Please check the new message on my userpage :) Lethaniol 23:46, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi Durova, I have been meaning to ask you. Why, considering you "like" (maybe not the right word) to deal with difficult situations/users, are you an Admin open to recall? You know that you are honest and fair, and your actions show that. Why potentially let a group of users gang up on you if they do not like your decision. There are other mechanisms to deal with rogue Admins. Lethaniol 14:49, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the good word, Ghirla. That's fair while my own take on this is a little different. Somebody needs to go after the hard cases, to really put on the work gloves and dig up the dirt. Part of why I do this is because I don't want other people to go through the same hard time that I had during my first months as an editor (dealing with difficult users, not being one). Some of the people who cause problems may be willing to turn around and join the spirit of the project so if I have to err I prefer to err toward WP:AGF. That doesn't stop me from blocking or banning when it's needed. I hope the people I block and ban can see that it's done appropriately. Some of them can't or won't see that so I do my best to make sure everybody else understands. When a blocked editor hasn't gotten an unblock review and claims I can't see logic or insists I'm the one who should be blocked I'll go ahead and relay their request at WP:AN. I've got nothing to hide. Yes, sooner or later a group of problem editors will probably band together and attempt a malfeasance case against me. It happened to MONGO. I think my best defense is to earn the reputation Durova is as fair as they come. Wikipedia is on a worthwhile mission to give everybody a free encyclopedia, yet as I state at User:Durova/Recusal the stakes in edit disputes are pretty small. Durova Charg e! 16:02, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
Here, I am not sure what to do. –– Lid( Talk) 15:09, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
This is a banned editor now so there's no need to attempt discussion of these edits on their own merits. Per WP:DENY the best thing to do is just report and revert. He's probably reading our talk pages. Go ahead and report to his ISP's abuse department. Cite me as an administrator if necessary. Durova Charg e! 16:10, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
[1] Here's your coffee. (: ~ crazytales· t· c 15:50, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
By all means, you are more than welcome to join the PAIN and/or my RfC discussions; I am certain you are a neutral party who can help us clean up the mess. Thanks! -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk 17:16, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
Good news: Ghirla accepts my mentorship proposal. He did so before I made the above offer (which I probably should have checked before posting - my excuse is that it's early dawn in California and I'm in my pre-coffee stupor). I'll leave the proposal stand and see what you both think of it. This mediation will start slowly: Ghirla's on holiday break. Merry Christmas (if that's what you both celebrate). Durova Charg e! 14:17, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
In order to keep the discussion central I've started User talk:Durova/Mediation. Durova Charg e! 14:56, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
[[:Image:Cookie_Christmas.JPG|300px|thumb|
Happy Christmas-Happy hollydays to you
Must
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How sweet! Thank you. :)
Durova
Charg
e! 14:07, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
-I was planning to hand these out on the 22nd of Dec. but things got in the way.... Happy holidays! — ¡ Rand fan ! Sign here? 20:16, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your proposal. However, judging from my past experience with you as an admin, I have a reason to believe you might not be impartial if I joined the mediation in whatever role. Because of that I think it might be better for all people involved if I stayed out. But thanks for asking - and Merry Christmas. // Halibu tt 23:13, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi Durova,
I have just answered some questions of Pete/Diana here User talk:Lethaniol/Pete K about the ArbCom case. As you much more familiarity with the process than, can you double check my answers to make sure they are not widely off the mark?
Leave an answer on my talk page or yours.
Cheers Lethaniol 17:20, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
I wish you a Merry Christmas, Durova :) Dionyseus 06:47, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
You were of great help on the Creepy Crawler incident (archive 11, your talk page) but I amcoming to you now for advice on a separate issue on the same page. For brevity, [2], there's the link. If you can help, great, if not, please recommend a place to take this situation. Either way, help is appreciated. ThuranX 06:29, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi there, thanks for semi-protecting the article but I believe that the IP address who vandalised the article may also have a user account called ' Wateva100 ', so if it is the same person they would still be able to edit the page because they have been at Wikipedia for a few weeks, so my worry is: will this stop the Vandalism; If you have any other suggestions or would like to say anything you can put it on my Talk Page. Cheers and I hope you had a Merry Christmas!
Respectfully......
Tellyaddict
Talk 13:14, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
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Hello!
I noticed that you protected the article Bombing of Guernica ( diff). I'm afraid that it might not have worked ( subsequent edit). Also, the template {{ protect}} was not added.
Regarding the name of the article, I believe it would be preferable if consensus was reached. The present situation is that User:Sugaar and User:Grant65 have been moving the article back and forth ( log 1 log 2), so protection until consensus has been reached might be useful.
Sincerely, Oden 08:39, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I was about to move this back to Bombing of Guernica (per Wikipedia:Use common names), but noticed you'd protected the page. Before I move it, I wanted to check with you and see if you have any objection. I'm not a participant in this debate, but the guideline seems pretty clear, and it does appear to me that the move to Bombing of Gernika was inappropriate. I'll abide by whatever you decide on this one, though. | Mr. Darcy talk 03:08, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi Durova!
After reading User talk:Durova/Admin I have become concerned that you have started developing a case of adminitis (no offense). Might I suggest a short Wikibreak? Another idea is to temporarily relinquish your mop and bucket by placing {{ adminitis}} on your userpage and get back to writing articles again. Or perhaps even to collaborate! If there's anything I can help you with just let me know.
Sincerely, Oden 18:34, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
You may be interested in this discussion on medical lists. Colin° Talk 21:16, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
Hiya! Since you seem to be the one most familiar with this case, you might want to propose some remedies. -- jpgordon ∇∆∇∆ 20:18, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi there, I don't think their is any more need for Semi Protection on Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service except the only thing is that this vandal seems to take breaks from vandalising for about a month at each time, so this may make it difficult to semi protect pages as you can't really keep the semi-protected for ever, but if there is any other Vandalism I'll contact you or another Admin, thanks
Respectfully.... Tellyaddict Talk 00:31, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
I was hoping you could take a look at List of notable organ transplant donors and recipients and let me know if there is anything else you think needs to be done. Remember 17:20, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Please do not block my account, I will never type libelous articles again, forgive me, thank you very much. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 210.213.232.252 ( talk) 05:44, 3 January 2007 (UTC).
Thanks for the WikiAdoption notification. I appreciate you acknowledging my editorial "potential" for WikiPedia... as well as looking out for my best interest. I do have a passion for writing and wish I had more time to do so.
I am still under the weather right now, so I will have to make this short. In the meantime, I look forward to you being my mentor. Take care ~-- Webmistress Diva 05:46, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
please unprotect. Haber 06:28, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Durova, check out the contributions for User:CDlatch245. I think JB196 is at it again. These AfD's must be removed quickly. He also reverted my edit on the Professional wrestling in Australia page which I put back again. I think it's about time he was sent a severe message to get off Wikipedia. Meanwhile the AfD's he started need to be removed PDQ. CURSE OF FENRIC home talk usage 08:12, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Banned both accounts. Suggest citing WP:DENY at the deletion threads he started. Please do the usual maintenance on his sockpuppet userpages. Regards, Durova Charge 14:29, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Curse of Fenric 21:41, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
I'm taking a break from all of this stuff but I couldn't help but read it. I'm going to continue to stay out of the discussion for a while but I wanted to say something to you here. I read your latest comment and all I can assume is that you missed reading my response to you. I was not "forum shopping" and I was not being deceptive. You have my actions wrong and I hope you can reevaluate them in good faith. I agree that I have let this stuff frustrate me too much and done things I should not have -- edit warring, and having a short temper with the likes of Isarig. The temper thing has always been in response to his relentless attacks - as CSTAR noted some time ago, he knows how to manipulate me well. But my complaint here was not about his behavior six weeks ago - it was about the last couple days, and the links I added from weeks ago were only there to put one of his attacks on me in historical context. It has been blown out of proportion -- the reality is I could not care less what Isarig thinks of my teaching since he has never set foot in my classroom and he never will. I understand your comment that my behavior here has not always been consistent with someone in my position; frankly, it is enough to simply state that there are problems with someone's behavior without making reference to their job, especially when you know nothing about it. (I'm not talking about your familiarity with libel law; I'm talking about your familiarity with my specific actions in my place of employment). Isarig told me I didn't know a particular thing about libel and that therefore I was a lousy teacher; I told him he would probably fail my exam since his understanding of that particular thing was totally wrong. Perhaps I should have just told him he would get that particular question wrong on an exam rather than telling him he would fail - in truth I know as much about his ability to pass one of my classes as he knows about that actual class. But it doesn't matter - the heart of the problem with Isarig has little to do with those particular comments, as offensive as they may have been at the time; it has to do with his more general relentless edit warring and aggressive behavior towards me. I don't know what to do about it and I don't envy your position. Were I an outside observer my advice would probably be to block both of us for a cooling off period and/or encourage a 1RR for everyone involved for a while. The truth is, however, that I haven't done anything that would justify being blocked, whereas I believe Isarig has (I also think most of the people who have had interactions with both of us agree). But if you think both of us are misbehaving to the same degree, then perhaps that is worth considering, not so much as a disciplinary mechanism but as a way to encourage cooling down the discussion completely. I frankly can't invest the emotional energy in continuing my interactions with him the way they have been going under any circumstances. csloat 08:54, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
How's it going? Has peace broken out over the festive season? Guy ( Help!) 14:31, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Unless your aim is to drive Guy out of the project, please re-think the way you are using threats and ultimatums. When someone starts to crack under the strain, the last thing to do is to add to the pressure and issue threats. Please think before you fly off the handle like that. What are you really trying to achieve? We can't afford to lose someone like Guy because you feel like throwing some weight around. Guettarda 04:41, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
I find it interesting that you say "I certainly would expect to receive a user block or comparable warning if I acted as he has", and yet you have done far worse than Guy did. Failing massively to AGF, you issued a threat of a block for using the word "twat", ignoring the possibility that other people may use slang terms differently than do you. Your actions clearly violate the blocking policy - not only is blocking not to be used punitively, blocking for a single transgression is unacceptable. As for blockable offenses, flying off the handle like you did and issuing threats is highly disruptive. Your disruption was far worse than Guy's "incivility" - are you saying that you expect a block for your misdeeds?
What I find far more disturbing is your utter lack of empathy for your fellow editors, despite the fact that you claim to have been in a similar situation, and your dismissal of the idea that rather than issuing threats you should have approached the situation with some amount of understanding. Do you really think that threats are more likely to produce results than civil discourse? When you tell someone "do as I say or I will punish you" the most likely response is anger. If the person is afraid of you, they will probably obey, but it does nothing to resolve the situation. Threats are among the least effective tools for resolving disagreements.
We don't have rules just for the fun of having them. We have rules as a means to an end - the end being the project to write an encyclopaedia. Using "the rules" to try to build a utopian society at the expense of writing an encyclopaedia is abuse of the rules. Guy made a comment about a banned editor. His "incivility" to Yrgh did not create an environment in which Yrgh was less likely to be a productive editor - he had already been "shown the door". On the other hand, telling a (probably) stressed editor that you didn't give a damn [or is the word "damn" also forbidden here?] about their contribution is far more likely to hurt the project than anything Guy did. We only have two missions here - build a {good, free, NPOV} encyclopaedia, and keep our editors happy and productive (because we need them to write the encyclopaedia). Every other rule, every other policy, exists to support these two ideas. Someone like Guy (or you, or me) has contributed thousands of hours of time as a volunteer here. It's unacceptable to devalue someone's contribution for the sake of rules-lawyering. Guettarda 08:23, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi Durova! You might be interested to know that the speedy keep guidelines have a clause allowing for the speedy deletion of any AFD nomination created by a banned user. The guy seems to be back however with the same approach, using the account User:I Wear Two Shoes. I have notified the AN/I as well. Sjakkalle (Check!) 09:35, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
Please keep me notified of any and every occurrence. This is highly insidious and damaging to WP and can be applied to any topic. These socks need to be blocked on sight. As a suggestion, whenever an Afd pops up, could the uncontroversial but unsourced deleted material not be restored using the edit history? Responsible editors will go for addition of fact tags to such articles, rather than delete !votes on AfD. -- Dweller 10:12, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
To give this a slightly fuller answer, the partial damage occurs at other pages. JB196 deletes paragraphs if the article as a whole has enough referencing to survive a deletion vote. The effect is sort of like someone who starts little fires in your rosebushes and your trash bins before setting your house on fire. Durova Charge 21:25, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
Durova, I am being threatened by Hipocrite for "stalking" and "needling" JzG - it's true I have a long standing dispute with JzG, but all I did on AN/I was present evidence and make a few comments. I feel like the "final warning" I received is completely out of bounds. I was thinking of removing it (I've already removed one from Hipocrite because it was unfounded) but I thought better of it. I thought about RfC but it says I should try other channels first. Do you have any advice? Should I just proceed with RfC? ATren 20:24, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
Durova, I must advise you that FAAFA is continuing to use an unreliable source in violation of WP:RS. He is opposed by a consensus, yet he keeps making these reverts to include material by Todd Brendan Fahey, a person who brags about the quantity and variety of illegal drugs and alcohol he has used. This is not a RS. Please make a ruling regarding the use of Fahey as a RS. -- BryanFromPalatine 20:36, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence | ||
The Barnstar of Diligence is hereby awarded in recognition of extraordinary scrutiny, precision, and community service.
Awarded by Addhoc |
I appreciate the advice on WP:ADOPT, but I don't think it's for me. I've been here a whole year and I'm pretty well versed on policy. Unfortunately, I think the problem is that I know Wikipedia too well - recent experiences have made be hard and cynical about the whole project, and that's the main reason why I'm not more active than I am. Nine months of conflict with the same admin will do that to you. If Hipocrite wants to block me for presenting evidence, fine. If nothing else, it will pretty much prove the double standard that everyone here seems to be denying. Thank you again for all your efforts on this. ATren 03:46, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar | ||
Thank you for your tireless efforts and your integrity. Wikipedia can use more admins like you. ATren 03:46, 6 January 2007 (UTC) |
My apologies for my vulgar and uncivil remark on Atren's talkpage. It was completely uncalled for and inconsistent with my usual behavior. My wikistress level is quite high at the moment, but that is no excuse. It will not happen again. Jeffpw 05:48, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
I was going to give you a barnstar for putting up with alot of flack for your strong stand against incivility on AN/I, but I see that you already have some so I'll just send a smile your way instead.
Eluchil404 09:25, 6 January 2007 (UTC) has smiled at you! Smiles promote
WikiLove and hopefully this one has made your day better. Spread the WikiLove by smiling to someone else, whether it be someone you have had disagreements with in the past or a good friend. Happy editing!
Smile at others by adding {{
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Hi there. I was reading the thread on WP:ANI recently, and I noticed this comment you made, on how you "look around [...] for messes where no other mop is anywhere in sight". Would you have time to take a look at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive244#Request for advice? No-one else seems to be taking much interest in it. If someone uninvolved (ie. you) could give their opinion, that would be great. Carcharoth 00:56, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
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I'd like to give you this award as you have been accurate and helpful in the assistance of stopping Vandals from vandalising
Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service. Good work!
Tellyaddict
Talk 12:12,
7 January 2007 (UTC)
Hey hombre, that picture of the trolls at the top of this page is pretty freakin' scary. NIRVANA2764 20:27, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
Machodawg is editing the usual articles, this diff [7] shows him inserting a link to JB196's website article. Regards. One Night In Hackney 07:08, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Greg Bownds -- Dweller 11:19, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi,
you wrote:
Actually, this isn't a problem. You simply have to chose a name that sounds plausible. CZ has no way in checking your ID, so this requirement is pretty much useless. In your case, it could help you participate. -- 217.51.4.143 14:55, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
This is an issue at CZ - and some of us there are hoping to get a "register" where real names can be safeguarded so that a nom-de-plume may be used. Pete K 15:22, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Please check the new message on my userpage :) Lethaniol 23:46, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi Durova, I have been meaning to ask you. Why, considering you "like" (maybe not the right word) to deal with difficult situations/users, are you an Admin open to recall? You know that you are honest and fair, and your actions show that. Why potentially let a group of users gang up on you if they do not like your decision. There are other mechanisms to deal with rogue Admins. Lethaniol 14:49, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the good word, Ghirla. That's fair while my own take on this is a little different. Somebody needs to go after the hard cases, to really put on the work gloves and dig up the dirt. Part of why I do this is because I don't want other people to go through the same hard time that I had during my first months as an editor (dealing with difficult users, not being one). Some of the people who cause problems may be willing to turn around and join the spirit of the project so if I have to err I prefer to err toward WP:AGF. That doesn't stop me from blocking or banning when it's needed. I hope the people I block and ban can see that it's done appropriately. Some of them can't or won't see that so I do my best to make sure everybody else understands. When a blocked editor hasn't gotten an unblock review and claims I can't see logic or insists I'm the one who should be blocked I'll go ahead and relay their request at WP:AN. I've got nothing to hide. Yes, sooner or later a group of problem editors will probably band together and attempt a malfeasance case against me. It happened to MONGO. I think my best defense is to earn the reputation Durova is as fair as they come. Wikipedia is on a worthwhile mission to give everybody a free encyclopedia, yet as I state at User:Durova/Recusal the stakes in edit disputes are pretty small. Durova Charg e! 16:02, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
Here, I am not sure what to do. –– Lid( Talk) 15:09, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
This is a banned editor now so there's no need to attempt discussion of these edits on their own merits. Per WP:DENY the best thing to do is just report and revert. He's probably reading our talk pages. Go ahead and report to his ISP's abuse department. Cite me as an administrator if necessary. Durova Charg e! 16:10, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
[1] Here's your coffee. (: ~ crazytales· t· c 15:50, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
By all means, you are more than welcome to join the PAIN and/or my RfC discussions; I am certain you are a neutral party who can help us clean up the mess. Thanks! -- Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus | talk 17:16, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
Good news: Ghirla accepts my mentorship proposal. He did so before I made the above offer (which I probably should have checked before posting - my excuse is that it's early dawn in California and I'm in my pre-coffee stupor). I'll leave the proposal stand and see what you both think of it. This mediation will start slowly: Ghirla's on holiday break. Merry Christmas (if that's what you both celebrate). Durova Charg e! 14:17, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
In order to keep the discussion central I've started User talk:Durova/Mediation. Durova Charg e! 14:56, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
[[:Image:Cookie_Christmas.JPG|300px|thumb|
Happy Christmas-Happy hollydays to you
Must
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How sweet! Thank you. :)
Durova
Charg
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-I was planning to hand these out on the 22nd of Dec. but things got in the way.... Happy holidays! — ¡ Rand fan ! Sign here? 20:16, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your proposal. However, judging from my past experience with you as an admin, I have a reason to believe you might not be impartial if I joined the mediation in whatever role. Because of that I think it might be better for all people involved if I stayed out. But thanks for asking - and Merry Christmas. // Halibu tt 23:13, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi Durova,
I have just answered some questions of Pete/Diana here User talk:Lethaniol/Pete K about the ArbCom case. As you much more familiarity with the process than, can you double check my answers to make sure they are not widely off the mark?
Leave an answer on my talk page or yours.
Cheers Lethaniol 17:20, 24 December 2006 (UTC)
I wish you a Merry Christmas, Durova :) Dionyseus 06:47, 25 December 2006 (UTC)
You were of great help on the Creepy Crawler incident (archive 11, your talk page) but I amcoming to you now for advice on a separate issue on the same page. For brevity, [2], there's the link. If you can help, great, if not, please recommend a place to take this situation. Either way, help is appreciated. ThuranX 06:29, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi there, thanks for semi-protecting the article but I believe that the IP address who vandalised the article may also have a user account called ' Wateva100 ', so if it is the same person they would still be able to edit the page because they have been at Wikipedia for a few weeks, so my worry is: will this stop the Vandalism; If you have any other suggestions or would like to say anything you can put it on my Talk Page. Cheers and I hope you had a Merry Christmas!
Respectfully......
Tellyaddict
Talk 13:14, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
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Hello!
I noticed that you protected the article Bombing of Guernica ( diff). I'm afraid that it might not have worked ( subsequent edit). Also, the template {{ protect}} was not added.
Regarding the name of the article, I believe it would be preferable if consensus was reached. The present situation is that User:Sugaar and User:Grant65 have been moving the article back and forth ( log 1 log 2), so protection until consensus has been reached might be useful.
Sincerely, Oden 08:39, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi, I was about to move this back to Bombing of Guernica (per Wikipedia:Use common names), but noticed you'd protected the page. Before I move it, I wanted to check with you and see if you have any objection. I'm not a participant in this debate, but the guideline seems pretty clear, and it does appear to me that the move to Bombing of Gernika was inappropriate. I'll abide by whatever you decide on this one, though. | Mr. Darcy talk 03:08, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi Durova!
After reading User talk:Durova/Admin I have become concerned that you have started developing a case of adminitis (no offense). Might I suggest a short Wikibreak? Another idea is to temporarily relinquish your mop and bucket by placing {{ adminitis}} on your userpage and get back to writing articles again. Or perhaps even to collaborate! If there's anything I can help you with just let me know.
Sincerely, Oden 18:34, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
You may be interested in this discussion on medical lists. Colin° Talk 21:16, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
Hiya! Since you seem to be the one most familiar with this case, you might want to propose some remedies. -- jpgordon ∇∆∇∆ 20:18, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
Hi there, I don't think their is any more need for Semi Protection on Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service except the only thing is that this vandal seems to take breaks from vandalising for about a month at each time, so this may make it difficult to semi protect pages as you can't really keep the semi-protected for ever, but if there is any other Vandalism I'll contact you or another Admin, thanks
Respectfully.... Tellyaddict Talk 00:31, 1 January 2007 (UTC)
I was hoping you could take a look at List of notable organ transplant donors and recipients and let me know if there is anything else you think needs to be done. Remember 17:20, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Please do not block my account, I will never type libelous articles again, forgive me, thank you very much. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 210.213.232.252 ( talk) 05:44, 3 January 2007 (UTC).
Thanks for the WikiAdoption notification. I appreciate you acknowledging my editorial "potential" for WikiPedia... as well as looking out for my best interest. I do have a passion for writing and wish I had more time to do so.
I am still under the weather right now, so I will have to make this short. In the meantime, I look forward to you being my mentor. Take care ~-- Webmistress Diva 05:46, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
please unprotect. Haber 06:28, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Durova, check out the contributions for User:CDlatch245. I think JB196 is at it again. These AfD's must be removed quickly. He also reverted my edit on the Professional wrestling in Australia page which I put back again. I think it's about time he was sent a severe message to get off Wikipedia. Meanwhile the AfD's he started need to be removed PDQ. CURSE OF FENRIC home talk usage 08:12, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Banned both accounts. Suggest citing WP:DENY at the deletion threads he started. Please do the usual maintenance on his sockpuppet userpages. Regards, Durova Charge 14:29, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Curse of Fenric 21:41, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
I'm taking a break from all of this stuff but I couldn't help but read it. I'm going to continue to stay out of the discussion for a while but I wanted to say something to you here. I read your latest comment and all I can assume is that you missed reading my response to you. I was not "forum shopping" and I was not being deceptive. You have my actions wrong and I hope you can reevaluate them in good faith. I agree that I have let this stuff frustrate me too much and done things I should not have -- edit warring, and having a short temper with the likes of Isarig. The temper thing has always been in response to his relentless attacks - as CSTAR noted some time ago, he knows how to manipulate me well. But my complaint here was not about his behavior six weeks ago - it was about the last couple days, and the links I added from weeks ago were only there to put one of his attacks on me in historical context. It has been blown out of proportion -- the reality is I could not care less what Isarig thinks of my teaching since he has never set foot in my classroom and he never will. I understand your comment that my behavior here has not always been consistent with someone in my position; frankly, it is enough to simply state that there are problems with someone's behavior without making reference to their job, especially when you know nothing about it. (I'm not talking about your familiarity with libel law; I'm talking about your familiarity with my specific actions in my place of employment). Isarig told me I didn't know a particular thing about libel and that therefore I was a lousy teacher; I told him he would probably fail my exam since his understanding of that particular thing was totally wrong. Perhaps I should have just told him he would get that particular question wrong on an exam rather than telling him he would fail - in truth I know as much about his ability to pass one of my classes as he knows about that actual class. But it doesn't matter - the heart of the problem with Isarig has little to do with those particular comments, as offensive as they may have been at the time; it has to do with his more general relentless edit warring and aggressive behavior towards me. I don't know what to do about it and I don't envy your position. Were I an outside observer my advice would probably be to block both of us for a cooling off period and/or encourage a 1RR for everyone involved for a while. The truth is, however, that I haven't done anything that would justify being blocked, whereas I believe Isarig has (I also think most of the people who have had interactions with both of us agree). But if you think both of us are misbehaving to the same degree, then perhaps that is worth considering, not so much as a disciplinary mechanism but as a way to encourage cooling down the discussion completely. I frankly can't invest the emotional energy in continuing my interactions with him the way they have been going under any circumstances. csloat 08:54, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
How's it going? Has peace broken out over the festive season? Guy ( Help!) 14:31, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
Unless your aim is to drive Guy out of the project, please re-think the way you are using threats and ultimatums. When someone starts to crack under the strain, the last thing to do is to add to the pressure and issue threats. Please think before you fly off the handle like that. What are you really trying to achieve? We can't afford to lose someone like Guy because you feel like throwing some weight around. Guettarda 04:41, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
I find it interesting that you say "I certainly would expect to receive a user block or comparable warning if I acted as he has", and yet you have done far worse than Guy did. Failing massively to AGF, you issued a threat of a block for using the word "twat", ignoring the possibility that other people may use slang terms differently than do you. Your actions clearly violate the blocking policy - not only is blocking not to be used punitively, blocking for a single transgression is unacceptable. As for blockable offenses, flying off the handle like you did and issuing threats is highly disruptive. Your disruption was far worse than Guy's "incivility" - are you saying that you expect a block for your misdeeds?
What I find far more disturbing is your utter lack of empathy for your fellow editors, despite the fact that you claim to have been in a similar situation, and your dismissal of the idea that rather than issuing threats you should have approached the situation with some amount of understanding. Do you really think that threats are more likely to produce results than civil discourse? When you tell someone "do as I say or I will punish you" the most likely response is anger. If the person is afraid of you, they will probably obey, but it does nothing to resolve the situation. Threats are among the least effective tools for resolving disagreements.
We don't have rules just for the fun of having them. We have rules as a means to an end - the end being the project to write an encyclopaedia. Using "the rules" to try to build a utopian society at the expense of writing an encyclopaedia is abuse of the rules. Guy made a comment about a banned editor. His "incivility" to Yrgh did not create an environment in which Yrgh was less likely to be a productive editor - he had already been "shown the door". On the other hand, telling a (probably) stressed editor that you didn't give a damn [or is the word "damn" also forbidden here?] about their contribution is far more likely to hurt the project than anything Guy did. We only have two missions here - build a {good, free, NPOV} encyclopaedia, and keep our editors happy and productive (because we need them to write the encyclopaedia). Every other rule, every other policy, exists to support these two ideas. Someone like Guy (or you, or me) has contributed thousands of hours of time as a volunteer here. It's unacceptable to devalue someone's contribution for the sake of rules-lawyering. Guettarda 08:23, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi Durova! You might be interested to know that the speedy keep guidelines have a clause allowing for the speedy deletion of any AFD nomination created by a banned user. The guy seems to be back however with the same approach, using the account User:I Wear Two Shoes. I have notified the AN/I as well. Sjakkalle (Check!) 09:35, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
Please keep me notified of any and every occurrence. This is highly insidious and damaging to WP and can be applied to any topic. These socks need to be blocked on sight. As a suggestion, whenever an Afd pops up, could the uncontroversial but unsourced deleted material not be restored using the edit history? Responsible editors will go for addition of fact tags to such articles, rather than delete !votes on AfD. -- Dweller 10:12, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
To give this a slightly fuller answer, the partial damage occurs at other pages. JB196 deletes paragraphs if the article as a whole has enough referencing to survive a deletion vote. The effect is sort of like someone who starts little fires in your rosebushes and your trash bins before setting your house on fire. Durova Charge 21:25, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
Durova, I am being threatened by Hipocrite for "stalking" and "needling" JzG - it's true I have a long standing dispute with JzG, but all I did on AN/I was present evidence and make a few comments. I feel like the "final warning" I received is completely out of bounds. I was thinking of removing it (I've already removed one from Hipocrite because it was unfounded) but I thought better of it. I thought about RfC but it says I should try other channels first. Do you have any advice? Should I just proceed with RfC? ATren 20:24, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
Durova, I must advise you that FAAFA is continuing to use an unreliable source in violation of WP:RS. He is opposed by a consensus, yet he keeps making these reverts to include material by Todd Brendan Fahey, a person who brags about the quantity and variety of illegal drugs and alcohol he has used. This is not a RS. Please make a ruling regarding the use of Fahey as a RS. -- BryanFromPalatine 20:36, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diligence | ||
The Barnstar of Diligence is hereby awarded in recognition of extraordinary scrutiny, precision, and community service.
Awarded by Addhoc |
I appreciate the advice on WP:ADOPT, but I don't think it's for me. I've been here a whole year and I'm pretty well versed on policy. Unfortunately, I think the problem is that I know Wikipedia too well - recent experiences have made be hard and cynical about the whole project, and that's the main reason why I'm not more active than I am. Nine months of conflict with the same admin will do that to you. If Hipocrite wants to block me for presenting evidence, fine. If nothing else, it will pretty much prove the double standard that everyone here seems to be denying. Thank you again for all your efforts on this. ATren 03:46, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar | ||
Thank you for your tireless efforts and your integrity. Wikipedia can use more admins like you. ATren 03:46, 6 January 2007 (UTC) |
My apologies for my vulgar and uncivil remark on Atren's talkpage. It was completely uncalled for and inconsistent with my usual behavior. My wikistress level is quite high at the moment, but that is no excuse. It will not happen again. Jeffpw 05:48, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
I was going to give you a barnstar for putting up with alot of flack for your strong stand against incivility on AN/I, but I see that you already have some so I'll just send a smile your way instead.
Eluchil404 09:25, 6 January 2007 (UTC) has smiled at you! Smiles promote
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Hi there. I was reading the thread on WP:ANI recently, and I noticed this comment you made, on how you "look around [...] for messes where no other mop is anywhere in sight". Would you have time to take a look at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive244#Request for advice? No-one else seems to be taking much interest in it. If someone uninvolved (ie. you) could give their opinion, that would be great. Carcharoth 00:56, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
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I'd like to give you this award as you have been accurate and helpful in the assistance of stopping Vandals from vandalising
Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service. Good work!
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7 January 2007 (UTC)
Hey hombre, that picture of the trolls at the top of this page is pretty freakin' scary. NIRVANA2764 20:27, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
Machodawg is editing the usual articles, this diff [7] shows him inserting a link to JB196's website article. Regards. One Night In Hackney 07:08, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Greg Bownds -- Dweller 11:19, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Hi,
you wrote:
Actually, this isn't a problem. You simply have to chose a name that sounds plausible. CZ has no way in checking your ID, so this requirement is pretty much useless. In your case, it could help you participate. -- 217.51.4.143 14:55, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
This is an issue at CZ - and some of us there are hoping to get a "register" where real names can be safeguarded so that a nom-de-plume may be used. Pete K 15:22, 8 January 2007 (UTC)