak Corporate Network article. I wanted you to know (as I've mentioned to David_FLXD a couple of times) that I absolutely love and respect the concept of Wikipedia (till now, only as a user and reader)and have, I think, a sense (an "educated beginner's" sense!) of the rules that are to be followed in writing an acceptable article -- so I understand the thinking that's been behind edits David and you have made. However, I believe there might be a justification for a restoration (of course, with revisions on my part) of some of the elements that have been deleted that would bring the article up to a more satisfactory level of Notability, and I would like to submit another draft for your (and David's?) review. Unfortunately, I saw the latest communications only this morning (I'm in California -- you are in the UK?) and I have another, unchangeable commitment for today, so it could be a number of hours till I can revise and send it out -- but please be on the lookout for it. Thanks.
On another, totally extraneous note, both of my parents emigrated to the US from Amsterdam, and speculaas happens to be just about MY most favorite cookies as well! Somewhat hard to find other than online, but worth the effort. You mentioned a paste that's available? Any information on that? (You can take this offline-WP and onto email if you'd like.)
Thanks
Ed Ebdavids ( talk) 21:16, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
That was the first time I have ever spoken about a controversial topic. However, the Ottoman Empire must have been corrupt, otherwise why would all of those countries rebel against them? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MoravaiDrina ( talk • contribs) 01:47, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello Dougweller,
Thank you for your message. I have been contributing to Senegal-related articles for several years (in French), but I must say that I have more or less given up those on Sereer topics... If I 'm not mistaken, Tamsier was away for a while, but he should be back now, isn't he ? I didn't follow the whole discussion here and my English is clumsy, so I'm not sure I really understand what is going on ... Ji-Elle ( talk) 08:57, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
Sorry, I just kind of burned out after the last struggle with Tamsier and haven't been in the mood to sort through his walls of text again. If you think my input is worthwhile, though, I might join in. Eladynnus ( talk) 04:50, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
I have just revised slightly and re-submitted the article. To help you see (I hope) that the major Los Angeles Business Journal articles DO, I believe, support the notability of the company -- because the principals are featured, and called upon for comment, BECAUSE of the prominence of the company (despite the surprisingly small number of "general media" articles) -- I have sent you, via your email address (because I thought it too long for here), the summary of two articles that I prepared for the original editor, David_FLXD. If the TV ones create copyright problems, I understand. And I also accept the deletion of the list of companies. Thank you for taking another look; I for sure would like to get out of the only-one-source, candidate-for-deletion situation -- the company really merits this encyclopedia article, I think!
And thanks for the info on speculaas -- TJ's it is, and I'll go there today. Yep, if your ancestors got here when NYC was New Amsterdam, that beats me in spades!
Thank you again.
~ Ed Ebdavids ( talk) 21:59, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
This User:Iansayers, see User talk:Iansayers. Their contribs to Adena culture will explain it all. They are attempting to add all kinds of weirdness to the article, using mainly Frank Josephs book "Advanced Civilizations of Prehistoric America: The Lost Kingdoms of the Adena, Hopewell, Mississippians, and Anasazi, 2009, ISBN 1-59143-107-7". They have now resorted to personal attacks after I pointed out to them that this author (you know, the guy kicked out of a neo-nazi party for being Jewish and then spent time in prison for pedophilia, now spends his writing about Atlantis, Ancient Gods, Maya Prophecies, etc.?) is not an RS. Anyway you could help? Mebbe watchlist the page and help keep the nonsense out? He iro 23:37, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
Doug, please check this issue or forward it to some Wikipedian expert for history of Middle East as soon as possible; I believe we have the most heaviest example of antiquity frenzy ever. Iraqis have become "ethnic group" and they include Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, even Abraham. -- 109.60.16.173 ( talk) 04:58, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the tip on TJ's -- now THAT is a Notable reference! I'm off to look tomorrow... Ebdavids ( talk) 07:16, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
The editor I notified you about a few days back has continued his charm offensive on the talk page. There doesn't seem to be much point to this as any actual issues relating to the article have been resolved. I'm getting sick of this timesink and, rather than letting the quarrel drag on for days in standard Wikipedia fashion, could you keep any future divagations of the kind in line per WP:TALK and WP:NOTAFORUM (as well as other relevant policies)? Cheers. -- Folantin ( talk) 13:18, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello Doug. See my comment at User talk:EdJohnston#User:Historylover4 regarding a thread you posted in. Thanks, EdJohnston ( talk) 20:08, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
could you check one more time please? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Reliable_source_for_criticism -- Kazemita1 ( talk) 21:58, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Tried a Request for comments (not sure I did it right), if you have time please add your opinion. Talk:9/11_Truth_movement#Lead_Quality_starts_by_wandering-- Inayity ( talk) 09:14, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
Very well, but I do recommend you try to get hold of the academic source I provided from a library or even Amazon (it is an extremely worthwhile reference purchase) to read before you make up your mind on the subject. It is extremely heavy reading at times but you can get your head around the tables of months provided in the appendix pretty soon with a little logical thinking. Best wishes to you.Kaz 09:58, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
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Blacklight Power needs a protected template Bhny ( talk) 17:16, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
There were 2 editor doing that edit war. One was blocked but another appears to be gaming the system by staying under the 4 reverts. He posted about how edit warring is "fun" [ [10]]
Normally I don't bother with stuff like this, but I thought that since it's a BLP (and one of a minor at that), I should check with someone more knowledgeable. It looks to me like it possibly should be RevDel'd into oblivion, as it has "no encyclopedic value" and is definitely a BLP vio, but I'll defer to your judgement in that regard. Thanks! Evanh2008 ( talk| contribs) 06:56, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
By user Findblogging, here. Thanks. -- E4024 ( talk) 11:11, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
Hello, Doug:
Unless I'm missing it somewhere, it doesn't appear that you've had a chance yet to respond to my latest revision/correspondence with you on this article. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_Corporate_Network) I hope you have (had?) a chance to see the reference-item summaries I passed on via your email, and to take another look as I believe you said you would. Right now, as it sits, the article is a bit of an anomaly -- it carries the former notability and single-source tags, even though I have proposed/posted for your review a revised version which now shows a number of the sources/references restored (which, of course, I hope you will accept at least in part and be able to remove the header). Would you be able to look at this? Many thanks. Ed Ebdavids ( talk) 00:36, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
Hello again. I've noticed that Tamsier edited three Brazil-related articles which I had also edited in the past (Tamsier's edits: Brazilian Green Party, Fifth Empire, and Peasant leagues; my edits to the first two articles were minimal ( Green again and Fifth Empire again) the peasant leagues article was written entirely by me). Is this something I should be worried about? I am not worried so much about the edits themselves as I am about the notion that he is crawling through my edit history and studying every article he sees on there, and also, since he has been shown to believe that tags are vandalism, I don't know if it can be said that these edits were done in good faith, even if they were appropriate. Are there any rules regarding this sort of thing? Eladynnus ( talk) 08:53, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for correcting the article List of cookies by removing entries that were pastries rather than biscuits or cookies. You may like to know that there is an article List of pastries - perhaps the pastries should really be there. I know that there are some confusions in the list of foods. For example, I see that crumpets have been included in List of breads but I have never seen them as been bread myself. (I have noted this on the talk page of List of breads). ACEOREVIVED ( talk) 23:16, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Doug, just an update on the article. The sources are now all ok: the tv ones now reference the original network broadcasts, not the YouTube copies. I have done a small edit to show why the company is notable (even if only a little notable!), and I am confident that it meets WP:CORPDEPTH. Seeing that the notability and single-sources issues have been covered, I have changed those tags for a refimprove tag (there are still a couple of statements, not controversial, which are unsubstantiated). I trust this will be ok. Please respond here if anything needs attention. Regards, David_FLXD (Talk) 06:07, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
This is why you cover up the truth on the talk pages of Excited delirium and Directed Energy Weapons and Missing time and Crop circles. Do you want this heinous criminal activity of the USA Government to go unchallenged? Erasing this could make you an assessory to future criminal prosecution by a world court and tribunal. Why do you want to risj this Doug? Why do you want to aid and abett this criminal activity? 2602:306:C518:62C0:3475:D8EA:2921:5A47 ( talk) 07:22, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
WilliamH ( talk) 20:32, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
Spewing personal attacks. See [12] and for the proof [13], one of the IPs from that last bunch a month ago that I made an ANI report about [14]. He iro 20:50, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads-up on the accreditation rule. I had forgotten about that rule. Full Shunyata ( talk) 21:09, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug. Hope this revert explanation makes sense, but let me know if not. This shows the article in question being cited in a normal (not negative) way, concerning its central thesis, by some of the most cited experts in this particular field (reference 25).-- Andrew Lancaster ( talk) 07:53, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks, Doug. Ironically, if the anon IP (who has been carrying on a long-running, insult- and accusation-filled tirade against me at this same article's talk page on an unrelated matter), had only looked harder, he would have seen that I and the other editor were cordially discussing things on our respective talk pages and worked it all out amicably! Oy! With regards, Tenebrae ( talk) 15:02, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
Sorry about that, well alright I was trying to find the name about a source to come up with Lancelot killing Gawain and ok it was Malory, forgive me about Howard Pyle, I just thought he translated from either Geoffrey or Malory, if I could just find a source about Malory's story I'm hoping to use a source for this edit, not Geoffrey, I couldn't figure out the name thanks.-- GoShow ( ...............) 15:49, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
If Cagwinn tries to delete the source, please try to acknowledge the user not to delete the source from Thomas Malory, it is a very useful source and it is in the right section about English Literature of Le Morte d'Arthur know the facts from other users reliable sources, it is not anyone's article it is Wikipedias and every other reliable source under the right representation is allowed to use their edit; I tried to use the source on the English Literature, and not from the Earlier Literature. The part about Gawain becoming a potential heir to the throne came from the Earlier Literature, so I helped the user out in adding it to the summary. This was the only edit I wanted to use on Gawain and that was it to make it efficient for the article and move along, otherwise again, I appreciate the finding, tremendously.-- GoShow ( ...............) 02:35, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
I did searched for Ritte paper and found nothing.Also I am interested to hear you opinion on WP:BLP1E issue that I raised on Sand page.-- Shrike ( talk)/ WP:RX 09:20, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
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Saponi Sardinian Gascon Me ( talk · contribs) on article Melungeon.
Not sure if you are on right now, be we have a new account deleting cited information they appear to disagree with at this article. I have reverted twice and left them a level 2 note at their talk page. If they remove again mebbe you can advise them. He iro 18:22, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
I've filed the report now, in case you want to have a look: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Deucalionite. Thanks, – Fut.Perf. ☼ 11:56, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
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for this of course :) -- DBig Xray 19:47, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
So, what you are saying is that you don't use inferior sources as references. If you look at the concept of "deity" or "god" you will see clearly that, regardless or their natural or supernatural prowess, that they are "supreme" beings simply because they are deities. They are revered as such by their worshipers.
By the way, don't you think its a little adultist for not using children's books as your scources. How did you come to that conclusion?
( North911 ( talk) 19:59, 12 August 2012 (UTC)North911 North911 ( talk) 19:59, 12 August 2012 (UTC))
The only people who truly believe that the Abrahamic god is the only 'Supreme Being' are the ones who adhere to those religions. He is just one deity, he is not the only one. All deities are supreme beings in the respect that they are supernatural, possess divine authority, and are respected and worshiped by humans.
( North911 ( talk) 20:10, 12 August 2012 (UTC)North911 North911 ( talk) 20:10, 12 August 2012 (UTC))
I am no one's 'personal stalker', Jasonasosa. - unsigned|North911
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised by all this criticism. Wikipedia is a social network. This is just like Facebook. ( North911 ( talk) 20:37, 12 August 2012 (UTC)North911 North911 ( talk) 20:37, 12 August 2012 (UTC))
I have lived a particullarly shitty life and my attitude towards criticism like this can be said in one word: Intolerance. Wikipedia may not be a social network, but it still allows person-to-person conversation and therefore conflicting veiwpoints. Each person has their own enterpretation of a particular subject, and none of them are as official or less important as the other. I created my account simply to add professional information to wikipedia based on personal experience. I will be deleting my account. After the hand that Ive been dealt, I don't haft to deal with all this criticism and threats of blocking. Why do you think "Criticism of Wikipedia" even exists? Its because of controversy and criticism and administration like this. I will continue to edit simply as an anonymus contributer. ( North911 ( talk) 21:09, 12 August 2012 (UTC)North911 North911 ( talk) 21:09, 12 August 2012 (UTC))
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I was thinking the same but I am too busy to look into it. Good job with the new leads. Keep at it because when one person works at an article then it loses its crinkles and becomes better and better. Good luck. I'll be reading the changes but I'm just too busy to do the research as you have done and are doing. Salim e-a ebrahim ( talk) 17:46, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
How is it that everyone is allowed to delete the deletion template that I put on the David R. Hawkins page? This is the second time this has happened. I thought it had 7 days to process. I thought people weren't allowed to arbitrarily delete those tags once put on the page. Can something be done about this? Thanks, — Jasonasosa 19:01, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
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See User talk:EdJohnston#Historylover4. EdJohnston ( talk) 05:35, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
At Talk:Saafi people you mentioned having a copy of Vol. IX of Psychopathologie Africaine and went on to say that there were no raampa pictograms in there. Should the examples of raampa scattered through various Serer articles be removed, then? Eladynnus ( talk) 13:43, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
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I reported you to AN for the outing violation. Cla68 ( talk) 12:36, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi. Could you take a minute to study the edits of guy [16]? He is apparently the resurrection of a user Dab had some history dealing with, named User:Tirgil34. He has been inserting some fringe nationalist nonsense into a dozen pages, misquoting/falsifying sources [17], and replacing WP:RS material with fringe Turkish nationalist sources. Kurdo777 ( talk) 20:58, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for your message, what article did I write this material in so I can correct it. I do a lot on the wiki so I am unsure. IPWAI ( talk) 07:54, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
This page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Testament
Says "monotheism apparently only developed around the time of the Babylonian exile of the 6th century BC"
This is a serious error. There is nothing to back up this claim. Please make sure you don't add such serious errors to the public domain.
Reference: The Hebrew Bible!
King Solomon was monotheist 500 years prior to 6th century BC. Please verify responsibly.
Dougweller, can you take a look at my earlier request? Can you please initiate a check on these three editors [18] [19] [20]? I suspect that we're dealing with a sock-farm here, and these SPAs are all connected to one and another, possibly connected to E4024, given their editing style/POV/language barriers. Gabriel Stijena , in particular, seems to working as a revert machine for E4024 on the various Turkish nationalist disputes he is involved in, like Cyprus. [21] Dab is not around anymore. And the other admins are not familiar with the content on these pages, and these nationalist-type fringe theories, which is why I keep asking you. Please see: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Tirgil34/Archive Kurdo777 ( talk) 14:03, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
I'd like to see the whole of the mailing list message removed. As it is, it's too easy to simply plug some of the text into a search engine to find out who he is.-- Peter cohen ( talk) 15:29, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
Hello again Doug, if you haven't watchlisted, you may want to comment on the I suggestion I made on your full protection request. Regards, Callanecc ( talk • contribs • logs) 15:57, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
you've got one. — Ched : ? 18:21, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
Badass | |
I think that User:Dougweller needs some wikilove. I just want to say that Doug is a badass admin. I've learned a lot from you. Thanks man. — Jasonasosa 22:00, 16 August 2012 (UTC) |
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Please come help.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 22:32, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug, noticed you were about. User:Giggette is making multiple inappropriate title changes, via redirect, very rapidly and perhaps via some kind of script. None of the title changes seem appropriate to content. I've left a note on their talk. Haploidavey ( talk) 09:35, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
Didn't want to mention her name and have to invite her to ANI, but User:SarahStierch is likely a good candidate to help you here. She might know who we would talk to, what resources are needed, what, if anything can be done. It is a long shot regardless, but it is better to start with someone who works there, and deals with outreach to begin with. I have no issue with it being brought up at WER as well, since this is one of the reasons people leave, seems a perfect fit as we are looking for solutions here, not pointing fingers. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 11:36, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
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Yes, it has been discussed Walid Shoebat: 666 and Basmala. Others have stated this is minority, however it is relevant to the conversation. Are you saying Wikipedia is against new ideas?
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For some reason, I hadn't seen your comment on my talk page. I just saw it today. They're actually misquoting/falsifying the source, the source makes no such claim. Kurdo777 ( talk) 16:15, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug, wanna hear something funny, when you posted on my talk the first thing I asked myself was: why on earth would they be harassing you at meta:?!? After a quick query I found out you were talking about "Metapedia" which happens to be the White Power Encyclopedia that anybody can edit, haha. But seriously, before your post I'd never heard of it. And as a non-White Democrat I doubt if they'll be giving me a user account anytime soon. – Sir Lionel, EG( talk) 07:26, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
Hmmm. Power hungry admins issuing arbitrary edicts and exercising "absolute authority" to suppress the masses--what does that remind me of? Hahahahaha!!! Wait--there aren't any admins around here, are there? I don't wanna get into any trouble or anything...finger hovering over "undo." – Sir Lionel, EG( talk) 04:56, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
I noticed at Talk:Creation Ministries International ( [26]) and Talk:Coconino Sandstone ( [27] [28]) that TheTahoeNatrLuvnYaho has renewed their interest in the formatting of citations for creationism–related articles, which, given the reference to nature in the account name and that it was created on the same date as WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Allenroyboy/Archive#23 June 2012, suggests they might be another sock, (in addition to their sources at Philosophy of science).
I've reverted quite a few of their edits for WP:CITEVAR:
— Machine Elf 1735 04:20, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
Dear Admin; I know that some users have received special congratulations for their first one thousand contributions. I suddenly noticed, after some happy vacations, that I have also reached at almost one thousand and 50. However, I did not receive any congratulation. Not even a notification. Could it be that it was sent but I did not notice because of my language barrier?.. :-) All the best. -- E4024 ( talk) 21:11, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
Biased "Vandalism" by user Jasonosa, gutting the article on piece at a time based on his personal criteria; another nomination for deletion. Posting it here because personally I don't care enough about the article/author nor do I care enough about the User, yet it is a case blatant abuse and attack in this public forum. For what it's worth. Iconoclast.Horizon ( talk) 21:15, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
Your follow-up reprimand on the deletion page hours after the fact was unnecessary, edit page for typo and clarification was actually open at the moment of closure to my surprise, and I saved it only to find the article discussion closed.
00:27, 21 August 2012 Iconoclast.horizon (talk | contribs) m . . (25,823 bytes) (+106) . . (→David R. Hawkins: correct typo) (undo) 00:24, 21 August 2012 Mark Arsten (talk | contribs) . . (25,717 bytes) (+1,435) . . (Closing debate, result was delete) (undo) You fellows have fun. No more need to discuss Dr. David R. Hawkins from your perspective, I leave it for the next group of adventurous souls to come along and try it. Iconoclast.Horizon ( talk) 06:41, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
( edit conflict)::You can complain about him at ANI if you wish, but I'd say there what I'll say here, and that is that I believe that you still aren't clear on our policies and guidelines regarding sources. You've been high profile over this and it's not surprising that an article you've created twice got some attention. If I'd noticed that article I would probably have taken it to AfD. When I find an editor shows a lack of understanding or problems over one thing I will normally look at other things they've done. That's not hounding. Dougweller ( talk) 20:59, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Doug, irrespective of our huge differences, I should not have called you a friend of Hitler. That remark has been striked out from Nubia talk and my sincere apologies for using that kind of language. I am sure you are following the ANI discussion. I do not want you to feel that I am only apologizing to you because the issue has been taken to ANI by Drmies, but because I felt it's the right thing to do just as I have apologized to them before. In any case, I have practically retired from Wiki (no matter how many people wants my blood) and just thought to apologise before leaving. And if you doubt my retirement which I saw in talk Saafi, I have been thinking about it for a while [29], see also my user page where I first added the semi retire template (have a look at the date [30] and the date this admin put a note my talk page and when I also added the template on my talk page [31]). In fact, I got the idea from them of adding the template also on my talk page and not just on my user page. Anyway best of luck and once again my apologies. Tamsier ( talk) 21:24, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
Heated discussion on the renaming of this article. Maybe the article is not very interesting in itself but there is quite an example of a debate on the principle of naming conventions on its talk page. Everybody most welcome. -- E4024 ( talk) 11:44, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
Can you clean this one out for BLP vios please? My eyes hurt from it. You may also want to protect it for a while. I've taken the content fork Geetika Sharma to AfD. cheers. — Spaceman Spiff 17:10, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
As per Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to handle RevisionDelete requests could you delete my AfD nom from this article history? I have this chap next semester and I impugned his academic standing slightly. I'd like to minimise the chances of a connection to me. Betty Logan ( talk) 22:49, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
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I have sent you a confidential email. This entry is simply to let you know that.
Thanks, Robert S. Hackney Pres. & CEO New Sheriff Publishing, Inc. (Publisher of The Sarasota News Leader) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Afahmasp ( talk • contribs) 17:01, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
Nope, I didn't get an email. My personal account is steven.wallinggmail.com. If this is work-related (i.e. WMF), you should get ahold of me at swallingwikimedia.org. Steven Walling • talk 20:04, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
Did I do this wrong again?
The delete template that I added was removed by
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Jasonasosa 08:39, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
Dear Mr Dougweller I admire wikipedia s work in the field of integrity and truth; this was the only reason I posted my comment; It is known and it is written in many articles here in wikipedia that the turks came from Mongolia near the Orhon river; as you know and we all know that in that aera especially in 5th century AD when the turkish nation appear in the map no wheat was cultivated in Mongolia; the turkish nation was nomad pastoralists; they lived on their animals and they consumated meat and milk; they have no knowledge of cultivating land let alone growing wheat to make dough to make baklava; what it is written in your article is totaly unhistorical and contradictoiry with your onw articles here in wikipedia in turkish people and proto turks; I can agree that maybe they found baklava somewhere when they came to tocharistan or persian or chorasmia but not in mongolia and not by their invention Also baklava was a very common dish in all the mediterean especialy greeks ancient athenians offered it at weedings; and today still exists a form of this dish in its primitive form in greece called diples Here s your link but you can search it anywhere in the net or google it to find if baklava is turkish or not Naming a dish with a turkish name or saying it s turk doesn t make it turkish if the ingredients to make it were in lack in the place the turkish nation lived cause it is in contradiction with common sense; http://www.kitchenproject.com/history/Baklava.htm Also for instance if we find pizza in france do we call it french cuisine because french eat it and prepare it? [copyvio deleted]]
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The above user came back with a new name: Truthinbaklava. All the best.-- E4024 ( talk) 14:13, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
Hello. You may recall deleting a lengthy passage about the activities of the son of the poet Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi in that article. The latest edits by the same editor in the 'Biography: Early life' section are all about the poet's father and his pastimes. Is all this and the preceding genealogy relevant? I was going to delete it but thought I would ask you for your opinion. Please have a look when time permits.-- Zananiri ( talk) 15:24, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
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Hi ,please take a look at the Wikipaedia article about Ardeshir I, apparently this article is subjected to Pan-Kurdish vandalism AGAIN. The claim of a Kurdish ancestry for the Persian king Ardeshir I Sasanid in the early life section of this article is simply ridiculous, especially when no Western sources have ever made such claims ,and the Iranian sources such as the mythical book of Shahnameh can not be used as reliable references since for most parts they lack specific dates, names and locations are most of the time displaced.
It is obvious that Mr Kaveh Farrokhs writings are strictly influenced by his own personal assumptions and views and not basic historical facts. Mr Kaveh Farrokh also claims Azerbaijani people as non-Turkic,which is yet another baseless claim of his that has caused alot of arguments in the Iranian comunity .
The early life section of the Ardeshir I article can't include a Kurdish origin. unless we have a reliable source that indicates to that.
Please help to protect history from vandalism . Thank you . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Niki909 ( talk • contribs) 14:42, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
(TPS) Sorry to intervene but I ask you, Gomada, why? Why cannot the people in Eastern Turkey use internet? I have visited several towns of that region lately. Just to give an example, Iğdır is full of internet cafes in every corner. 1 hour 1 TL. I used internet without any problem and find the service cheap enough (more or less half a dollar or euro an hour). I am not dealing with your other claims, because want to be just practical. BTW do you think these internet cafes could be giving the chance of free communication to many people that visit Iğdır from the 3 countries it borders? (I saw several Iranian youngsters flirting without intimidation also.) Take care and all the best. (Sorry Doug) -- E4024 ( talk) 22:14, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
I am not sure about this letter (it might be quoted by Tabari) but the term Kurd means completely something different. Here is something on Ardashir: "his victorious campaign against the Kurds (a term that in pre-Islamic times designated the various nomadic lineages, rather than a specific ethnicity" [33]. See also Asatrian which has a important article with regards to the naming: [34]. -- 96.255.251.165 ( talk) 16:37, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
There is a little unidentified user that is now in an edit war breaking the 3 revert rule. How does this war stop? How does he get put in place, when his IP changes constantly? I vouch and stand behind
User:PiCo in this dispute at
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Hi Doug. Can you look at the naming issue here? The voting is basically based on political/ethnic affiliation rather than Wikipedia Arguments. [35]. The only one that actually mentions Wikipedia and common names is myself. Thanks-- 96.255.251.165 ( talk) 16:08, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
Doug, I rather not get involved in Wikipedia..So I am writing anonymous. But since I have an IP, can you run this sock-puppet investigation on my behalf?
Can you run these? Check his page.. "User Greczia by his own admission (see bottom of his page): [36] was the previous user Tirgil34 (who had run many socks) [37]
I believe all these accounts are related: (Greczia,Aryan212, Kurdale, Barayev, E4024 (possible ressurection of user with similar name E104421), Gabriel_Stijena)
[38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] You can say all these account appeared recently. Furthermore, they all seem to support the same POV
Given that Greczia has used socks before (admits he is user Tirgil34 which has used socks before and also pushed fringe theories), the investigation is warranted. Accounts like Kurdale for example are definitly throw-aways..What is notable is that many of the same users keep saying "vandalism" while reverting to fringe sources.
1)
Tat languages (Caucasus) Using the same Farrokh website are Greczia, Gabriel Stijena, and Barayev [44]
Relavent diff links: [45] [46] [47]
2) Article "Ethnicities in Iran"
Putting the same fringe and non-RS map (see the talkpage) [48] (Kurdale) [49] (Gabriel Stijena) [50] (Barayev) [51] (Greczia)
3)
Here: "Western Thrace" [52] (E4024, Gabriel_Stijena and Barayev which are all new accounts are r.v.'ing back to the same format). Barayev [53]. Gabriel Stijena [54]. E4024 [55]
4)
Comment: These are all new accounts (with one account admitting that he was a previous sock master) and push the same POV. they also coordinate together on talkpages. So an investigation is warranted. Thanks.--
96.255.251.165 (
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According to the recent ANI, Greczia has been banned in German wikipedia for pushing fringe and sock-puppetery. So with that and the throw-away such as Kurdale, there is definitely a precedence. --
96.255.251.165 (
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Why did you removed my edition regarding the "house of Yahweh" ? I used fully legitimate sources like the The New York Times and an additional source as well. You said that you removed material which seems to show more the Temple, than iron age Yahwism. Even if that would be the case it would show just that the Temple or "House of Yahweh" was the canter of iron age Yahwism. As you may know this artifact was authenticated by the group of scientist, and I did not write about it, before, when I wrote large section of that article. It is still disputed whether that artifact refer to the Temple of Jerusalem or to some local "house of Yahweh" as suggested by Steiner, so you could add that material, without removal of mine. I think that I used fully reliable sources and as in all modern books regarding the religion of ancient Israelites (iron age Yahwism) this artifact has its place to be mentioned. This is the earliest Israelite pottery mentioning Yahweh. Tritomex ( talk) 16:51, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
Btw I am sorry for removing your material from
Israelites I refereed to the editions and removals done by historylover4 — Preceding
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I think there is a typo: "To rename this to Turkish-Kurdish conflict is clearly against WP:TITLE "..and you mean "from" instead of "to". BTW, I appreciate your invovelment on some of these articles.. there is just too many people pushing fringe POVs (wether it is Turkish, Iranian, Kurdish, Arabic, etc.). Thanks again. -- 96.255.251.165 ( talk) 18:36, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
Could you please take a look at Talk:Azerbaijani_people#Misqouting_sources_to_inflate_population_numbers. I can't be the only person dealing with this guy, this is getting really frustrating. He keeps reverting the page to reinsert materials that are basically fringe claims by fringe characters, as facts. He also calls anyone undoing him "vandal" and their edits "vandalism". Kurdo777 ( talk) 15:18, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
It's been brought up on AN/I again. Can you please take a look at my response here. [56] Your input would be appreciated, as you're one of the few admins who is knowledgeable about these topics. Kurdo777 ( talk) 05:38, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
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Hi, I just want to know if there is any procedure in Wikipedia to report a habitual and regular vandal?? if possible,kindly advise me in this( the subject is User talk:Nb20078....thanks-- Adamstraw99 ( talk) 04:36, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
Doug, I can't believe I'm being charged with disruptive editing at User talk:Jasonasosa#Talk:Genesis 1:3 when the user in question has an IP that changes constantly! How could I have better approached this? — Jasonasosa 17:17, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
As I see my user name above, I would like to remind all that so recently as past weekend I volunteered to be investigated for similar claims, concerning a discussion around Talk: Tenedos. Although I could not find the relevant diff now to provide you, I guess Chris Gualtieri can help about that. I would be very happy that in case the investigation clears my name someone could kindly recommend the claimant to leave me in peace... All the best and sorry for everybody's precious time. -- E4024 ( talk) 17:18, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
Okay, but you have been supporting the above user with his various usernames. Also there is a user E104421 here: [57] who supported similar POVs. I am convinced about Kurdale being a throw-away account as well as Gabriel and Barayev..I hope the admins take the offer and I will add E104421 here. Specially, it should be noted Greczia has been banned according to ANI from German wikipedia for pushing fringe and sock-puppetery. Kurdale needs to be checked for sure. The disappearance of Barayev was also suspicious. -- 96.255.251.165 ( talk) 18:28, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
I have no relation whatsoever with none of the above mentioned users nor any else and am sure it is not so difficult to find out. All the best. -- E4024 ( talk) 18:41, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
No problem. I apologize if there is any misaccusations. The user Greczia used a previous account that was involved in sock-puppetery and he seems to have been banned in German Wikipedia for the same thing (along with pushing non WP:RS viewpoints). I am sure Kurdale and the other account Gabriel..are his and they all have been registered as new users (with Kurdale being a complete throw-away). I wanted to thank again users like Folantin, Dbachmann, Kansas Bear and Doug Weller for keeping fringe and non WP:RS ethno-nationalist users in check. There needs to be a better mechanism with 10 such users who decide the final outcome of all such ethno-nationalist bickering articles. Specially those related to the Near East, Caucasus and Eastern Europe where users do not follow WP:UNDO, WP:RS, WP:SOAPBOX and instead follow WP:FRINGE. Again a big thanks to such users. -- 96.255.251.165 ( talk) 20:03, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
Doug, Thanks for running the SPI. Wikipedia is a wild place and we need more involved admins in this area.. Until that is done, and a neutral commitee of admins are chosen who can force out POV pushers..these areas will have a problem. Thanks to you, Folantin, Dbachmann and other such admins. -- 96.255.251.165 ( talk) 02:22, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for your ANI comments with regard to the thread about Youreallycan ( talk · contribs)/ Off2riorob ( talk · contribs). This whole thing is quite disturbing considering it appears some individual who is quite unhealthily obsessed with me. — Cirt ( talk) 14:44, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
So... I guess yet again there will be no firm repercussions for this user? — Cirt ( talk) 17:13, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
I've studied all those disputes, the behavior of the socks, and the connections , and I am pretty sure that E4024 is behind all this given his history of this kind of stuff, his POV, the sudden appearance of these socks wherever he had a longstanding dispute to fight his battles for him, and also his unique language skills as someone who is fluent in German, but not as fluent in English. (same as the socks) And most important of all, what normal editor uses four different IPs from four different countries at the same time? He's obviously trying to mask/hide something. He could be using undetectable private proxies/networks that can be subscribed to/purchased online as opposed to open proxies. Kurdo777 ( talk) 22:30, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
the source is on page 315
"But now with the widely accepted reading of the "House of David" in Tel Dan inscription (no 124) the presence of the name David in line 12 in mesha inscription has regained some popularity.. Yet a stronger case was made identifying David in line 31 (in Mesha inscription) where the reading House of David create far fewer complications and has much more comparative support" Tritomex ( talk) 10:28, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
http://books.google.rs/books?id=4tUCnNLGw4UC&printsec=frontcover&hl=sr&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tritomex ( talk • contribs) 10:34, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
Please check Aichikawa and Bbb23 edits on this page, several of us think that she is Joan Buck. Manbumper ( talk) 15:52, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
Can I request you close this discussion. It was started on 22 August, and discussion has ceased. The two editors agitating to reopen it do not actually have an opinion to contribute it seems (they were both strong campaigners for deletion at AfD), so leaving the merge discussion open is rather pointless. -- 202.124.75.14 ( talk) 00:02, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
The guy is still around: [58]-- 96.255.251.165 ( talk) 14:45, 2 September 2012 (UTC) (note I caught him through the Nart Saga article with one of the socks and then the ip shows up).
-- 96.255.251.165 ( talk) 03:43, 3 September 2012 (UTC)(UTC)
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Doug, you may check my IP-edits on talk page and article Persian Gulf naming dispute. I've done it because (in)famous endless games have started again. Cheers, Mr. O. -- 109.165.191.169 ( talk) 11:15, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
Call me thick, but when I was trying to fix that Mikemikev issue, the block page won't let me rangeblock an IPV6 - I tried 2001:630:12:1073/64 and various combinations of extra colons, but it wasn't having it. What am I doing wrong? Black Kite ( talk) 14:39, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
Watz up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Take It To The Head ( talk • contribs) 19:17, 3 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug, thanks for your support on this page. Somewhere I have a mental note you may have attended one of the Mahogany Ship symposiums - I really dont know why I think this! Maybe you wrote something about it somewhere? Anyway I have been working at a revision of the Mahogany Ship page and would appreciate any comments and improvements when it finally appears. Cheers. Nickm57 ( talk) 09:59, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug. You asked for me to have a look.
On my edit you were concerned that i confuse Christian God from The God of the Bible. They are one in the same and absolutely is not the trinity,
Lake — Preceding unsigned comment added by Laketahoejwb ( talk • contribs) 15:29, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
On my edit you were concerned that i confuse Christian God from The God of the Bible.
" Please do not delete sourced text as you just did. The article is not about God in the Bible, it is about God in Christianity. Thanks. Dougweller ( talk) 12:13, 4 July 2012 (UTC) " .
Lake --15:42, 4 July 2012 (UTC) Laketahoejwb ( talk)
from laketahoe: ---It most certainly does. The trinity consumes half of the article
-- Laketahoejwb ( talk) 15:54, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks for the clarification. I did use the book regarding Juan Ponce de Leon as citing sources on his page, but nothing else. I might need to find a few more sources to go along with that book. LeftAire ( talk) 16:54, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi, just want to say thanks for your efford to update my knowledge on Help:Edit summary & Wikipedia:Copying within Wikipedia! Thank you :) -- 89.16.134.159 ( talk) 07:44, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug, I noticed in the Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2011 May 5, you voted to support the term 'pseudohistorian' as a category name on the basis that it is used in reliable sources. Your comment read:
Would you mind listing a reliable source which offers a definition of the term according to mainstream acceptance? I started a new talk section yesterday to point out that according to dictionary.com the word 'pseudohistorian' doesn't exist. Like others, I'm confused by the intended meaning of its use in WP. Obviously, if you have a reliable source to show that it does have legitimate status, and that it has an accepted meaning which can be found by appropriate encyclopedic reference, that would quickly bring my concern on this matter to an end. Thank you -- Zac Δ talk! 17:27, 4 July 2012 (UTC)
Zac, just to clarify, I wasn't warning you about NLT, just advising you that there can be problems with using the word libellous. Now back to your dictionary problem. My Oxford Dictionary of English (larger than the concise - pretty big in fact, but not the multivolume one) has the word 'pseudo-' (note the dash), with combining form in bold text after it, indicating that it can be used with other words. Not that it matters, as I said, what we care about is its use in reliable sources. Dougweller ( talk) 08:00, 5 July 2012 (UTC)
http://decipherment.wordpress.com/ JC 72.253.70.250 ( talk) 19:55, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
Please join the discussion at Talk:Maimonides#Israel_Shahak_as_a_source. -- Steven J. Anderson ( talk) 08:37, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug...
Got a hard question for you...
Is this a proper way to reference/source article content?
Excerpt taken from Fallen angel#Grigori: (Removed ref tags for visibility)
This argument is also on Talk:Fallen angel
Let me know. Thanks, Jasonasosa ( talk) 18:20, 6 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug, Not sure if you saw it so I'll mention it here, I left a message at User talk:Dougweller/reversion. Callanecc ( talk • contribs) talkback (etc) template appreciated. 13:14, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug. I reverted some of your blanking out in Pytheas, giving my reasons and opening a discussion. Dave ( talk) 05:59, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
I apologize for adding copyright text into the article, even if i did credit the original translator of the text, i do realize i did edit the text before reading the guidelines of how to add to articles and so on. It wont happen again.
Now, on to the reason why i deleted sourced text. Mostly because it was something that was written by one single man, while finding sites that refute his claim over and over again. By the hundreds of thousands, millions even depending on your search. Which made me have a certain doubt of his credibility and claim.
A few examples that refute his claims, "I soothed their weariness; I freed them from their bonds. My vast troops were marching peaceably in Babylon, and the whole of [Sumer] and Akkad had nothing to fear. I sought the safety of the city of Babylon and all its sanctuaries. As for the population of Babylon […, w]ho as if without div[ine intention] had endured a yoke not decreed for them, I returned them unharmed to their cells, in the sanctuaries that make them happy. May all the gods that I returned to their sanctuaries,"(Text from the cyrus cylinder) And i could go on and on.
And through Persepolis fortification fragments "The Persians introduced the first idea of human rights. A few examples are: Free religion, no slavery (all Persian workers were paid, contrary to popular culture), all ethnic groups had the same rights, liberty and security to citizens, women had the same rights as men and much more." He freed the jews of babylon from slavery, and was even called "The Great, The Father, The Liberator, The Law-Giver and the jews even went as far as calling him The Anointed of the Lord(Messiah) in the Tanakh (hebrew bible)" I do agree that all of the claimed texts arent on the cylinder. But through other sources, we've come to known that most of the claims fairly accurate. For example through the ones ive mentioned and Xenophons cyropaedia, which tells of Cyrus the Greats character.
I'll read more about how to post on article pages and so on. And how to go about if a text is somehow questionable. Even a soruced one that is.
Hope you have a good day. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.14.172.108 ( talk) 15:03, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug, I saw your post on the editor retention wikiproject about research. I'm compiling a literature review of the scholarly research on a subpage of my meta talk space I can find on the topic to help with this and the gender gap issue. If you had anything to add or wanted to help it's there for collaboration :) -- Cailil talk 16:49, 8 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug,
I need your man power again...
Please see Talk:Noah/Archive 2#CFORK merge candidate
Maybe I'm completely wrong here... and you need to adjust my thinking... but even though Noach (parsha) is a Jewish POV page on Wiki... it is still a valid and good page, right? There are sooo many Jewish wiki POV articles... and someone seems to think that they all need to be merged/deleted?
Please look into this, if time allows. Thanks, Jasonasosa ( talk) 05:37, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
I thought i'd continue here instead of on the page. I don't think you realise how aggressive you have been, because you feel justified by the rules.
Your comment on my talk page about wp:vandal and now your revert based on wp:consensus have one thing in common - they both suggest that you think the letter of the law is more important than the spirit of the law.
In my opinion that interpretation is counterproductive to wikipedia. It means that anyone who wants to contribute to content has to spend a huge amount of time focused on literal interpretations of rules for fear of aggressive rebukes. An environment of fear is not good for encouraging contribution and collaboration.
Oncenawhile ( talk) 23:30, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
Uh, where is the message you have for me? --
I dream of horses @ 01:22, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
Nathan2055 talk - contribs 01:35, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Doug. You'll notice that this was from a long long time ago, but did you mean to block this IP address indefinitely? [2] NTox · talk 08:47, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug, there is a little on Pytheas discussion. Dave ( talk) 12:28, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
Whitening is clearly discussed in the sources u removed and they are from open sources — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brranew ( talk • contribs) 15:44, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
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There wasn't even enough time to merge out all of the content from Noach (Parsha). That was a swift delete. What about the referenced Jewish views? Are the other Parshas also on the chopping block? What about the Islamic view pages... like Islamic view of Lot. Should all of the Islamic view pages be deleted too? There are so many. Jasonasosa ( talk) 20:47, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey, Doug!!! Just wanted to remind you that one of the things people involved with Scientology are supposed to try to be is enthusiastic!!! And, hey, just think of Tom Cruise assaulting Oprah's couch and you'll know how true that is!!! I seem to remember something else about multiple quotation marks.... Oh, yeah!!! [3]. John Carter ( talk) 17:10, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello Dougweller
I wonder what you think about the following:
I came across the article on Parvez Dewan, created recently, and was surprised to see that he is referred to as a diplomat and writer. He was a civil servant in the Indian Adminstrative Service (IAS) until he retired and not a career diplomat in the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) which is the Indian diplomatic service. The two are quite different. In any case, being part of either service does not make one notable per se.
His stint in Kashmir, as an IAS officer, was not carried out as a diplomat. He did not need a diplomatic passport to serve in his own country. Apart from a short spell in the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs or Ministry of External Affairs at the very end of his career, he seems to have had little to do with international affairs and diplomacy and there is no record in the article or his CV, cited in the article, of him ever having served abroad as a diplomat. His postings as an IAS officer in India were, and are, part and parcel of the job. Civil servants in every country are expected to undertake such work.
As far as I can see, he is just another retired Indian civil servant. He has translated a few things but he is not really known as a writer, though he seems to have published a couple of other books, nothing that, I think, would automatically make anyone a Wikipedia article candidate.
I see no notabilty here per Wikipedia guidelines. I may be wrong, of course. You are in a far better position to review this. Please have a look, if convenient.-- Zananiri ( talk) 21:20, 11 July 2012 (UTC)
Doug, you still have not modified or deleted the attack article found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_as_fact_and_theory. If you read the Talk section, you can read about the motivation and OBVIOUS bias of this article from the author's own typed words. "I'd like to remind editors that quote mining is one of the favourite tactics of creationists, which is exactly the strategy employed herein. I'd like to delete those quotes and turn this into a real article without being labelled a creationists POV pusher by a few ignorant punks." Thompsma (talk) 00:29, 21 February 2012 (UTC)
I pointed out the flagrance of this in the Talk section, and my comments were deleted. This abusive article and abusive Talk section stay on Wikipedia simply because of its form and not for its function. To keep this page up means that you personally, Doug, and Wikipedia by proxy, are supporting some weird "creationists are stupid" argument. I am a Christian and not a "creationist." But it is clear that when links used to make up the lie that special adaptation is a law, that "creationism" is misleading, and links and citations are propaganda in context (i.e. people who are in the business of spouting this hateful message against those who acknowledge the fact that God is the sole creator of the universe and all things in it, calling them "punks" and "creationists" and calling their beliefs "theories" and "facts"), that Wikipedia is made to look bad.
This continues to be a one-sided article that is argumentative and propagandistic. Look how many times the reader is supposed to fall for the premises starting with "Evolution has been described as...", "This has been dubbed the standard gene[r]ic definition of...", and "Philosophers of science argue...". If the reader falls for these premises, then the author can make his argumentative case in support of the CLEAR THESIS OF THIS ARTICLE, which is that "Evolution is a fact, and 'creationism' is wrong, misleading, and stupid." Who are the people who say all the things that the author is claiming? And why must we be reliant upon these phantom citations in order for him to make his points?
"Evolution Theory" refers, of course, to the theory that human beings evolved from primates: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_evolution. This is neither fact nor law. The way that Thompsma refers to "evolution" is that of special adaptation. However, he tries to confuse the issue with his whole argumentation of "fact versus theory - my beliefs are facts and yours are dumb." How do I know that is his argument? READ THE TALK SECTION. He says it all over the place, and I, like many others who have been deleted from the Talk section pointing this out, have been deleted.
THIS IS PROPAGANDA, AND YOU ARE SUPPORTING IT. It is all point-of-view, argumentative, abusive, circular in reference, and propaganda. We should all know who the author hates and is criticizing here. We already know why he wrote this article: he thinks that those who oppose Evolution Theory and those who support God as the Creator are just a bunch of idiots. Ask him. He has made it public now. THIS IS ABUSE ON WIKIPEDIA.
I cannot write this anywhere else on Wikipedia, as it will just get deleted. I would like for folks who are insulted by Thompsma's abusive article to also know that a moderator at Wikipedia is defending his approach in insulting make-believe believers of views that he does not hold himself. I want all Wikipedia folsk to be able to read how you will not moderate the heck out of that hateful, argumentative, rhetorical, and clearly propagandistic rebuttal argument to "creationism." I want all readers to know that Wikipedia sides with argumentative folks who load their articles with hatred for others, and that Wikipedia will do nothing about that. That is at least fair, and it would be more credible for Wikipedia to stand by its pro-argumentation stance publicly, rather than let argumentative folks act impunitively.
Your responses so far have been without great merit. I just want folks who are insulted by this particular article to know that Wikipedia supports propaganda. Then they can use a different website for information on things like facts, theories, laws, etc.
Thank you.
Snootcher ( talk) 00:20, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
One consequence of the Kuhnian model in its relation to Wikipedia is the WP will tend to favour the current academically accepted hypothesis rather than some new proposal or "myth"-based construct. This is because of our policies regarding "fringe" theories, sourcing and due weight. Since most hypotheses never do gain traction, it is not necessarily a bad reflection of the world. Sorry, I came here about something else & saw this while trying to find that. Ignore me! - Sitush ( talk) 14:48, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug,
This question is for my own improvement while editing on WP. Does WP have any policies or guidelines about proper/improper use of referencing/quoting Bible verses/scriptures? I want to make sure I'm in compliance with WP policy when editing content involving scripture use.
Thanks, Jasonasosa ( talk) 19:58, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
I have better things to write about than Hawkins. He may be notable enough for an article, I really don't know, but a lot of the things you put on my page don't help with WP:NOTE, from his mail order PhD to the " Physicians Recognition Award" which isn't a big deal at all. I don't know why you don't want to put the time in to find out what might meet our criteria and use that in your userpace, but if you don't, I can't see why you'd expect me to. Dougweller ( talk) 20:27, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
Doug, I don't intend to make this a big issue, I do feel that there is some bias here on the part of the admins in the notes that I could find, arguing 'psuedo-science', but I bothered to look into this guy once he came into my awareness and it is very easy to see that he is not even in the "minor leagues" he has actually made an impact in various areas. And you keep berating his "mail-order PhD", yet the guy has his MD and is American Medical Association (life time member) along with 35+ other MEDICAL memberships not to mention his authorship. Seriously this is just skewed and overly obtuse on your part... Iconoclast.Horizon ( talk) 21:09, 12 July 2012 (UTC)
This guy demonstrates a lot of notability alright!
The Pope's writings all go through the "The Vatican Publishing House", well that sounds like self-publishing according to your definition Jasonasosa, so I suppose that makes the Pope non-notable based on that criteria. Iconoclast.Horizon ( talk) 00:12, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
It can't be undeleted as it has no references. That's the bottom line.
Dougweller (
talk) 04:54, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
No, I wasn't really wondering why those tags were just added but thank you for your 'help' in re-clarifying your position Jason (which exact point were you trying to make again, non-notable, no refs, self -promotional publishers you don't like?) as you can see the article has been reinstated, irregardless of your opinions. Iconoclast.Horizon ( talk) 08:36, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
"What makes the Pope notable, are all of the third party reference provided.."? NO, what makes the Pope, or anyone, notable is that they are notable, not whether you like their publisher or their wiki-references meet your approval or not. The point is the basis for your criteria for deletion is sufficiently lacking. Iconoclast.Horizon ( talk) 09:09, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
Only doing damage control for about a day and a half now. Dougweller ( talk) 10:12, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
A new debate has started over whether it is the or just one of the creation narratives. Please add your voice. -- Walter Görlitz ( talk) 19:00, 13 July 2012 (UTC)
I tried to present the narrative solely by mine all words, with one quote given under quotation marks. Check it out if this can stand. Tritomex ( talk) 13:20, 14 July 2012 (UTC) Thank you very much for your help and explanations. They are very helpful as I was not aware about those facts. Please accept my deep respect for your work. Tritomex ( talk) 14:31, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
This user has been repeatedly insisting that the premiere date for Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood is September 3, but refuses to cite sources to prove it. All the sources we have say "Fall 2012." I was pleased to see that he was blocked for disruptive editing elsewhere. It seems you have the power to block users. I would like to request that if he changes this date one more time without providing a source that he be blocked. He has been sufficiently warned, I think. Thanks for your help on this. Please leave any response on my talk page, as I do not habitually check other users' talk pages for a response. -- Jgstokes-We can disagree without being disagreeable ( talk) 23:06, 14 July 2012 (UTC)
...are certainly socks of a repeatedly indef blocked editor who is generally discussed under the User:ProfessorJane identity. I've requested an investigation at Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/ProfessorJane. Ergative rlt ( talk) 00:08, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello, Doug,
I'd like to point out why your deletion of my work on "Judas Iscariot" is not only unjustified, but insulting:
As I stated in my contribution to the article, the information provided comes directly from the Lutheran Study Bible, the notes and essays of which were created by a variety of professional theologians and pastors and endorsed by their synod, a body of over two million people. And I've never seen the website to which you refer.
A body of professional theologians publishing in their denomination's official Bible is not "reliable"? (And again, I cited the actual text; see the previous point.)
That's fine. How would you say nicely that the previous content is incomplete and misleading?
No, you were lazy or careless, since the link is provided in the words "an article on Judas Iscariot" at the beginning of the second paragraph.
That might be true, but in this case, you were careless, prejudicial, and condescending.
Is providing incomplete, gravely-misleading, and factually-incorrect content relevant to the faith of more than two billion people "quite what it means when Wikipedia states it is an encyclopedia"?
You've erred, Doug. The work should be restored.
Regards,
AmillennialistContraMundum ( talk) 07:24, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
It can be proven differently because it's in the book sitting on my coffee table (and in many other homes, churches, stores, and libraries. That's why I was able to provide specific page numbers. Do any of your sources cite specific page numbers?).
And is not the Lutheran Study Bible a "reliable source"?
AmillennialistContraMundum ( talk) 08:18, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Saw the page protection on white nationalism article. Thought that you should be made aware of this discussion. - Multirecs ( talk) 13:58, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
So, you got any edits planned for today? Jayemd ( talk) 08:57, 17 July 2012 (UTC)
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Hi, Doug. Thanks for the kind tone of your remarks. I wanted to let you know that I just reverted some of the changes you made to the book of Moses article. I agree that the announcement of the forthcoming book may be a conflict of interest, so I did not add that back. However the parallels between the book of Moses verses and the Enoch literature can be publicly verified, and I thought they should be kept as is. If you or anyone else has an honest quibble with any of these parallels, however, I'd be happy to look at them again on a one-by-one basis. I'll try to watch for any reply from you, but since I don't get a chance to check for such messages often, please forgive me if I am slow to reply.
Cheers, Jeff — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeffreymarkbradshaw ( talk • contribs) 20:53, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Doug. Thanks for your quick reply. First of all, do I take it that the reference to the Orlov article is sufficient for the "lad" material, or do I need more?
As far as the others go, I have read NOR, but it seems I have not understood all the nuances. Please help me understand which of the following options is acceptable, and I'll document the material accordingly in the next day or two:
1. Could I, as one alternative, document the parallels by brief quotations of the actual phrases from the book of Moses and the Enoch literature (e.g., "And there came a man unto him, whose name was Mahijah, and said unto him: Tell us plainly who thou art, and from whence thou comest?" (Moses 6:40); "they summoned Mahujah… And the giants… sent him to Enoch [...] saying to him: ... tell him that he is to explain to you." (Dead Sea Scrolls 4QEnGiants 1:20)).
2. If this is not acceptable, could I reference a Web page such as http://strongreasons.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/the-book-of-enoch-and-the-book-of-moses/ ?
3. If this is not acceptable, I assume I could reference published materials such as Hugh Nibley's books on the topic, right?
Thanks, Jeff — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeffreymarkbradshaw ( talk • contribs) 21:19, 16 July 2012 (UTC)
Doug, please let me know if you received my questions above.
Thanks, Jeff — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeffreymarkbradshaw ( talk • contribs) 20:26, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug. You requested a ref on the language aspects of Pytheas' name for Britain. It seemed to me that it needed more work. So, I determined on Britain (placename) as the place to put that reference and do that work. What was there was undeveloped and mainly confused, basically a limn off some dictionary. Now I find some high resentment at my changing any of the original wording and a significant slowdown due to the vandalistic removals and phony requests for references on referenced material. It started with someone proferring himself as the voice of the Irish. I explained that I could not accept him as the spokesman of the Irish but if he was a linguist from the Republic of Ireland I would be all ears. It appears as though I have to fight an edit war now in order to get back to Stonehenge. You might want to take a look at that. Thanks. Dave ( talk) 12:27, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
The statement I wrote that you quote is in fact part of the reference. I think we encountered this in Pytheas. I can repeat that ref, no problem there. The general statement, well, I took that to be introductory. It is generally true. I figured it needs no ref. That can come out all right. Dave ( talk) 16:16, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Now, down to the knitty gritty. You requested me very politely to provide a reference on part of the Pytheas article. Then we started having disagreements on Stonehenge. What bothered me is this. That section was actually referenced. I think we have been through this in quite long discussions now. There was nothing at all in Pytheas that was not standard. I went to especial trouble to reference every major point. The essence of it was, as long as I agreed with you, you were polite and friendly. That went only as far as the agreement. Well, I think one cannot fly off the handle at every tiff. So, we worked out an arrangement where I would do some research and then we could see where we stood. First I wanted to fix this Britain article and present the topic more fully. Now I find, not only can't I get back to Knossos, which I was working on, but I can;t even get back to Pytheas, to which I was diverted by you. Instead I am involved in a long clash over inconsequentials. This is now pretty much like a lawsuit and nothing at all like scholarship.
We are already IN an edit war. Frankly, I don't see the point of it. None of the usual rules seem to apply. My referenced material is deleted arbitrariy. I'm asked for references when they've already been given. Everything I write is questioned. Moreover, only the opinions of the attackers seem to matter. I can only conclude this is not a level playing ground. This is an instance where people with axes to grind are to be allowed to take over groups of articles arbitrarily. I've seen this many times before in my life. Power is always veiled. All of a sudden you can't get anywhere. Nothing you do is right. Your seeming friends turn against you. You seem to be in trouble but you can't quite figure out what. I wouldn't mind if any of the articles in the group were worth anything. But they are not. That very fact leads me to think someone in control of these articles does not want good articles there.
Well, all right. This is not or should not be a war. There are serious content questions. I never heard of the word ethnic being objectionable. It does not mean anything genetic. If he thought it was, why did he not change it for one he thought was better? I'm trying to focus in in the linguistic and tribal identity of the original British. I'm getting nowhere. It seems pretty plain to me, this is a classic example of WP being controled by a group with an axe to grind. This group drives off editors. In order to hold my own here I need some support. Right now it is three against one. If no one else is interested in getting a decent article here we aren't going to get anywhere now either. You're right, it isn't worth it. I originally had a policy not to go back to articles I had worked on. I found after evaluation that most of my material had survived, so I stayed. I think you are doing the wrong thing here. I do have other things to do. If I can make a difference here I can do some work. If not, take it away. Delete whatever you like. Write or do not write whatever you like. You have to want my services to get them. I'm making the small changes you suggested. I got no interest in the article being bad. Then I am leaving it after all. I can work with WP's good aspects but there is no point in wrestling with its limitations. Waste of time. There's no resentment. If you decide to play on a level field I can come back. My name, however, is not Sisyphus. Thanks for contacting me on Pytheas originally. Thanks for your advice. I don't think our fundamental philosophies are reconcilable. Nothing turns me off faster than a stacked deck. Always been that way. You British and British residents can keep it all British, hey? The next time you have one of these things leave me out. Just delete it. Anyone can look this material up just as I did. Ciao. Dave ( talk) 16:16, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Doug I don't understand why you completely struck out what I wrote versus making corrections. First of all, it was not plaguerized, copied or taken verbatim from any other writing. Second, if the source I cited, despite citing within it Nobel Prize winning scientists does not meet some Wikipedia standard, then fine, but it takes all of 2 minutes on Google to find a bevy of sources.
What is so utterly ridiculous about the article on Juan Diego is that it devotes so much time to discussion of whether or not he existed, while ignoring the most compelling evidence of his existence and the story - that is the Tilma. The garment that should have lasted 20 years and has lasted 500, perfectly preserved with no scientific explanation for that or the icon of Our Lady of Guadelupe on it. Not sure if you get out much, but you can actually go see it in Mexico City. It is a rather glaring and embarrassing omission from the article. So frankly, I was just trying to do Wikipedia a favor. I have found far worse sources than what I provided cited on Wikipedia, but if you prefer a different source that's fine. But as it stands right now, the article is far from complete and again, what it is omitting, is rather significant don't you think?
I mean, in light of the attempt to create a legitimate debate about his existence, it would seem rather germane that the tilma exists. Because since it does eixst, you really only have two options, it is Juan Diego who wore it, or someone else. But since no one else has been identified (hard to imagine they would keep quiet about something like that), the only really logical conclusion is it was Juan Diego.
But I was simply trying to add some basic factual information about the Tilma. So here are your choices. Number one, the article is glaringly incomplete and embarassing. Number two, you (or I will later) find "acceptable sources". But what's up there reads like it was written by someone with a rather strong Catholic bias and doesn't even appear to be objective. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Keneverett ( talk • contribs) 19:00, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Fifelfoo ( talk) 05:28, 19 July 2012 (UTC)
A few questions. One, you might have noticed the recent Falun Gong arbitration at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/Falun Gong 2/Proposed decision, which seems to have been a primary contributor to User:Ohconfucius, one of the best who has worked on that content, retiring, and also seems to be instituting a "mandated editor review" for any proposed changes in Falun Gong-related content by some editors. I think it would be very much in everybody's best interests if we had a few experienced hands who might be able to inform themselves on related topics a little involved in maybe making the effectively "full protection" edits the editors under MER propose. I already asked SilkTork and he said he's busy enough, and you came to mind second. Secondly, I wonder if you have the Highbeam Research account that was given away. I ask this in relation to the articles on Baltic mythology, Estonian mythology, Latvian mythology, and Lithuanian mythology. The Highbeam site has an article from the Encyclopedia of Religion on "Baltic religions: New religious movements" might be interesting and useful in establishing how to deal with these articles. And, of course, if you don't have the free one year subscription to it as per Wikipedia:HighBeam yet, I tend to think it would be very useful for you too. I've only used it a few times, and I am more than a little pleasantly surprised at how much it has. John Carter ( talk) 00:40, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Doug, i friendlily stalked your ed-summary
on
Exodus, and having exhausted my interest in "Finger of God" pages in the last few days, thot you might be interested to know that the lk goes somewhere now. As to "not biblical" i actually tried to track the refs back to some logic supporting inferring in the word "own", and before running the chain of refs back to something inaccessible, i found myself shocked myself with instances of willingness to write footnotes that seem to ignore what the supposed source says. Anyhoo: there is such a stub now (which does not support the word "own"). I'm not interested enuf to take up the IMO justified cudgel against "own", but in case you might be interested in revisiting the edit to see where the stubification of the former red lk led, i'd like you to know about it. (I dunno if you're interested in the astronomy; i was more fascinated than i anticipated, FWIW!) Thanks for your interest in the link, and for reading this far (if you turn out to. [smile])
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t 08:43 & 08:47, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi. You did the correct thing. If I knew how to send Wikilove messages, I would send my first ever in WP to you, in the form of a plate of either cold or warm Dolma (without a "Made in ..." tag on them) of your choice. Thank you and all the best. -- E4024 ( talk) 10:10, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
While my Proposal regarding reports to notification boards is not quite ready for prime-time, when I saw your ANI post here I just had to ask for your comments.-- SPhilbrick (Talk) 17:55, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey all!
So, big news this week - on Tuesday, we ramped up to 5 percent of articles :). There's been a lot more feedback (pardon the pun) as I'm sure you've noticed, and to try and help we've scheduled a large number of office hours sessions, including one this evening at 22:00 UTC in the #wikimedia-office connect channel, and another at 01:00 UTC for the aussies amongst us :). I hope to see some of you there - if any of you can't make it but have any questions, I'm always happy to help.
Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) ( talk) 20:37, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
Some Sütlaç (Turkish rice pudding) for you! | |
To thank you very much and for you to enjoy it after the Dolma and before a cup of Turkish coffee... E4024 ( talk) 20:20, 20 July 2012 (UTC) |
Hi! There is a silly situation — i found a new script @ fr wiki at copyed it here and something went wrong with it and i can't undo anything. I'm Edgars2007 ( talk · contribs). Could you delete this page and undo this edit? -- Edgars2007-02 ( talk) 13:22, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
I think what C. Fred was trying to attract attention (with the word "agenda") about the new user's change in Dolma article was the fact that he or she pretended to ignore the fact that there was already a reference to the countries of the former Ottoman Empire in the lead and Greece is one of them. Now the same user (TheOrignator) has tried to do the same in Baklava article. Gives the impression that he wants to change the history of Greece, at least in WP... -- E4024 ( talk) 07:31, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
It is not the kind of baklava we are accustomed to in my country. (The dough layers should be thin as transparent.) Therefore I am sending you what I found in WP. Whoever made it I hope it is tasty and wish you and everybody else in WP to enjoy it. In Turkey we say "Let us eat sweet and talk sweet..." E4024 ( talk) 09:52, 22 July 2012 (UTC) |
98.185.48.50 ( talk · contribs · count)
Hi, Doug. That particular IP appears to be used by different people based on the edit history; subsequent to the last block, which I believe was a mistake, someone used that IP today to commit a clear-cut case of vandalism. That's how I got involved.
I looked at the edits you blocked the person for earlier this month and they didn't look like bad-faith edits or even incorrect edits. I think perhaps the editor that warned this IP and then reported them jumped the gun in seeing disruptive intent.
Thanks for keeping an eye on things around here. -- A. B. ( talk • contribs) 00:57, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
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I was wandering around in Wikipedia and then saw an error to correct in the Sarah Parcak article. I was surprised to see you were busy editing away there. The last time I talked to you was when the Ransom logo disappeared. After waiting a while I had the school give me a copy of the logo and I added it back in. So far so good. GroveGuy ( talk) 20:53, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
Check out this one! [4] I almost forgot about this! -- Kansas Bear ( talk) 22:43, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
Am not really on Wikipedia at present, and don't plan to be back soon, but saw your question in passing. I think tradition is fairly consistent in regarding Ascanius as the founder of Alba Longa. Don't know whether there's some distinction to be made between founder and first king? This is probably indicative of what I was saying on the talk page about not treating these kings as historical. The point is what each represents in Roman myths of genealogy. I'm not sure where I'd go to sort this out. If I happen upon something in my outside research, I'll drop you a note. Best wishes! Cynwolfe ( talk) 23:59, 22 July 2012 (UTC)
I think that you are right, better control the book first. I changed the introduction to dolma, I hope that now is better. Moreover, I added a sentence + ref specifying that the same dishes are also common in the Italian cuisine (always a reason of astonishment when some Turkish friend comes to Italy :-)). Alex2006 ( talk) 06:14, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug. Could you watchlist this page? Minor kerfuffle at the moment but check out the charming edit summaries by one particular user on 12 July (I think). Cheers. -- Folantin ( talk) 09:27, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
Could you take a look at this please? Thanks. -- E4024 ( talk) 10:14, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
Transferred from your user page, lol. He iro 13:43, 24 July 2012 (UTC)
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I've taken your comments on board in the edit i made today on the article having read the suggested guidance and hope we can agree on contributing to this article together rather than entering into an edit war. If you have further dispute with my additions , can i request you post your contentions on the articles talk page and we look to resolve them there rather than reverting and deleting the whole thing.
Darwinerasmus ( talk) 17:33, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
Thanks - i didnt call this an object in the lead - i called it the baltic anomaly and said it was an unidentified submerged object which it is in the literal sense of those words - seems not encyclopaedic to me to call it a ufo in the title of the article when it is only a fringe opinion that it is a ufo - there was speculation with the norweigan spiral anomaly discussion that it was a wormhole from another dimension however it was rightly classified in wiki as an anomaly. However i see that the article has been taken up by another editor now and reads much more clearly with some of my edits merged with yours and appears much less biased in how the article is weighted , so ill settle with that for now. Darwinerasmus ( talk) 20:03, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
You have a message on my talk page.-- andreasegde ( talk) 22:58, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
Hey Doug, John Carter approached me about an editor on the Scientology page you've tried to work with before. It is clear to me that their behavior is disruptive to the point that a ban is necessary. I'm happy to institute a topic ban under the discretionary sanctions, but Carter mentioned you were thinking of an outright site ban. If that's the case we should skip all that and head to a community board (or ARBCOM?) Could you let me know your thoughts on my talk page? Cheers,-- Cúchullain t/ c 02:12, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
You said over at DRN, "We simply do not use other articles as sources, that's basic policy and overrides anything in a guideline." I wholly and completely agree, but I can't seem to find a policy or guideline which actually says that. Do you know where it is? Best regards, TransporterMan ( TALK) 13:54, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
I'm having a heck of a time adding Wiki:CopyVio to the new welcome @ Wikipedia:WikiProject Editor Retention/Welcome. I admit to being a novice with creating columns. I think would look good as the logo. Can you give it a shot? When pesky gets her Mini-manual going we can use it to balance out the right-side column. Thanks. ``` Buster Seven Talk 19:40, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
User:Buster7 has given you a Nice Koekjes which promote fellowship, goodwill and WikiLove. Hopefully this one will make your day better. You can spread the good flavor of Nice Koekjes around Wiki-World by giving someone else one. Maybe to a friend or, better yet, to someone you have had disagreements with in the past. Nice Biscuits are very tasty and have been known to be so NICE, they will even bake themselves. Enjoy! ``` Buster Seven Talk 19:55, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
What does black pudding taste like? Is it good? John Shandy` • talk 20:05, 23 July 2012 (UTC)
When I was at school, The Goodies were in full flow on television and Bill Oddie, who comes from Rochdale, just up the valley, was frequently portrayed as assaulting people with a black pudden. Our article refers to one outcome of this but another that gained notoriety via the national press was the expulsion from my school of a mate who whacked the headmaster over the head with a string of them, in imitation of Oddie's character. It was an act intended (but obviously not taken) in jest! - Sitush ( talk) 05:45, 25 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug, can we review some of your recent edits to Peak Corporate Network? It seems to me that you used a machete where a penknife (or at least a steak knife) might have been enough. I don't want to revert an admin's edits without talking about it first! Regards, David_FLXD (Talk) Review me 03:49, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Check out my new stalker! [5] -- Kansas Bear ( talk) 06:13, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Greetings you are an admin so you know what to do. I have been observing what is a little bit of a worrying trend in the insertion (undue weight) of Serer people related content across many African articles. It is not so much an issue with Serer but with its weight and notablity in these topics. They almost seem to be central to everything and builders of everything. (based on two books) It is so out of place and it causes a very serer-oriented weight and claims in places i honestly believe it is not fully deserving. To make my case you can read 20 books on West African history and none mention the word Serer-- at best it is a footnote. In Amazon.com next to nothing. for a group that is so heavily represented in so many articles it is at best worrying. I just did a google search and it said "did you mean server" -- no external links of any notability. My main problem is over representation to the point where it harms balance. A little hedging and 3rd party monitoring might be needed to see if my worries are valid. -- Inayity ( talk) 07:13, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
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I had asked another admin but seems like he is off-line. Can you do something about this (my last talk in the link) please? Thanks in advance. -- E4024 ( talk) 18:30, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello, Doug:
As you know, I'm the author of the Peak Corporate Network article. I wanted you to know (as I've mentioned to David_FLXD a couple of times) that I absolutely love and respect the concept of Wikipedia (till now, only as a user and reader)and have, I think, a sense (an "educated beginner's" sense!) of the rules that are to be followed in writing an acceptable article -- so I understand the thinking that's been behind edits David and you have made. However, I believe there might be a justification for a restoration (of course, with revisions on my part) of some of the elements that have been deleted that would bring the article up to a more satisfactory level of Notability, and I would like to submit another draft for your (and David's?) review. Unfortunately, I saw the latest communications only this morning (I'm in California -- you are in the UK?) and I have another, unchangeable commitment for today, so it could be a number of hours till I can revise and send it out -- but please be on the lookout for it. Thanks.
On another, totally extraneous note, both of my parents emigrated to the US from Amsterdam, and speculaas happens to be just about MY most favorite cookies as well! Somewhat hard to find other than online, but worth the effort. You mentioned a paste that's available? Any information on that? (You can take this offline-WP and onto email if you'd like.)
Thanks
Ed Ebdavids ( talk) 21:16, 28 July 2012 (UTC)
That was the first time I have ever spoken about a controversial topic. However, the Ottoman Empire must have been corrupt, otherwise why would all of those countries rebel against them? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MoravaiDrina ( talk • contribs) 01:47, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello Dougweller,
Thank you for your message. I have been contributing to Senegal-related articles for several years (in French), but I must say that I have more or less given up those on Sereer topics... If I 'm not mistaken, Tamsier was away for a while, but he should be back now, isn't he ? I didn't follow the whole discussion here and my English is clumsy, so I'm not sure I really understand what is going on ... Ji-Elle ( talk) 08:57, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
Sorry, I just kind of burned out after the last struggle with Tamsier and haven't been in the mood to sort through his walls of text again. If you think my input is worthwhile, though, I might join in. Eladynnus ( talk) 04:50, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
I have just revised slightly and re-submitted the article. To help you see (I hope) that the major Los Angeles Business Journal articles DO, I believe, support the notability of the company -- because the principals are featured, and called upon for comment, BECAUSE of the prominence of the company (despite the surprisingly small number of "general media" articles) -- I have sent you, via your email address (because I thought it too long for here), the summary of two articles that I prepared for the original editor, David_FLXD. If the TV ones create copyright problems, I understand. And I also accept the deletion of the list of companies. Thank you for taking another look; I for sure would like to get out of the only-one-source, candidate-for-deletion situation -- the company really merits this encyclopedia article, I think!
And thanks for the info on speculaas -- TJ's it is, and I'll go there today. Yep, if your ancestors got here when NYC was New Amsterdam, that beats me in spades!
Thank you again.
~ Ed Ebdavids ( talk) 21:59, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
This User:Iansayers, see User talk:Iansayers. Their contribs to Adena culture will explain it all. They are attempting to add all kinds of weirdness to the article, using mainly Frank Josephs book "Advanced Civilizations of Prehistoric America: The Lost Kingdoms of the Adena, Hopewell, Mississippians, and Anasazi, 2009, ISBN 1-59143-107-7". They have now resorted to personal attacks after I pointed out to them that this author (you know, the guy kicked out of a neo-nazi party for being Jewish and then spent time in prison for pedophilia, now spends his writing about Atlantis, Ancient Gods, Maya Prophecies, etc.?) is not an RS. Anyway you could help? Mebbe watchlist the page and help keep the nonsense out? He iro 23:37, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
Doug, please check this issue or forward it to some Wikipedian expert for history of Middle East as soon as possible; I believe we have the most heaviest example of antiquity frenzy ever. Iraqis have become "ethnic group" and they include Sumerians, Akkadians, Babylonians, even Abraham. -- 109.60.16.173 ( talk) 04:58, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the tip on TJ's -- now THAT is a Notable reference! I'm off to look tomorrow... Ebdavids ( talk) 07:16, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
The editor I notified you about a few days back has continued his charm offensive on the talk page. There doesn't seem to be much point to this as any actual issues relating to the article have been resolved. I'm getting sick of this timesink and, rather than letting the quarrel drag on for days in standard Wikipedia fashion, could you keep any future divagations of the kind in line per WP:TALK and WP:NOTAFORUM (as well as other relevant policies)? Cheers. -- Folantin ( talk) 13:18, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello Doug. See my comment at User talk:EdJohnston#User:Historylover4 regarding a thread you posted in. Thanks, EdJohnston ( talk) 20:08, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
could you check one more time please? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard#Reliable_source_for_criticism -- Kazemita1 ( talk) 21:58, 30 July 2012 (UTC)
Hi, Tried a Request for comments (not sure I did it right), if you have time please add your opinion. Talk:9/11_Truth_movement#Lead_Quality_starts_by_wandering-- Inayity ( talk) 09:14, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
Very well, but I do recommend you try to get hold of the academic source I provided from a library or even Amazon (it is an extremely worthwhile reference purchase) to read before you make up your mind on the subject. It is extremely heavy reading at times but you can get your head around the tables of months provided in the appendix pretty soon with a little logical thinking. Best wishes to you.Kaz 09:58, 31 July 2012 (UTC)
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There were 2 editor doing that edit war. One was blocked but another appears to be gaming the system by staying under the 4 reverts. He posted about how edit warring is "fun" [ [10]]
Normally I don't bother with stuff like this, but I thought that since it's a BLP (and one of a minor at that), I should check with someone more knowledgeable. It looks to me like it possibly should be RevDel'd into oblivion, as it has "no encyclopedic value" and is definitely a BLP vio, but I'll defer to your judgement in that regard. Thanks! Evanh2008 ( talk| contribs) 06:56, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
By user Findblogging, here. Thanks. -- E4024 ( talk) 11:11, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
Hello, Doug:
Unless I'm missing it somewhere, it doesn't appear that you've had a chance yet to respond to my latest revision/correspondence with you on this article. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_Corporate_Network) I hope you have (had?) a chance to see the reference-item summaries I passed on via your email, and to take another look as I believe you said you would. Right now, as it sits, the article is a bit of an anomaly -- it carries the former notability and single-source tags, even though I have proposed/posted for your review a revised version which now shows a number of the sources/references restored (which, of course, I hope you will accept at least in part and be able to remove the header). Would you be able to look at this? Many thanks. Ed Ebdavids ( talk) 00:36, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
Hello again. I've noticed that Tamsier edited three Brazil-related articles which I had also edited in the past (Tamsier's edits: Brazilian Green Party, Fifth Empire, and Peasant leagues; my edits to the first two articles were minimal ( Green again and Fifth Empire again) the peasant leagues article was written entirely by me). Is this something I should be worried about? I am not worried so much about the edits themselves as I am about the notion that he is crawling through my edit history and studying every article he sees on there, and also, since he has been shown to believe that tags are vandalism, I don't know if it can be said that these edits were done in good faith, even if they were appropriate. Are there any rules regarding this sort of thing? Eladynnus ( talk) 08:53, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for correcting the article List of cookies by removing entries that were pastries rather than biscuits or cookies. You may like to know that there is an article List of pastries - perhaps the pastries should really be there. I know that there are some confusions in the list of foods. For example, I see that crumpets have been included in List of breads but I have never seen them as been bread myself. (I have noted this on the talk page of List of breads). ACEOREVIVED ( talk) 23:16, 2 August 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Doug, just an update on the article. The sources are now all ok: the tv ones now reference the original network broadcasts, not the YouTube copies. I have done a small edit to show why the company is notable (even if only a little notable!), and I am confident that it meets WP:CORPDEPTH. Seeing that the notability and single-sources issues have been covered, I have changed those tags for a refimprove tag (there are still a couple of statements, not controversial, which are unsubstantiated). I trust this will be ok. Please respond here if anything needs attention. Regards, David_FLXD (Talk) 06:07, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
This is why you cover up the truth on the talk pages of Excited delirium and Directed Energy Weapons and Missing time and Crop circles. Do you want this heinous criminal activity of the USA Government to go unchallenged? Erasing this could make you an assessory to future criminal prosecution by a world court and tribunal. Why do you want to risj this Doug? Why do you want to aid and abett this criminal activity? 2602:306:C518:62C0:3475:D8EA:2921:5A47 ( talk) 07:22, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
WilliamH ( talk) 20:32, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
Spewing personal attacks. See [12] and for the proof [13], one of the IPs from that last bunch a month ago that I made an ANI report about [14]. He iro 20:50, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads-up on the accreditation rule. I had forgotten about that rule. Full Shunyata ( talk) 21:09, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug. Hope this revert explanation makes sense, but let me know if not. This shows the article in question being cited in a normal (not negative) way, concerning its central thesis, by some of the most cited experts in this particular field (reference 25).-- Andrew Lancaster ( talk) 07:53, 6 August 2012 (UTC)
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Thanks, Doug. Ironically, if the anon IP (who has been carrying on a long-running, insult- and accusation-filled tirade against me at this same article's talk page on an unrelated matter), had only looked harder, he would have seen that I and the other editor were cordially discussing things on our respective talk pages and worked it all out amicably! Oy! With regards, Tenebrae ( talk) 15:02, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
Sorry about that, well alright I was trying to find the name about a source to come up with Lancelot killing Gawain and ok it was Malory, forgive me about Howard Pyle, I just thought he translated from either Geoffrey or Malory, if I could just find a source about Malory's story I'm hoping to use a source for this edit, not Geoffrey, I couldn't figure out the name thanks.-- GoShow ( ...............) 15:49, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
If Cagwinn tries to delete the source, please try to acknowledge the user not to delete the source from Thomas Malory, it is a very useful source and it is in the right section about English Literature of Le Morte d'Arthur know the facts from other users reliable sources, it is not anyone's article it is Wikipedias and every other reliable source under the right representation is allowed to use their edit; I tried to use the source on the English Literature, and not from the Earlier Literature. The part about Gawain becoming a potential heir to the throne came from the Earlier Literature, so I helped the user out in adding it to the summary. This was the only edit I wanted to use on Gawain and that was it to make it efficient for the article and move along, otherwise again, I appreciate the finding, tremendously.-- GoShow ( ...............) 02:35, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
I did searched for Ritte paper and found nothing.Also I am interested to hear you opinion on WP:BLP1E issue that I raised on Sand page.-- Shrike ( talk)/ WP:RX 09:20, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
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Not sure if you are on right now, be we have a new account deleting cited information they appear to disagree with at this article. I have reverted twice and left them a level 2 note at their talk page. If they remove again mebbe you can advise them. He iro 18:22, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
I've filed the report now, in case you want to have a look: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Deucalionite. Thanks, – Fut.Perf. ☼ 11:56, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
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for this of course :) -- DBig Xray 19:47, 12 August 2012 (UTC)
So, what you are saying is that you don't use inferior sources as references. If you look at the concept of "deity" or "god" you will see clearly that, regardless or their natural or supernatural prowess, that they are "supreme" beings simply because they are deities. They are revered as such by their worshipers.
By the way, don't you think its a little adultist for not using children's books as your scources. How did you come to that conclusion?
( North911 ( talk) 19:59, 12 August 2012 (UTC)North911 North911 ( talk) 19:59, 12 August 2012 (UTC))
The only people who truly believe that the Abrahamic god is the only 'Supreme Being' are the ones who adhere to those religions. He is just one deity, he is not the only one. All deities are supreme beings in the respect that they are supernatural, possess divine authority, and are respected and worshiped by humans.
( North911 ( talk) 20:10, 12 August 2012 (UTC)North911 North911 ( talk) 20:10, 12 August 2012 (UTC))
I am no one's 'personal stalker', Jasonasosa. - unsigned|North911
I suppose I shouldn't be surprised by all this criticism. Wikipedia is a social network. This is just like Facebook. ( North911 ( talk) 20:37, 12 August 2012 (UTC)North911 North911 ( talk) 20:37, 12 August 2012 (UTC))
I have lived a particullarly shitty life and my attitude towards criticism like this can be said in one word: Intolerance. Wikipedia may not be a social network, but it still allows person-to-person conversation and therefore conflicting veiwpoints. Each person has their own enterpretation of a particular subject, and none of them are as official or less important as the other. I created my account simply to add professional information to wikipedia based on personal experience. I will be deleting my account. After the hand that Ive been dealt, I don't haft to deal with all this criticism and threats of blocking. Why do you think "Criticism of Wikipedia" even exists? Its because of controversy and criticism and administration like this. I will continue to edit simply as an anonymus contributer. ( North911 ( talk) 21:09, 12 August 2012 (UTC)North911 North911 ( talk) 21:09, 12 August 2012 (UTC))
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I was thinking the same but I am too busy to look into it. Good job with the new leads. Keep at it because when one person works at an article then it loses its crinkles and becomes better and better. Good luck. I'll be reading the changes but I'm just too busy to do the research as you have done and are doing. Salim e-a ebrahim ( talk) 17:46, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
How is it that everyone is allowed to delete the deletion template that I put on the David R. Hawkins page? This is the second time this has happened. I thought it had 7 days to process. I thought people weren't allowed to arbitrarily delete those tags once put on the page. Can something be done about this? Thanks, — Jasonasosa 19:01, 13 August 2012 (UTC)
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See User talk:EdJohnston#Historylover4. EdJohnston ( talk) 05:35, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
At Talk:Saafi people you mentioned having a copy of Vol. IX of Psychopathologie Africaine and went on to say that there were no raampa pictograms in there. Should the examples of raampa scattered through various Serer articles be removed, then? Eladynnus ( talk) 13:43, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
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I reported you to AN for the outing violation. Cla68 ( talk) 12:36, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi. Could you take a minute to study the edits of guy [16]? He is apparently the resurrection of a user Dab had some history dealing with, named User:Tirgil34. He has been inserting some fringe nationalist nonsense into a dozen pages, misquoting/falsifying sources [17], and replacing WP:RS material with fringe Turkish nationalist sources. Kurdo777 ( talk) 20:58, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for your message, what article did I write this material in so I can correct it. I do a lot on the wiki so I am unsure. IPWAI ( talk) 07:54, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
This page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Testament
Says "monotheism apparently only developed around the time of the Babylonian exile of the 6th century BC"
This is a serious error. There is nothing to back up this claim. Please make sure you don't add such serious errors to the public domain.
Reference: The Hebrew Bible!
King Solomon was monotheist 500 years prior to 6th century BC. Please verify responsibly.
Dougweller, can you take a look at my earlier request? Can you please initiate a check on these three editors [18] [19] [20]? I suspect that we're dealing with a sock-farm here, and these SPAs are all connected to one and another, possibly connected to E4024, given their editing style/POV/language barriers. Gabriel Stijena , in particular, seems to working as a revert machine for E4024 on the various Turkish nationalist disputes he is involved in, like Cyprus. [21] Dab is not around anymore. And the other admins are not familiar with the content on these pages, and these nationalist-type fringe theories, which is why I keep asking you. Please see: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/Tirgil34/Archive Kurdo777 ( talk) 14:03, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
I'd like to see the whole of the mailing list message removed. As it is, it's too easy to simply plug some of the text into a search engine to find out who he is.-- Peter cohen ( talk) 15:29, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
Hello again Doug, if you haven't watchlisted, you may want to comment on the I suggestion I made on your full protection request. Regards, Callanecc ( talk • contribs • logs) 15:57, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
you've got one. — Ched : ? 18:21, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
Badass | |
I think that User:Dougweller needs some wikilove. I just want to say that Doug is a badass admin. I've learned a lot from you. Thanks man. — Jasonasosa 22:00, 16 August 2012 (UTC) |
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Please come help.-- Bbb23 ( talk) 22:32, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug, noticed you were about. User:Giggette is making multiple inappropriate title changes, via redirect, very rapidly and perhaps via some kind of script. None of the title changes seem appropriate to content. I've left a note on their talk. Haploidavey ( talk) 09:35, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
Didn't want to mention her name and have to invite her to ANI, but User:SarahStierch is likely a good candidate to help you here. She might know who we would talk to, what resources are needed, what, if anything can be done. It is a long shot regardless, but it is better to start with someone who works there, and deals with outreach to begin with. I have no issue with it being brought up at WER as well, since this is one of the reasons people leave, seems a perfect fit as we are looking for solutions here, not pointing fingers. Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 11:36, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
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Yes, it has been discussed Walid Shoebat: 666 and Basmala. Others have stated this is minority, however it is relevant to the conversation. Are you saying Wikipedia is against new ideas?
I'm undoing your revert. I'm ready to do it everytime I go to Wikipedia. Your helpful link only reinforces that this idea should be included. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jamball77 ( talk • contribs)
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For some reason, I hadn't seen your comment on my talk page. I just saw it today. They're actually misquoting/falsifying the source, the source makes no such claim. Kurdo777 ( talk) 16:15, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
Hi Doug, wanna hear something funny, when you posted on my talk the first thing I asked myself was: why on earth would they be harassing you at meta:?!? After a quick query I found out you were talking about "Metapedia" which happens to be the White Power Encyclopedia that anybody can edit, haha. But seriously, before your post I'd never heard of it. And as a non-White Democrat I doubt if they'll be giving me a user account anytime soon. – Sir Lionel, EG( talk) 07:26, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
Hmmm. Power hungry admins issuing arbitrary edicts and exercising "absolute authority" to suppress the masses--what does that remind me of? Hahahahaha!!! Wait--there aren't any admins around here, are there? I don't wanna get into any trouble or anything...finger hovering over "undo." – Sir Lionel, EG( talk) 04:56, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
I noticed at Talk:Creation Ministries International ( [26]) and Talk:Coconino Sandstone ( [27] [28]) that TheTahoeNatrLuvnYaho has renewed their interest in the formatting of citations for creationism–related articles, which, given the reference to nature in the account name and that it was created on the same date as WP:Sockpuppet investigations/Allenroyboy/Archive#23 June 2012, suggests they might be another sock, (in addition to their sources at Philosophy of science).
I've reverted quite a few of their edits for WP:CITEVAR:
— Machine Elf 1735 04:20, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
Dear Admin; I know that some users have received special congratulations for their first one thousand contributions. I suddenly noticed, after some happy vacations, that I have also reached at almost one thousand and 50. However, I did not receive any congratulation. Not even a notification. Could it be that it was sent but I did not notice because of my language barrier?.. :-) All the best. -- E4024 ( talk) 21:11, 20 August 2012 (UTC)
Biased "Vandalism" by user Jasonosa, gutting the article on piece at a time based on his personal criteria; another nomination for deletion. Posting it here because personally I don't care enough about the article/author nor do I care enough about the User, yet it is a case blatant abuse and attack in this public forum. For what it's worth. Iconoclast.Horizon ( talk) 21:15, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
Your follow-up reprimand on the deletion page hours after the fact was unnecessary, edit page for typo and clarification was actually open at the moment of closure to my surprise, and I saved it only to find the article discussion closed.
00:27, 21 August 2012 Iconoclast.horizon (talk | contribs) m . . (25,823 bytes) (+106) . . (→David R. Hawkins: correct typo) (undo) 00:24, 21 August 2012 Mark Arsten (talk | contribs) . . (25,717 bytes) (+1,435) . . (Closing debate, result was delete) (undo) You fellows have fun. No more need to discuss Dr. David R. Hawkins from your perspective, I leave it for the next group of adventurous souls to come along and try it. Iconoclast.Horizon ( talk) 06:41, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
( edit conflict)::You can complain about him at ANI if you wish, but I'd say there what I'll say here, and that is that I believe that you still aren't clear on our policies and guidelines regarding sources. You've been high profile over this and it's not surprising that an article you've created twice got some attention. If I'd noticed that article I would probably have taken it to AfD. When I find an editor shows a lack of understanding or problems over one thing I will normally look at other things they've done. That's not hounding. Dougweller ( talk) 20:59, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
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Hi Doug, irrespective of our huge differences, I should not have called you a friend of Hitler. That remark has been striked out from Nubia talk and my sincere apologies for using that kind of language. I am sure you are following the ANI discussion. I do not want you to feel that I am only apologizing to you because the issue has been taken to ANI by Drmies, but because I felt it's the right thing to do just as I have apologized to them before. In any case, I have practically retired from Wiki (no matter how many people wants my blood) and just thought to apologise before leaving. And if you doubt my retirement which I saw in talk Saafi, I have been thinking about it for a while [29], see also my user page where I first added the semi retire template (have a look at the date [30] and the date this admin put a note my talk page and when I also added the template on my talk page [31]). In fact, I got the idea from them of adding the template also on my talk page and not just on my user page. Anyway best of luck and once again my apologies. Tamsier ( talk) 21:24, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
Heated discussion on the renaming of this article. Maybe the article is not very interesting in itself but there is quite an example of a debate on the principle of naming conventions on its talk page. Everybody most welcome. -- E4024 ( talk) 11:44, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
Can you clean this one out for BLP vios please? My eyes hurt from it. You may also want to protect it for a while. I've taken the content fork Geetika Sharma to AfD. cheers. — Spaceman Spiff 17:10, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
As per Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to handle RevisionDelete requests could you delete my AfD nom from this article history? I have this chap next semester and I impugned his academic standing slightly. I'd like to minimise the chances of a connection to me. Betty Logan ( talk) 22:49, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
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I have sent you a confidential email. This entry is simply to let you know that.
Thanks, Robert S. Hackney Pres. & CEO New Sheriff Publishing, Inc. (Publisher of The Sarasota News Leader) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Afahmasp ( talk • contribs) 17:01, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
Nope, I didn't get an email. My personal account is steven.wallinggmail.com. If this is work-related (i.e. WMF), you should get ahold of me at swallingwikimedia.org. Steven Walling • talk 20:04, 25 August 2012 (UTC)
Did I do this wrong again?
The delete template that I added was removed by
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Jasonasosa 08:39, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
Dear Mr Dougweller I admire wikipedia s work in the field of integrity and truth; this was the only reason I posted my comment; It is known and it is written in many articles here in wikipedia that the turks came from Mongolia near the Orhon river; as you know and we all know that in that aera especially in 5th century AD when the turkish nation appear in the map no wheat was cultivated in Mongolia; the turkish nation was nomad pastoralists; they lived on their animals and they consumated meat and milk; they have no knowledge of cultivating land let alone growing wheat to make dough to make baklava; what it is written in your article is totaly unhistorical and contradictoiry with your onw articles here in wikipedia in turkish people and proto turks; I can agree that maybe they found baklava somewhere when they came to tocharistan or persian or chorasmia but not in mongolia and not by their invention Also baklava was a very common dish in all the mediterean especialy greeks ancient athenians offered it at weedings; and today still exists a form of this dish in its primitive form in greece called diples Here s your link but you can search it anywhere in the net or google it to find if baklava is turkish or not Naming a dish with a turkish name or saying it s turk doesn t make it turkish if the ingredients to make it were in lack in the place the turkish nation lived cause it is in contradiction with common sense; http://www.kitchenproject.com/history/Baklava.htm Also for instance if we find pizza in france do we call it french cuisine because french eat it and prepare it? [copyvio deleted]]
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The above user came back with a new name: Truthinbaklava. All the best.-- E4024 ( talk) 14:13, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
Hello. You may recall deleting a lengthy passage about the activities of the son of the poet Mehr Lal Soni Zia Fatehabadi in that article. The latest edits by the same editor in the 'Biography: Early life' section are all about the poet's father and his pastimes. Is all this and the preceding genealogy relevant? I was going to delete it but thought I would ask you for your opinion. Please have a look when time permits.-- Zananiri ( talk) 15:24, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
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Hi ,please take a look at the Wikipaedia article about Ardeshir I, apparently this article is subjected to Pan-Kurdish vandalism AGAIN. The claim of a Kurdish ancestry for the Persian king Ardeshir I Sasanid in the early life section of this article is simply ridiculous, especially when no Western sources have ever made such claims ,and the Iranian sources such as the mythical book of Shahnameh can not be used as reliable references since for most parts they lack specific dates, names and locations are most of the time displaced.
It is obvious that Mr Kaveh Farrokhs writings are strictly influenced by his own personal assumptions and views and not basic historical facts. Mr Kaveh Farrokh also claims Azerbaijani people as non-Turkic,which is yet another baseless claim of his that has caused alot of arguments in the Iranian comunity .
The early life section of the Ardeshir I article can't include a Kurdish origin. unless we have a reliable source that indicates to that.
Please help to protect history from vandalism . Thank you . — Preceding unsigned comment added by Niki909 ( talk • contribs) 14:42, 11 August 2012 (UTC)
(TPS) Sorry to intervene but I ask you, Gomada, why? Why cannot the people in Eastern Turkey use internet? I have visited several towns of that region lately. Just to give an example, Iğdır is full of internet cafes in every corner. 1 hour 1 TL. I used internet without any problem and find the service cheap enough (more or less half a dollar or euro an hour). I am not dealing with your other claims, because want to be just practical. BTW do you think these internet cafes could be giving the chance of free communication to many people that visit Iğdır from the 3 countries it borders? (I saw several Iranian youngsters flirting without intimidation also.) Take care and all the best. (Sorry Doug) -- E4024 ( talk) 22:14, 24 August 2012 (UTC)
I am not sure about this letter (it might be quoted by Tabari) but the term Kurd means completely something different. Here is something on Ardashir: "his victorious campaign against the Kurds (a term that in pre-Islamic times designated the various nomadic lineages, rather than a specific ethnicity" [33]. See also Asatrian which has a important article with regards to the naming: [34]. -- 96.255.251.165 ( talk) 16:37, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
There is a little unidentified user that is now in an edit war breaking the 3 revert rule. How does this war stop? How does he get put in place, when his IP changes constantly? I vouch and stand behind
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Hi Doug. Can you look at the naming issue here? The voting is basically based on political/ethnic affiliation rather than Wikipedia Arguments. [35]. The only one that actually mentions Wikipedia and common names is myself. Thanks-- 96.255.251.165 ( talk) 16:08, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
Doug, I rather not get involved in Wikipedia..So I am writing anonymous. But since I have an IP, can you run this sock-puppet investigation on my behalf?
Can you run these? Check his page.. "User Greczia by his own admission (see bottom of his page): [36] was the previous user Tirgil34 (who had run many socks) [37]
I believe all these accounts are related: (Greczia,Aryan212, Kurdale, Barayev, E4024 (possible ressurection of user with similar name E104421), Gabriel_Stijena)
[38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] You can say all these account appeared recently. Furthermore, they all seem to support the same POV
Given that Greczia has used socks before (admits he is user Tirgil34 which has used socks before and also pushed fringe theories), the investigation is warranted. Accounts like Kurdale for example are definitly throw-aways..What is notable is that many of the same users keep saying "vandalism" while reverting to fringe sources.
1)
Tat languages (Caucasus) Using the same Farrokh website are Greczia, Gabriel Stijena, and Barayev [44]
Relavent diff links: [45] [46] [47]
2) Article "Ethnicities in Iran"
Putting the same fringe and non-RS map (see the talkpage) [48] (Kurdale) [49] (Gabriel Stijena) [50] (Barayev) [51] (Greczia)
3)
Here: "Western Thrace" [52] (E4024, Gabriel_Stijena and Barayev which are all new accounts are r.v.'ing back to the same format). Barayev [53]. Gabriel Stijena [54]. E4024 [55]
4)
Comment: These are all new accounts (with one account admitting that he was a previous sock master) and push the same POV. they also coordinate together on talkpages. So an investigation is warranted. Thanks.--
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According to the recent ANI, Greczia has been banned in German wikipedia for pushing fringe and sock-puppetery. So with that and the throw-away such as Kurdale, there is definitely a precedence. --
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Why did you removed my edition regarding the "house of Yahweh" ? I used fully legitimate sources like the The New York Times and an additional source as well. You said that you removed material which seems to show more the Temple, than iron age Yahwism. Even if that would be the case it would show just that the Temple or "House of Yahweh" was the canter of iron age Yahwism. As you may know this artifact was authenticated by the group of scientist, and I did not write about it, before, when I wrote large section of that article. It is still disputed whether that artifact refer to the Temple of Jerusalem or to some local "house of Yahweh" as suggested by Steiner, so you could add that material, without removal of mine. I think that I used fully reliable sources and as in all modern books regarding the religion of ancient Israelites (iron age Yahwism) this artifact has its place to be mentioned. This is the earliest Israelite pottery mentioning Yahweh. Tritomex ( talk) 16:51, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
Btw I am sorry for removing your material from
Israelites I refereed to the editions and removals done by historylover4 — Preceding
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I think there is a typo: "To rename this to Turkish-Kurdish conflict is clearly against WP:TITLE "..and you mean "from" instead of "to". BTW, I appreciate your invovelment on some of these articles.. there is just too many people pushing fringe POVs (wether it is Turkish, Iranian, Kurdish, Arabic, etc.). Thanks again. -- 96.255.251.165 ( talk) 18:36, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
Could you please take a look at Talk:Azerbaijani_people#Misqouting_sources_to_inflate_population_numbers. I can't be the only person dealing with this guy, this is getting really frustrating. He keeps reverting the page to reinsert materials that are basically fringe claims by fringe characters, as facts. He also calls anyone undoing him "vandal" and their edits "vandalism". Kurdo777 ( talk) 15:18, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
It's been brought up on AN/I again. Can you please take a look at my response here. [56] Your input would be appreciated, as you're one of the few admins who is knowledgeable about these topics. Kurdo777 ( talk) 05:38, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
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Hi, I just want to know if there is any procedure in Wikipedia to report a habitual and regular vandal?? if possible,kindly advise me in this( the subject is User talk:Nb20078....thanks-- Adamstraw99 ( talk) 04:36, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
Doug, I can't believe I'm being charged with disruptive editing at User talk:Jasonasosa#Talk:Genesis 1:3 when the user in question has an IP that changes constantly! How could I have better approached this? — Jasonasosa 17:17, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
As I see my user name above, I would like to remind all that so recently as past weekend I volunteered to be investigated for similar claims, concerning a discussion around Talk: Tenedos. Although I could not find the relevant diff now to provide you, I guess Chris Gualtieri can help about that. I would be very happy that in case the investigation clears my name someone could kindly recommend the claimant to leave me in peace... All the best and sorry for everybody's precious time. -- E4024 ( talk) 17:18, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
Okay, but you have been supporting the above user with his various usernames. Also there is a user E104421 here: [57] who supported similar POVs. I am convinced about Kurdale being a throw-away account as well as Gabriel and Barayev..I hope the admins take the offer and I will add E104421 here. Specially, it should be noted Greczia has been banned according to ANI from German wikipedia for pushing fringe and sock-puppetery. Kurdale needs to be checked for sure. The disappearance of Barayev was also suspicious. -- 96.255.251.165 ( talk) 18:28, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
I have no relation whatsoever with none of the above mentioned users nor any else and am sure it is not so difficult to find out. All the best. -- E4024 ( talk) 18:41, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
No problem. I apologize if there is any misaccusations. The user Greczia used a previous account that was involved in sock-puppetery and he seems to have been banned in German Wikipedia for the same thing (along with pushing non WP:RS viewpoints). I am sure Kurdale and the other account Gabriel..are his and they all have been registered as new users (with Kurdale being a complete throw-away). I wanted to thank again users like Folantin, Dbachmann, Kansas Bear and Doug Weller for keeping fringe and non WP:RS ethno-nationalist users in check. There needs to be a better mechanism with 10 such users who decide the final outcome of all such ethno-nationalist bickering articles. Specially those related to the Near East, Caucasus and Eastern Europe where users do not follow WP:UNDO, WP:RS, WP:SOAPBOX and instead follow WP:FRINGE. Again a big thanks to such users. -- 96.255.251.165 ( talk) 20:03, 28 August 2012 (UTC)
Doug, Thanks for running the SPI. Wikipedia is a wild place and we need more involved admins in this area.. Until that is done, and a neutral commitee of admins are chosen who can force out POV pushers..these areas will have a problem. Thanks to you, Folantin, Dbachmann and other such admins. -- 96.255.251.165 ( talk) 02:22, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
Thank you for your ANI comments with regard to the thread about Youreallycan ( talk · contribs)/ Off2riorob ( talk · contribs). This whole thing is quite disturbing considering it appears some individual who is quite unhealthily obsessed with me. — Cirt ( talk) 14:44, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
So... I guess yet again there will be no firm repercussions for this user? — Cirt ( talk) 17:13, 29 August 2012 (UTC)
I've studied all those disputes, the behavior of the socks, and the connections , and I am pretty sure that E4024 is behind all this given his history of this kind of stuff, his POV, the sudden appearance of these socks wherever he had a longstanding dispute to fight his battles for him, and also his unique language skills as someone who is fluent in German, but not as fluent in English. (same as the socks) And most important of all, what normal editor uses four different IPs from four different countries at the same time? He's obviously trying to mask/hide something. He could be using undetectable private proxies/networks that can be subscribed to/purchased online as opposed to open proxies. Kurdo777 ( talk) 22:30, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
the source is on page 315
"But now with the widely accepted reading of the "House of David" in Tel Dan inscription (no 124) the presence of the name David in line 12 in mesha inscription has regained some popularity.. Yet a stronger case was made identifying David in line 31 (in Mesha inscription) where the reading House of David create far fewer complications and has much more comparative support" Tritomex ( talk) 10:28, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
http://books.google.rs/books?id=4tUCnNLGw4UC&printsec=frontcover&hl=sr&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tritomex ( talk • contribs) 10:34, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
Please check Aichikawa and Bbb23 edits on this page, several of us think that she is Joan Buck. Manbumper ( talk) 15:52, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
Can I request you close this discussion. It was started on 22 August, and discussion has ceased. The two editors agitating to reopen it do not actually have an opinion to contribute it seems (they were both strong campaigners for deletion at AfD), so leaving the merge discussion open is rather pointless. -- 202.124.75.14 ( talk) 00:02, 1 September 2012 (UTC)
The guy is still around: [58]-- 96.255.251.165 ( talk) 14:45, 2 September 2012 (UTC) (note I caught him through the Nart Saga article with one of the socks and then the ip shows up).
-- 96.255.251.165 ( talk) 03:43, 3 September 2012 (UTC)(UTC)