User:Nmajdan has 7 DYK's. 3 GA's and 2 FA's listed on his user page. He probably qualifies for a TC, or maybe an Imperial TC. As an aside, it may be time to archive more of your talk page. Ciao... -- Jayron32| talk| contribs 02:41, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Can I add a possible nomination? User:Smurrayinchester created the article Winter service vehicle listed as a GA and a DYK on 2007-02-13 and as a FA on 2007-04-28. His user page at User:Smurrayinchester/Main lists 10 total DYKs and a FL and a FA. That leaves him needing a second GA for the Imperial TC. Imzadi1979 08:48, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
She is also a diligent copy editor of several articles. She deserves this award. I was going to give it to her myself, but I'm assuming I have to go through this process? Sorry, still not familiar with everything Wikipedia. I hope I'm doing this correctly. :) - Jeeny Talk 23:31, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
See this. Thought you'd like to know this. - Penwhale | Blast him / Follow his steps 05:05, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Hey Durova, I am sorry to disturb you, but the banned User:VinceB is back again and my request at WP:ANI remains without any answer. Could you look at [1] please? Thank you in advance. Tankred 14:01, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Do that checkuser. You'll be suprised. They are not mine. I always confirm my sockpuppets, just Tankred delets those confirms [2]. And anything, that can be embarassing to him, or his way, to maintain that picture, he built up around me. If right now I'm logging in and out, that it will be easy to confirm. If not, than, intrestingly, it happens, that two-three individuals are saying the same, including me. You decide: lynching, or doing the right way, and go checkuser. - VinceB-- 195.56.51.196 14:34, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Update: Pannonia has been blocked for 24 hours, but this does not resolve the main problem: VinceB's evasion of a ban by using two new sockpuppets. I have filed a formal request at WP:ANI [4] and I hope someone will find it. Tankred 17:52, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Would you care to express your opinion in this matter? [5] I've been asked to remove my comments as inappropriate which is puzzling to me. However, your response would paint a much broader perspective here. -- Poeticbent talk 17:11, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Piotrus asked me today [7] unsure if it wouldn't be better to take my evidence statement [8] from his ArbCom Evidence page and put it as a motion on his Workshop page under the heading "Motions and requests by the parties". [9] I would very much like to get your feedback before that. By the way, I'd like to congratulate you on a wonderful piece of advice you wrote as an essay called "arbitration tips" [10]. I'm sure many of us took it to heart, because I most certainly did. -- Poeticbent talk 03:26, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. I will keep my statement where it is. -- Poeticbent talk 20:18, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
I noticed an old message on WP:ABUSE you left, saying you have contacted some schools regarding vandalism with some success. I had to block a school in one of the jurisdictions where I went to school. I'm interested in contacting them and seeing what the school can do. I'm quite sure they will be responsive, so I'm trying to think of what to suggest they might do. The school has a moderate amount of vandalism, but it's somewhat tolerable (on our end) and not quite as high as other schools. So, I think a school-wide anon only block would not be good. They can probably find out what student is responsible for the latest vandalism incident. If it's just a small number of kids for past vandalism incidents, maybe something more specific can be done without affecting the rest of the school. Though, I'm not sure what could really convince a student to behave while on the computer. Or if some technical restrictions can be in place for specific kids. Or what else they could do? Do you have any ideas or suggestions? -- Aude ( talk) 00:17, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks you for your response on this block, but I'm not convinced this is a sock of Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles. I will open a thread on WP:ANI proposing they be unblocked and you are welcome to comment. —dgies t c 04:28, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
User:Ryulong has nominated this noticeboard for deletion. I thought I remembered you were a proponent. (Your name shows up several times in Wikipedia:Community_sanction_noticeboard/Archive6). Will you have a comment to add on the MfD? Thanks, EdJohnston 11:25, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
And here? -- Ben TALK/ HIST 12:59, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
That's a major change, a drastic change, in what the "Community ban" section has been since its creation; and it doesn't have consensus, it has been "boldly" made over objections and then repeated after reversions [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] -- which isn't what WP:BRD says to do. -- Ben TALK/ HIST 01:30, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
This may stimulate a lively discussion. Jehochman ( talk/ contrib) 12:58, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
User:69.89.108.5 -- Fyslee/ talk 14:33, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
I wonder if I could address some of these points. "no alternate mechanism has been proposed to make partial community sanctions such as topic bans or revert parole feasible"—I'm interested why this particular claim gets spread around so much despite my attempts explain that the CSN did not invent such things, that they can happen as a result of any discussion, and that the ArbCom supporting the community's ability is not the same as the ArbCom endorsing the Community Sanction Noticeboard.
"The principal argument against it seems to be that only sysops deserve any voice in community banning" is a repetition of the same misrepresentation: there is no such thing as a sysop-only discussion and no one has proposed such a thing. That is not the alternative to bureaucracy. It is very clear from my comments that I think the CSN is less representative of the community and consensus.
As for community enforceable mediation (this is what caught my eye), I admit I haven't given it much thought, so I'm curious. How does it work with WP:CSN? But also, how is it different from other mediation? Is there an example of a successful case (or any concluded case, I can't find one)? Dmcdevit· t 22:18, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
I am curious about your opinion of my comments on that MfD, since your objection was a large part of why I found the discussion thought-provoking. Vassyana 00:27, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
You have stated that "it is counterproductive on many levels to propose sitebanning..." [16]. Actually, I haven't proposed that either Commodore Sloat or Armon be sitebanned. My comment on WP:CN stated, in relevant part, that
I suggest that the article be reduced to semi-protection, and that Commodore Sloat and Armon be placed on community revert probation for a period of three months. They would be limited to one reversion per page per week, except when reverting under the circumstances described in Wikipedia:Three-revert_rule#Exceptions. [17]
I would ask, therefore, that you reconsider your objection. John254 23:44, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
If the pointers are lasers, sure :) - Penwhale | Blast him / Follow his steps 01:43, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
The user has brought up some points on his talk page that make it plausible that he isn't a Gastrich sock. It may make sense to unblock him for now. JoshuaZ 05:59, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
as posted on the MfD discussion--could you expand on that a little? DGG 21:27, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
The article Dannielynn Birkhead paternity case is being monopolized by User:Cfvh who continues, in my opinion to usurp the community and go with own agenda. I see it this way:
Basically, I'm going to step back, but I appreciate your insight and wanted to get your opinion of what to do. I submitted a 3RR, but was told I was guilty of the same and that Cfvh was not in violation of it. I then called for an RFC and asked all parties to wait for resolution and reverted the article back to what it was, yet Cfvh has again reverted it. Do you think I am at fault? What should I do? Is there a way to get Cfvh to stop reverting until the community can come to a conclusion? Any other thoughts or suggestions are welcome. Lastly, if you know how to communicate better than I do, would you mind being my advocate? I welcome any insight or comments you can lend me or the article. Thanks a bunch! -- Maniwar ( talk) 00:38, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
Do you do IRC at all? If so, you really should be hanging out in #wikipedia-en-admins on Freenode. Leave me an edit with your cloak and I'll add access for you - David Gerard 16:32, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
According to Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/ImprobabilityDrive, ImprobabilityDrive is likely a sock puppet of VacuousPoet who is permanetly banned. Arbustoo 03:22, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi. Have you seen this ANI discussion? You might be interested in weighing in, since you have some history with the user and his blocks. Bishonen | talk 11:14, 6 May 2007 (UTC).
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I finally received a reply on the Nigel McGuinness OTRS ticket. The reply states that the OTRS ticket was correct because:
and
In my opinion of this the OTRS database being considered original research is just bizarre to me, how can a publically available source be original research just through its application? Additionally the second part of the "why is his real name notable" ignores that wikipedia is an encyclopedia of knowledge, and biography articles where people are known by aliases that wish to not be known by exist fully. This continues to be an OTRS ticket that applies to no other article on all of wikipedia excluding this single case in which nothing is different about it and every other biography article on wikipedia. Thoughts? –– Lid( Talk) 09:54, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Dear Durova, I stumbled upon your userpage a few days ago, and I wanted to tell you that it's beautifully designed, and it even served me to learn the interesting story upon which your username is based. As a side note, I also wished to tell you that I took the liberty of making a few enhancements and improvements to your userpage, but I won't simply change it by myself; rather, I've posted the new version at my Sandbox. If you like it, just copy the code and use it at will; and if you don't well - it's your userpage, and your choice! :) Nice to meet you, and have a beautiful day, Phaedriel - 12:10, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Is this user's question (posted to many people) appropriate?
Asking someone to reveal information about their password seems very suspicious to me. -- Fyslee/ talk 19:32, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
The discussion seems to have ground to a halt; again, we could use your perspective. I believe that the microproblem has been solved, but we have yet to include the information in the article. As for the macroproblem, Armon claimed a couple of days ago that he was thinking about it; it's fine to give him a chance to respond but I don't see the need to hold up the rest of it while we wait. csloat 18:04, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
hello. i appreciate the time you take to help maintain wiki. i will copy the message that i have sent to wiki on the vandalism post.
user continues to remove valid information from Acid Bath musical page, careless of multiple explanations on the content that wiki contains. an explanation that wiki contains all information (past members, and record labels) of the band. the user continues to edit the page to his views, and to blank his own talk page, in order to remove the warnings, and explanations.
i am not sure where to proceed from this, but this has been continuing for over a month. user states that he simply does not like the past record label of the band, so he assumes it should not be known that the band was signed to it. (that is stated from his talk page, which he continues to blank out)
thank you for your time and i hope you can help me fix this delinquency.
I was working on a simple mediation cabal case [18], when I noticed a serious WP:BLP problem, so I started an investigation [19]. What is the next step? I am thinking about checkuser. Jehochman ( talk/ contrib) 21:06, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
I know you've been away; when you get a chance, we could use your help on the Cole CEM. csloat 03:53, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi Durova, can you please read this and fix obvious mistakes. I will also appreciate your comment in improving the article. I need to complete it in next few days and file arbitration case. with best wishes. --- A. L. M. 17:31, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
I just spent 50 minutes playing cat and mouse with a vandal, and WP:AIV still hasn't acted on my block request. I guess its time to ask for the tools. What do you think? Jehochman ( talk/ contrib) 04:45, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
All done. Are the fires out? You need the tools, my friend. We have to get you sysopped. I'll find you a barnstar for this work as soon as I'm free from the other task I was working on. Cheers! Durova Charge! 05:22, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
No? Oh well :). I've made an offer over on CN, if that account wants to post information and evidence in their defense, plus I've also sent the user a reply to the email he sent me. SirFozzie 07:13, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
Hello. Firstly, I want to confess to feeling intimidated when speaking to such experienced editors like yourself. Please excuse me if I say anything ignorant or that betrays unfamiliarity with CSN.
The concern that I tried to raise at the RFAR and at CSN is that I feel that editors against whom allegations are made should have the total freedom to defend themselves that is accorded to all the participants in the discussion. It is unfair that all the "claimants"/"prosecutors" should have complete freedom to debate every point and easily rebut every statement someone makes, while the defendant can only respond on his talk page, must depend on the graciousness of others to help him, and is barred from easily rebutting arguments on a point-by-point basis in real-time. It is a big disadvantage in a forum like CSN, where many different points and arguments are constantly being made by many different people. Indeed, points are frequently repeated by new participants who did not read all the discussion.
Though my experience with CSN is limited, my impression so far is that in certain controversial cases, you can get a cacophony of voices on one side of the issue that make it very difficult for the other side to be heard. I am guessing that these objections have been raised before, and that you have good answers to them. If you can refer me to answers written elsewhere that would be fine. Best and thanks, nadav 07:53, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi - I haven't been spamming everyone's page with thanks, but I did want to thank you for your nomination and words of support in my recent RfA. The kind words and expression of trust meant a lot, especially coming from editors for whom I have so much respect. I hope to live up to it, and just wanted to say thanks again. MastCell Talk 15:28, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
Can you go to [ here] when you have a moment? There was an issue going on long before I visited the page, and by consensus and by various editors, an entry has been deleted. Yet, there is one editor, non registered, who consistently adds it and insists that it be added. The sentence is unsubstantiated, unsourced, and loaded. Any input you can give would be appreciated. I've warned, and warned each editor (whom I believe may be the same person) but they keep being hostile. You can plainly see the history of the conversation, and as stated, editors since February 2006 have been reverting it. Thanks! -- Maniwar ( talk) 19:25, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
Your comments on CN were by and large very reassuring. I did leave a question for you following your last comment that referenced his block log, though, and since the discussion has now been closed by Tony there is no reason for you to answer it. I would appreciate it, however, if you did follow up on it, if you feel it is in the least valid, on the Arbitration page (or on my talkpage, if you so desire). Hornplease 22:18, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
Apologies for the tardy reply: I was in the Global War on Terrorism. I joined because my uncle was a 9/11 survivor. Durova Charge! 19:40, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
Your previous statements are being invoked as partial justification for a COI charge here [22], so you may want to let your views be known. Raymond Arritt 17:31, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your comment, but tell me something:
If a person reports that three Muslim editors are violating WP:BLP on Ariel Sharon page, would that result in a few days of insults such as being called "antisemite", "immune to reason" or being put on "radar screen". Certainly not: that would have been acceptable, and the editors, if they were Muslim, wouldn't have mind that as well. I still can't believe we are arguing over a non-negative term, which from your POV is offensive.-- Gerash 77 20:50, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
I posted a second complaint on the COI Noticeboard on Connolley. I expected someone would show up magically like you did last time, but no one has. Is it unreasonable for me to ask you to take a look at Connolley's second offence? It is about the same information, but this time I posted it on the Hockey stick controversy page where other editors said it rightfully belonged. To me this seems an open and shut case, but someone has to make a decision. Will you do it? RonCram 01:00, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Akhilleus and Jehochman are both fine editors and I trust their judgement. I hope I'm correct in inferring from RonCram's requests that both sides of this dispute accept my neutrality. Durova Charge! 20:03, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
Armon still has not bothered to respond or acknowledge the attempts to deal with the microproblem or the macroproblem on the CEM page. Is there any way to speed up the process? csloat 09:40, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Due to exceptionally high traffic on your Talk page I’d like to make sure that you are going to take notice of my question above, so I'm posting an extra link to it here. Your input would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- Poeticbent talk 13:46, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Hey. With a DYK under my belt, I qualify for the level one triple crown. Evidence of one DYK, one GA, and one FA taken from the same topic for consistency: [24], [25], and [26]. My userpage has a list of all my GA/FA/FT contribs if you need more evidence or different articles. Oh, and I'm not doing this as a self-nom because I'm an egomaniac; I don't want to make someone nominate me as a formality :) — Deckill er 15:42, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
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An Arbitration case in which you commented has been opened: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/PalestineRemembered. Please add any evidence you may wish the arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/PalestineRemembered/Evidence. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/PalestineRemembered/Workshop.
On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, -- Srikeit 05:40, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi Durova. There is a kind of complicated issue between my hand. All details are found here at the AN/I MDS International / MDS America conflict bothering Wikipedia. I've done my best but i'd like to get your opinion on the matter and if it is time to go for an ArbCom case directly instead of wasting the community time. Thanks in advance. -- FayssalF - Wiki me up® 13:32, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi Durova I was just contacted by another user ( Jbolden1517) who's been having trouble with Anacapa on Talk:Shunning. Anacapa responded to my question (wherther hey were drop in editor or not) on my talk page with a long off-topic rant abou Maoism. I think there are elements of not assuming good faith in their response, as well as ranting on my talk-page. The words "you SEEM to be blind to the insane bullcrap and inane cowcrap (conservative, liberal or whatever) that prevails in the NAME of NPOV on Wikipedia" sounds like bad faith to me. I aksed Coelacan to have a look but I think she's a bit snowed under at the moment. Am I wrong or is there a case for at least warning Anacapa on NPOV grounds for their edits and WP:NPA and WP:AGF for their comments?
They have also made another traunch of edits to Feminism in the last 2 days - once again to the criticism sections - one particularly interesting bit of phrasing is "Feminist whistleblower, Christina Hoff-Sommers also shows how feminist misandry leads directly to misogyny by establishment feminists against (the majority of) women who love men in Who Stole Feminism: How Women Have Betrayed Women."
I also found a warning that Irishguy gave to one of Anacapa's IPs for POVPUSHing in November '06. I've deatiled it in the the report. Have you any advice on how best to proceed here. Should I respond to Anacapa or just WP:DENY?-- Cailil talk 17:25, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
The Deer article is in dire need of permanent semi-protection. Nearly every other edit is vandalism, and the other one is to revert it. -- Fyslee/ talk 20:21, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
You might remember the unblock discussion over ISOLA'd ELBA ( talk · contribs), who you thought was a sock of Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles ( talk · contribs) while I argued their only sin was handing out too many barnstars (to the wrong people). After unblock Isola continued working on userpage-type activities and also handed out lots of welcome templates, including one to a sock of SummerThunder. Isola recently had a bunch of their user pages deleted on MySpace grounds, but one, User:ISOLA'd ELBA/awards was just recreated by DaGrandPuba ( talk · contribs). This person also edits video game articles, so it seems suspicious. I don't know Le Grand Roi all that well so I will leave handling DaGrandPuba to your judgment except to say please be sure before you decide to block. —dgies t c 06:13, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Shaking my head. People need to spend a few minutes in the trenches before suggesting disarmament. Jehochman ☎ / ✔ 16:21, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi there, when have you set the date for my coronation as the next Tsar of Bulgaria? :) Here's my proof of noble descent:
Royal greetings, Todor → Bozhinov 21:40, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi! I don't know if it's okay to ask questions like this hear as I'm not much of an editor (i dont know what i can add and im not online all that often), but I see that you edit Joan of Arc related articles and so, well, maybe you could help answer a question: we watched a movie in class the other day that implied that Joan of Arc was raped by guards during her trial. It was some older movie, but anyway, I heard elsewhere that she was a virgin, so was this true? If so, that's absolutely horrible! Anyway, I was just curious if you knew. Again, I'm sorry if we're not supposed to ask these kinds of questions or not, but I dint see anything about by taking a quick glance on the article (sorry if its there and I glossed over!), and I was just really curious. I'll check back on your page in a few days to see if you responded, but if not, no big deal, just curious and you seem to be some kind of expert on her, which is cool! :) Thanks either way! :) A fellow Joan of Arc fan! -- 172.144.16.113 23:21, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
The nullification trial that took place a couple of decades after her death has some conflicting testimony about sexual abuse. We can say with certainty that English soldiers guarded her, although normal inquisitorial procedure would have been to use an ecclesiastical prison that would have had female guards. So the opportunity for abuse certainly existed. One nullification trial witness admitted that he had touched her breasts and that, in response, she shoved him away. The point of disagreement is whether the abuse went beyond that level of inappropriate touching.
Part of the context to consider here is political and economic and even military: the English government was financing her trial and the trial lasted far longer than they had anticipated. The Duke of Bedford also delayed offensive military campaigning that season until after her execution, either because his superstitious troops feared they could not win while she remained alive or because too many of his military commanders had been captured the previous year and he planned to lead the troops himself. So the English government pressured the ecclesiastical judges to bring the proceeding to a speedy conclusion. One of the nullification trial witnesses asserted that a serious sexual assault occurred shortly after her abjuration and that the assailant was a high ranking English nobleman. The law prevented them from executing her until she relapsed, so perhaps rape (or its threat or attempt) was one of the tactics used to hasten her death.
Durova
Charge! 20:30, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
I think we need to emphasize the need to investigate COI and SPAM reports fully before jumping to conclusions. There's a lot of real abuse, so we need to be careful not to mistake ignorance for malice. See this one. [27] Jehochman ☎ / ✔ 07:11, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi, Durova. What will happen then? If Tajik would stay be blocked indefinitely, would this mean that both the ArbCom and CEM be closed? Actually, both cases never started. What do you recommend? Am i allowed to continue editing normally from now on? Regards. E104421 08:16, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
Additionally, I'd like the status on the CEM clarified, since if CEM is closed, arbitration will proceed. - Penwhale | Blast him / Follow his steps 19:02, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
Do you think your friend User:Elonka would be willing to look at Search engine optimization and leave comments at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Search engine optimization? I need more opinions about the reliability of online sources to help overcome the last objection of my friend User:SandyGeorgia. Jehochman ☎ / ✔ 21:44, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
I'm trying to verify a comment left on Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians about Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles. While I've removed the comment pending investigation, could you e-mail me about Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles's status, particularly the block on the account. In particular, I'm trying to determine if the comment at User_talk:Le_Grand_Roi_des_Citrouilles#Message_for_Durova_and_BigHaz is real or tied in with sockpuppet usage. Best, -- Alabamaboy 22:07, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
User:Nmajdan has 7 DYK's. 3 GA's and 2 FA's listed on his user page. He probably qualifies for a TC, or maybe an Imperial TC. As an aside, it may be time to archive more of your talk page. Ciao... -- Jayron32| talk| contribs 02:41, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Can I add a possible nomination? User:Smurrayinchester created the article Winter service vehicle listed as a GA and a DYK on 2007-02-13 and as a FA on 2007-04-28. His user page at User:Smurrayinchester/Main lists 10 total DYKs and a FL and a FA. That leaves him needing a second GA for the Imperial TC. Imzadi1979 08:48, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
She is also a diligent copy editor of several articles. She deserves this award. I was going to give it to her myself, but I'm assuming I have to go through this process? Sorry, still not familiar with everything Wikipedia. I hope I'm doing this correctly. :) - Jeeny Talk 23:31, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
See this. Thought you'd like to know this. - Penwhale | Blast him / Follow his steps 05:05, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Hey Durova, I am sorry to disturb you, but the banned User:VinceB is back again and my request at WP:ANI remains without any answer. Could you look at [1] please? Thank you in advance. Tankred 14:01, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Do that checkuser. You'll be suprised. They are not mine. I always confirm my sockpuppets, just Tankred delets those confirms [2]. And anything, that can be embarassing to him, or his way, to maintain that picture, he built up around me. If right now I'm logging in and out, that it will be easy to confirm. If not, than, intrestingly, it happens, that two-three individuals are saying the same, including me. You decide: lynching, or doing the right way, and go checkuser. - VinceB-- 195.56.51.196 14:34, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Update: Pannonia has been blocked for 24 hours, but this does not resolve the main problem: VinceB's evasion of a ban by using two new sockpuppets. I have filed a formal request at WP:ANI [4] and I hope someone will find it. Tankred 17:52, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Would you care to express your opinion in this matter? [5] I've been asked to remove my comments as inappropriate which is puzzling to me. However, your response would paint a much broader perspective here. -- Poeticbent talk 17:11, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
Piotrus asked me today [7] unsure if it wouldn't be better to take my evidence statement [8] from his ArbCom Evidence page and put it as a motion on his Workshop page under the heading "Motions and requests by the parties". [9] I would very much like to get your feedback before that. By the way, I'd like to congratulate you on a wonderful piece of advice you wrote as an essay called "arbitration tips" [10]. I'm sure many of us took it to heart, because I most certainly did. -- Poeticbent talk 03:26, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. I will keep my statement where it is. -- Poeticbent talk 20:18, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
I noticed an old message on WP:ABUSE you left, saying you have contacted some schools regarding vandalism with some success. I had to block a school in one of the jurisdictions where I went to school. I'm interested in contacting them and seeing what the school can do. I'm quite sure they will be responsive, so I'm trying to think of what to suggest they might do. The school has a moderate amount of vandalism, but it's somewhat tolerable (on our end) and not quite as high as other schools. So, I think a school-wide anon only block would not be good. They can probably find out what student is responsible for the latest vandalism incident. If it's just a small number of kids for past vandalism incidents, maybe something more specific can be done without affecting the rest of the school. Though, I'm not sure what could really convince a student to behave while on the computer. Or if some technical restrictions can be in place for specific kids. Or what else they could do? Do you have any ideas or suggestions? -- Aude ( talk) 00:17, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
Thanks you for your response on this block, but I'm not convinced this is a sock of Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles. I will open a thread on WP:ANI proposing they be unblocked and you are welcome to comment. —dgies t c 04:28, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
User:Ryulong has nominated this noticeboard for deletion. I thought I remembered you were a proponent. (Your name shows up several times in Wikipedia:Community_sanction_noticeboard/Archive6). Will you have a comment to add on the MfD? Thanks, EdJohnston 11:25, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
And here? -- Ben TALK/ HIST 12:59, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
That's a major change, a drastic change, in what the "Community ban" section has been since its creation; and it doesn't have consensus, it has been "boldly" made over objections and then repeated after reversions [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] -- which isn't what WP:BRD says to do. -- Ben TALK/ HIST 01:30, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
This may stimulate a lively discussion. Jehochman ( talk/ contrib) 12:58, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
User:69.89.108.5 -- Fyslee/ talk 14:33, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
I wonder if I could address some of these points. "no alternate mechanism has been proposed to make partial community sanctions such as topic bans or revert parole feasible"—I'm interested why this particular claim gets spread around so much despite my attempts explain that the CSN did not invent such things, that they can happen as a result of any discussion, and that the ArbCom supporting the community's ability is not the same as the ArbCom endorsing the Community Sanction Noticeboard.
"The principal argument against it seems to be that only sysops deserve any voice in community banning" is a repetition of the same misrepresentation: there is no such thing as a sysop-only discussion and no one has proposed such a thing. That is not the alternative to bureaucracy. It is very clear from my comments that I think the CSN is less representative of the community and consensus.
As for community enforceable mediation (this is what caught my eye), I admit I haven't given it much thought, so I'm curious. How does it work with WP:CSN? But also, how is it different from other mediation? Is there an example of a successful case (or any concluded case, I can't find one)? Dmcdevit· t 22:18, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
I am curious about your opinion of my comments on that MfD, since your objection was a large part of why I found the discussion thought-provoking. Vassyana 00:27, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
You have stated that "it is counterproductive on many levels to propose sitebanning..." [16]. Actually, I haven't proposed that either Commodore Sloat or Armon be sitebanned. My comment on WP:CN stated, in relevant part, that
I suggest that the article be reduced to semi-protection, and that Commodore Sloat and Armon be placed on community revert probation for a period of three months. They would be limited to one reversion per page per week, except when reverting under the circumstances described in Wikipedia:Three-revert_rule#Exceptions. [17]
I would ask, therefore, that you reconsider your objection. John254 23:44, 3 May 2007 (UTC)
If the pointers are lasers, sure :) - Penwhale | Blast him / Follow his steps 01:43, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
The user has brought up some points on his talk page that make it plausible that he isn't a Gastrich sock. It may make sense to unblock him for now. JoshuaZ 05:59, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
as posted on the MfD discussion--could you expand on that a little? DGG 21:27, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
The article Dannielynn Birkhead paternity case is being monopolized by User:Cfvh who continues, in my opinion to usurp the community and go with own agenda. I see it this way:
Basically, I'm going to step back, but I appreciate your insight and wanted to get your opinion of what to do. I submitted a 3RR, but was told I was guilty of the same and that Cfvh was not in violation of it. I then called for an RFC and asked all parties to wait for resolution and reverted the article back to what it was, yet Cfvh has again reverted it. Do you think I am at fault? What should I do? Is there a way to get Cfvh to stop reverting until the community can come to a conclusion? Any other thoughts or suggestions are welcome. Lastly, if you know how to communicate better than I do, would you mind being my advocate? I welcome any insight or comments you can lend me or the article. Thanks a bunch! -- Maniwar ( talk) 00:38, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
Do you do IRC at all? If so, you really should be hanging out in #wikipedia-en-admins on Freenode. Leave me an edit with your cloak and I'll add access for you - David Gerard 16:32, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
According to Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/ImprobabilityDrive, ImprobabilityDrive is likely a sock puppet of VacuousPoet who is permanetly banned. Arbustoo 03:22, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi. Have you seen this ANI discussion? You might be interested in weighing in, since you have some history with the user and his blocks. Bishonen | talk 11:14, 6 May 2007 (UTC).
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I finally received a reply on the Nigel McGuinness OTRS ticket. The reply states that the OTRS ticket was correct because:
and
In my opinion of this the OTRS database being considered original research is just bizarre to me, how can a publically available source be original research just through its application? Additionally the second part of the "why is his real name notable" ignores that wikipedia is an encyclopedia of knowledge, and biography articles where people are known by aliases that wish to not be known by exist fully. This continues to be an OTRS ticket that applies to no other article on all of wikipedia excluding this single case in which nothing is different about it and every other biography article on wikipedia. Thoughts? –– Lid( Talk) 09:54, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Dear Durova, I stumbled upon your userpage a few days ago, and I wanted to tell you that it's beautifully designed, and it even served me to learn the interesting story upon which your username is based. As a side note, I also wished to tell you that I took the liberty of making a few enhancements and improvements to your userpage, but I won't simply change it by myself; rather, I've posted the new version at my Sandbox. If you like it, just copy the code and use it at will; and if you don't well - it's your userpage, and your choice! :) Nice to meet you, and have a beautiful day, Phaedriel - 12:10, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
Is this user's question (posted to many people) appropriate?
Asking someone to reveal information about their password seems very suspicious to me. -- Fyslee/ talk 19:32, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
The discussion seems to have ground to a halt; again, we could use your perspective. I believe that the microproblem has been solved, but we have yet to include the information in the article. As for the macroproblem, Armon claimed a couple of days ago that he was thinking about it; it's fine to give him a chance to respond but I don't see the need to hold up the rest of it while we wait. csloat 18:04, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
hello. i appreciate the time you take to help maintain wiki. i will copy the message that i have sent to wiki on the vandalism post.
user continues to remove valid information from Acid Bath musical page, careless of multiple explanations on the content that wiki contains. an explanation that wiki contains all information (past members, and record labels) of the band. the user continues to edit the page to his views, and to blank his own talk page, in order to remove the warnings, and explanations.
i am not sure where to proceed from this, but this has been continuing for over a month. user states that he simply does not like the past record label of the band, so he assumes it should not be known that the band was signed to it. (that is stated from his talk page, which he continues to blank out)
thank you for your time and i hope you can help me fix this delinquency.
I was working on a simple mediation cabal case [18], when I noticed a serious WP:BLP problem, so I started an investigation [19]. What is the next step? I am thinking about checkuser. Jehochman ( talk/ contrib) 21:06, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
I know you've been away; when you get a chance, we could use your help on the Cole CEM. csloat 03:53, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi Durova, can you please read this and fix obvious mistakes. I will also appreciate your comment in improving the article. I need to complete it in next few days and file arbitration case. with best wishes. --- A. L. M. 17:31, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
I just spent 50 minutes playing cat and mouse with a vandal, and WP:AIV still hasn't acted on my block request. I guess its time to ask for the tools. What do you think? Jehochman ( talk/ contrib) 04:45, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
All done. Are the fires out? You need the tools, my friend. We have to get you sysopped. I'll find you a barnstar for this work as soon as I'm free from the other task I was working on. Cheers! Durova Charge! 05:22, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
No? Oh well :). I've made an offer over on CN, if that account wants to post information and evidence in their defense, plus I've also sent the user a reply to the email he sent me. SirFozzie 07:13, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
Hello. Firstly, I want to confess to feeling intimidated when speaking to such experienced editors like yourself. Please excuse me if I say anything ignorant or that betrays unfamiliarity with CSN.
The concern that I tried to raise at the RFAR and at CSN is that I feel that editors against whom allegations are made should have the total freedom to defend themselves that is accorded to all the participants in the discussion. It is unfair that all the "claimants"/"prosecutors" should have complete freedom to debate every point and easily rebut every statement someone makes, while the defendant can only respond on his talk page, must depend on the graciousness of others to help him, and is barred from easily rebutting arguments on a point-by-point basis in real-time. It is a big disadvantage in a forum like CSN, where many different points and arguments are constantly being made by many different people. Indeed, points are frequently repeated by new participants who did not read all the discussion.
Though my experience with CSN is limited, my impression so far is that in certain controversial cases, you can get a cacophony of voices on one side of the issue that make it very difficult for the other side to be heard. I am guessing that these objections have been raised before, and that you have good answers to them. If you can refer me to answers written elsewhere that would be fine. Best and thanks, nadav 07:53, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi - I haven't been spamming everyone's page with thanks, but I did want to thank you for your nomination and words of support in my recent RfA. The kind words and expression of trust meant a lot, especially coming from editors for whom I have so much respect. I hope to live up to it, and just wanted to say thanks again. MastCell Talk 15:28, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
Can you go to [ here] when you have a moment? There was an issue going on long before I visited the page, and by consensus and by various editors, an entry has been deleted. Yet, there is one editor, non registered, who consistently adds it and insists that it be added. The sentence is unsubstantiated, unsourced, and loaded. Any input you can give would be appreciated. I've warned, and warned each editor (whom I believe may be the same person) but they keep being hostile. You can plainly see the history of the conversation, and as stated, editors since February 2006 have been reverting it. Thanks! -- Maniwar ( talk) 19:25, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
Your comments on CN were by and large very reassuring. I did leave a question for you following your last comment that referenced his block log, though, and since the discussion has now been closed by Tony there is no reason for you to answer it. I would appreciate it, however, if you did follow up on it, if you feel it is in the least valid, on the Arbitration page (or on my talkpage, if you so desire). Hornplease 22:18, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
Apologies for the tardy reply: I was in the Global War on Terrorism. I joined because my uncle was a 9/11 survivor. Durova Charge! 19:40, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
Your previous statements are being invoked as partial justification for a COI charge here [22], so you may want to let your views be known. Raymond Arritt 17:31, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your comment, but tell me something:
If a person reports that three Muslim editors are violating WP:BLP on Ariel Sharon page, would that result in a few days of insults such as being called "antisemite", "immune to reason" or being put on "radar screen". Certainly not: that would have been acceptable, and the editors, if they were Muslim, wouldn't have mind that as well. I still can't believe we are arguing over a non-negative term, which from your POV is offensive.-- Gerash 77 20:50, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
I posted a second complaint on the COI Noticeboard on Connolley. I expected someone would show up magically like you did last time, but no one has. Is it unreasonable for me to ask you to take a look at Connolley's second offence? It is about the same information, but this time I posted it on the Hockey stick controversy page where other editors said it rightfully belonged. To me this seems an open and shut case, but someone has to make a decision. Will you do it? RonCram 01:00, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Akhilleus and Jehochman are both fine editors and I trust their judgement. I hope I'm correct in inferring from RonCram's requests that both sides of this dispute accept my neutrality. Durova Charge! 20:03, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
Armon still has not bothered to respond or acknowledge the attempts to deal with the microproblem or the macroproblem on the CEM page. Is there any way to speed up the process? csloat 09:40, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Due to exceptionally high traffic on your Talk page I’d like to make sure that you are going to take notice of my question above, so I'm posting an extra link to it here. Your input would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance. -- Poeticbent talk 13:46, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
Hey. With a DYK under my belt, I qualify for the level one triple crown. Evidence of one DYK, one GA, and one FA taken from the same topic for consistency: [24], [25], and [26]. My userpage has a list of all my GA/FA/FT contribs if you need more evidence or different articles. Oh, and I'm not doing this as a self-nom because I'm an egomaniac; I don't want to make someone nominate me as a formality :) — Deckill er 15:42, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
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Hi Durova. There is a kind of complicated issue between my hand. All details are found here at the AN/I MDS International / MDS America conflict bothering Wikipedia. I've done my best but i'd like to get your opinion on the matter and if it is time to go for an ArbCom case directly instead of wasting the community time. Thanks in advance. -- FayssalF - Wiki me up® 13:32, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi Durova I was just contacted by another user ( Jbolden1517) who's been having trouble with Anacapa on Talk:Shunning. Anacapa responded to my question (wherther hey were drop in editor or not) on my talk page with a long off-topic rant abou Maoism. I think there are elements of not assuming good faith in their response, as well as ranting on my talk-page. The words "you SEEM to be blind to the insane bullcrap and inane cowcrap (conservative, liberal or whatever) that prevails in the NAME of NPOV on Wikipedia" sounds like bad faith to me. I aksed Coelacan to have a look but I think she's a bit snowed under at the moment. Am I wrong or is there a case for at least warning Anacapa on NPOV grounds for their edits and WP:NPA and WP:AGF for their comments?
They have also made another traunch of edits to Feminism in the last 2 days - once again to the criticism sections - one particularly interesting bit of phrasing is "Feminist whistleblower, Christina Hoff-Sommers also shows how feminist misandry leads directly to misogyny by establishment feminists against (the majority of) women who love men in Who Stole Feminism: How Women Have Betrayed Women."
I also found a warning that Irishguy gave to one of Anacapa's IPs for POVPUSHing in November '06. I've deatiled it in the the report. Have you any advice on how best to proceed here. Should I respond to Anacapa or just WP:DENY?-- Cailil talk 17:25, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
The Deer article is in dire need of permanent semi-protection. Nearly every other edit is vandalism, and the other one is to revert it. -- Fyslee/ talk 20:21, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
You might remember the unblock discussion over ISOLA'd ELBA ( talk · contribs), who you thought was a sock of Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles ( talk · contribs) while I argued their only sin was handing out too many barnstars (to the wrong people). After unblock Isola continued working on userpage-type activities and also handed out lots of welcome templates, including one to a sock of SummerThunder. Isola recently had a bunch of their user pages deleted on MySpace grounds, but one, User:ISOLA'd ELBA/awards was just recreated by DaGrandPuba ( talk · contribs). This person also edits video game articles, so it seems suspicious. I don't know Le Grand Roi all that well so I will leave handling DaGrandPuba to your judgment except to say please be sure before you decide to block. —dgies t c 06:13, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Shaking my head. People need to spend a few minutes in the trenches before suggesting disarmament. Jehochman ☎ / ✔ 16:21, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi there, when have you set the date for my coronation as the next Tsar of Bulgaria? :) Here's my proof of noble descent:
Royal greetings, Todor → Bozhinov 21:40, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi! I don't know if it's okay to ask questions like this hear as I'm not much of an editor (i dont know what i can add and im not online all that often), but I see that you edit Joan of Arc related articles and so, well, maybe you could help answer a question: we watched a movie in class the other day that implied that Joan of Arc was raped by guards during her trial. It was some older movie, but anyway, I heard elsewhere that she was a virgin, so was this true? If so, that's absolutely horrible! Anyway, I was just curious if you knew. Again, I'm sorry if we're not supposed to ask these kinds of questions or not, but I dint see anything about by taking a quick glance on the article (sorry if its there and I glossed over!), and I was just really curious. I'll check back on your page in a few days to see if you responded, but if not, no big deal, just curious and you seem to be some kind of expert on her, which is cool! :) Thanks either way! :) A fellow Joan of Arc fan! -- 172.144.16.113 23:21, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
The nullification trial that took place a couple of decades after her death has some conflicting testimony about sexual abuse. We can say with certainty that English soldiers guarded her, although normal inquisitorial procedure would have been to use an ecclesiastical prison that would have had female guards. So the opportunity for abuse certainly existed. One nullification trial witness admitted that he had touched her breasts and that, in response, she shoved him away. The point of disagreement is whether the abuse went beyond that level of inappropriate touching.
Part of the context to consider here is political and economic and even military: the English government was financing her trial and the trial lasted far longer than they had anticipated. The Duke of Bedford also delayed offensive military campaigning that season until after her execution, either because his superstitious troops feared they could not win while she remained alive or because too many of his military commanders had been captured the previous year and he planned to lead the troops himself. So the English government pressured the ecclesiastical judges to bring the proceeding to a speedy conclusion. One of the nullification trial witnesses asserted that a serious sexual assault occurred shortly after her abjuration and that the assailant was a high ranking English nobleman. The law prevented them from executing her until she relapsed, so perhaps rape (or its threat or attempt) was one of the tactics used to hasten her death.
Durova
Charge! 20:30, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
I think we need to emphasize the need to investigate COI and SPAM reports fully before jumping to conclusions. There's a lot of real abuse, so we need to be careful not to mistake ignorance for malice. See this one. [27] Jehochman ☎ / ✔ 07:11, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi, Durova. What will happen then? If Tajik would stay be blocked indefinitely, would this mean that both the ArbCom and CEM be closed? Actually, both cases never started. What do you recommend? Am i allowed to continue editing normally from now on? Regards. E104421 08:16, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
Additionally, I'd like the status on the CEM clarified, since if CEM is closed, arbitration will proceed. - Penwhale | Blast him / Follow his steps 19:02, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
Do you think your friend User:Elonka would be willing to look at Search engine optimization and leave comments at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Search engine optimization? I need more opinions about the reliability of online sources to help overcome the last objection of my friend User:SandyGeorgia. Jehochman ☎ / ✔ 21:44, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
I'm trying to verify a comment left on Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians about Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles. While I've removed the comment pending investigation, could you e-mail me about Le Grand Roi des Citrouilles's status, particularly the block on the account. In particular, I'm trying to determine if the comment at User_talk:Le_Grand_Roi_des_Citrouilles#Message_for_Durova_and_BigHaz is real or tied in with sockpuppet usage. Best, -- Alabamaboy 22:07, 20 May 2007 (UTC)