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I'm not all sure that the article ought to calling Doom Bar "The Doom Bar", and in fact I'm pretty sure it shouldn't, but that's not why I'm here. When I click on the geographical coordinates and look at a Google map I see that (The) Doom Bar is to the east of Dennis Road in Padstow, just north of Glynn Road. That surely can't be right. Malleus Fatuorum 18:16, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
When you create an article in user space it is prefered that you move the article into mainspace rather than copy it. I just noticed the original edit summary at your first edit of Doom Bar. I am requesting a history merge. If you have done this type of thing often in the past, you may want to consider some history merges and you may also want to stop doing it if you currently still do it.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 14:21, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
Four Award | ||
Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Doom Bar. TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 14:08, 15 April 2013 (UTC) |
-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 14:08, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
As you wrote this recently, I think you may be interested in this, which is current. — Hex (❝?!❞) 16:26, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
I don't understand your last question. GoodDay ( talk) 14:12, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
I finally found
one i can sign up to and travel to =D
Are you and Stacey going to any in the near future?
ツ Jenova
20 (
email) 20:39, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
Good as gold! | |
Even before you were an arb, you had gained a place on the list of my most respected editors. Not only have you served Wikipedia well in two of our most contentious positions (adminship and arbship), but you have managed to do quite a bit of quality content work as well, as noted above. Furthermore, your prolific adopt–a–user program should not be overlooked and neither should your efforts with regards to RfA. For all you do, I am pleased to present you with the Golden Editor Award! AutomaticStrikeout ( T • C • Sign AAPT) 14:46, 27 April 2013 (UTC) |
I am appealing the community restriction with which you were involved.-- The Devil's Advocate tlk. cntrb. 01:06, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for the block of JohnClarknew ( talk · contribs) - I was just in the middle of filing an ANI report, so you beat me to it! Bencherlite Talk 09:37, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
When you tell people to ignore my comment that they should ignore JohnClarknew's message, which is a request for contact details for litigation use, are you suggesting that we give him our contact details? All of those to whom he has written have been engaging with him on talk pages, so he knows - and we know - how to discuss matters with him on-wiki. There is no reason for us to take things off-wiki, or for us to agree to his request to take things off-wiki. OTRS is another matter, of course. Perhaps if OTRS can find a way of helping him understand that Wikipedia principles about sourcing your edit apply to everyone, and that accusing one of the primary authors of a featured article of being a "shill for Amazon" doesn't help in the slightest, that would help. Bencherlite Talk 11:42, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi again, thanks for leaving that information on my Talk page - there's a lot to go at! Just to double check, is this the right way to Talk on to someone/a group on here? User Talk:Robotsoap84 —Preceding undated comment added 11:13, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
The Real Life Barnstar | |
For your outstanding leadership of the Oldham Library training event. You were excellent, and I hope to see you putting your skills to use again in the near future! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:02, 30 April 2013 (UTC) |
Hi A Worm That Turned. I see that you're an online ambassador. I'm the Professor for Aaron Frank's environmental law class, and while you're not signed up for my course, I was wondering if you'd be willing to take a look at any or all of the articles my students are working on. One of the aspects of this sort of course is that students understand that they are putting their work out before the wikipedia community for review. In the past, there hasn't been that much activity on their pages as they were working on them. I was hoping that if you get a chance you can take a look.
The students now have draft articles in mainspace and are starting to review each other's articles, and they could also use a preliminary review by an experienced Wikipedian in this area. If you get a chance, ideally sometime before Thursday or so, please take a look at the following list of articles and leave feedback on the talk page:
Thank you! Aarf613 ( talk) 05:44, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
This notice is to inform you that there is a discussion at Wikipedia talk:UK Wikipedians' notice board regarding a breakfast dish with which you may have been involved. Thank you. -- Demiurge1000 ( talk) 01:27, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
— MelbourneStar☆ talk 13:46, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi Worm,
My Copyright course will finish next week, I will be back soon! :D
RexRowan
Talk 16:45, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
I've started a very early draft: User:TParis/Arbcom_RFC_2013.--v/r - T P 23:43, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
Hello. This message is to inform you that this morning's Metro had as its main banner headline a huge text saying "WORM IN MY BRAIN ALMOST KILLED ME", which I'm sure was not a statement relating to a brain or arbcom with which you may have been involved. Thank you. -- Demiurge1000 ( talk) 22:10, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
Hey Worm. A number of us are asking abrcom members a few questions regarding a prior case here [1]. The questions are basically 1) did you vote on this ban appeal 2) if so how 3) or are you against releasing this sort of details to the community. Many thanks Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 16:47, 11 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi, Worm That Turned. I see you helped out at User:Staceydolxx/vector.js. Are you also noticing the problem that with the Reftoolbar that the user reported to me? My toolbar is working perfectly so at the moment my suspicions are that it's a cache problem for User:Staceydolxx. If I could get a second confirmation that the new Reftoolbar code does indeed function correctly, that would help a lot. I use Firebug in Firefox to check Javascript stuff. I now only have the new code and it seems 100% okay to me. Jason Quinn ( talk) 21:38, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
Anyone know what this template is and is for: {{citation}}. Found it here. Thanks ツ Jenova 20 ( email) 11:07, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
Hey, Worm. I'm reviewing your DYK submission (it had the most interesting hook of them by far), and it's very close, but I'd like it if you could take a look at my comments on the nomination page. I found a few copyediting issues and fixed them, but I think y'all should do another read-through to both check my edits and for any other edits that might have been missed. Thanks! Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 03:08, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi TWA folks!
It's been a long time since we worked on The Wikipedia Adventure together, but this spring I proposed the game for an Individual Engagement Grant and it was accepted :)
I spent the last two months refining the script and getting ready to build the game using Guided tours. I am working with an amazing designer and getting expert curation tips from the Grant program leader.
Here is the full 7-mission text version of the game: http://jatspan.org/twa2.html#29
I'd love to have your feedback on it, before I get started with the build. I would love it if you would leave any thoughts, tips, comments, recommendations, suggestions, ideas, or concerns, at WP:TWA/Feedback.
Hope you're doing great,
-- Ocaasi 14:00, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
On 17 May 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Health and Morals of Apprentices Act 1802, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Sir Robert Peel couldn't be bothered to fix his cotton mills, so he proposed an Act of Parliament to do it for him? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Health and Morals of Apprentices Act 1802. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 08:02, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
The Wikimedia UK AGM will be held in June, and nominations for the UK Wikimedian of the Year are currently open. If there is someone who you feel has made an important contribution to the UK Wikimedia movement in the last year please go ahead and nominate them here by 09:00 (BST) on Monday 20th May at the latest. Richard Nevell (WMUK) ( talk) 13:24, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
I will follow your advice. I have been doing recent changes patrol for about eight months while continuing some content additions. I have only begun to post these warnings apart from reversions with the past couple of weeks. I noted that a couple of new editors were making quite a few reversions but not leaving warnings. I left suggestions that they do so on their talk pages but they had only followed through sporadically. I was concerned that vandals were getting away without warnings which might encourage them to leave more vandalisms. I certainly did not intend to leave a warning for any vandalism that was more than a day or perhaps two days old so that was a mistake. I left multiple messages in a few cases where there was repeated vandalism to several articles. I tried to avoid repetitious warnings in most cases, especially if a later warning was left for the same article. In any event, I see your point. I will not leave such messages unless the vandalism is within a short period of time or I have done the reversion. Donner60 ( talk) 20:56, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
Clearly some of these people (often kids, I suspect) know what they are doing and perhaps a single instance of minor vandalism does not merit the time or effort to warn. I am rather certain that I have never reported to WP:AIV unless the user had made a fifth vandalism within a short period of time (less than 24 hours, often much less than that) except perhaps in one or two instances of personal attacks. Donner60 ( talk) 22:10, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
For reverting the recent addition to my talk page ツ Jenova 20 ( email) 14:49, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
Ready. I hope that some of my previous activities can be considered in the final exam.— cyberpower ChatOnline 22:01, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
Could you please add to your recent note on Clark's page requesting that he refrain from putting the personal details of others on his talk page, as he did with this post. A polite request for him to remove the post met with that message being deleted as "vandalism". I have subsequently removed the name and email address of the individual concerned, but suspect that Clark may well revert my post. If you could ask that this person's details are kept out I would be grateful. - SchroCat ( talk) 09:51, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
How does a blocked editor demand content changes in order that he lifts a spurious legal threat. Could you explain how that is an "excellent solution"? Wrong, wrong, wrong on so many levels. Cart way before the horse. That's just saying "I get my way or I don't play nice" - and sets a bloody awful precedent too: I now know what steps I or any other editor would have to take to force any disagreed content into an article. He cannot be allowed to determine content when he is banned. He MUST lift the threat FIRST: then he can discuss it properly like any other editor, not try and hold us to ransom with a baseless threat to sue.
As to the content itself, Le Mesurier appeared in 82 stage productions;161 TV programmes or series (the tally of individual shows is higher);43 radio programmes or series (the tally of individual shows is higher); and124 films. Why are we highlighting this one tiny production over all the others, and then using a fanzine to support it? Way to much weight being given to it in an article that we had to work hard to de-bloat with too much superfluous fluff to get it through FA. You're right to point to the fact he appeared in television programmes since 1938, which makes this one tiny programme even more insignificant. From the point of view of the article, it's about as far from an "excellent solution" as I think it possibly could be. I really do strongly suggest a re-think. - SchroCat ( talk) 08:04, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
These are good articles nominated by me. You can review these articles if you could. Suri 100 ( talk) 11:59, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
It would be of great help if you review these articles. Suri 100 ( talk) 12:43, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
Thanks :) Suri 100 ( talk) 12:45, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi there Worm That Turned! I've noticed you have yourself listed as a member of the Food and Drink Wikiproject. Unfortunately it looks like the project has been slowly sliding into inactivity except for a couple of people. That makes me a sad potato, and nobody likes a sad potato amirite?
If you'd like to turn my frown upside down, can you do two small things?
First off, go here and add {{ Tick}} ( ) next to your name if you're still part of the project.
Second, go to the project talkpage and participate in a discussion about how to make the project more active, and how to go about making articles in our area of interest a lot better.
You don't want to make me cry, do you? Potatoes have a lot of eyes you know. So come on, join in! :)
— The Potato Hose 18:26, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
Dear Worm, I would like you to adopt me so I can become a proficient editor. I did see on Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user/Adoptee's Area/Adopters that you are currently not available. I don’t mind waiting until you are, because I think you are worth waiting for, a good fit. I looked through the profiles of adopters the adoption page and don’t feel others are as good a fit. I am an autodidact, but still have a lot of questions. Best regards,-- Wuerzele ( talk) 17:52, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
Dave can you take a look at my recent talk page additions and advise me. It's descending into schoolyard antics and i'm trying to avoid responding. Thanks ツ Jenova 20 ( email) 16:20, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Worm That Turned,
I am adopting a user on Wikipedia, and wondered if this was sufficient for a first lesson.
Thanks, Mat ty. 007 18:40, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
OK, thanks. I will try and go into a little more depth for future lessons.
Thanks, Mat ty. 007 16:05, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
I'm in a good mood to give a good editor a good snack Thanks, TWTT. WorldTraveller101( Trouble?/ My Work) 10:05, 3 June 2013 (UTC) 21:49, 3 June 2013 (UTC) |
Hello,
As you are watching Worm's page I thought I would ask you if you would be able to assist in anyway with this article Police protection provisions. I have put some things on the talk page that I need help with =) Thank you very muchly!
ツ Stacey ( talk) 11:23, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
I looked into it, and as of two hours ago, they disabled the ability of DISPLAYTITLE to do the things you wanted it to (specifically, using display:none CSS styles to hide parts of the title). More details here; the practical upsot is that they don't want DISPLAYTITLE to be used to create displayed titles that don't copy-paste as the correct page name. Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 20:22, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
I have discovered the Wikipedia "Adoption" program, found the list of people who are willing to adopt, read each person's summary and noticed that you are mentioned a time or two as a person that has "lessons" or "lesson plans" that they are using or they refer to in their personal description paragraph. I saw on the adoption listing page that you are currently accepting or looking for "adoptees" and hope that you will consider "adopting" me, WTT. I have a graduate degree and typcially have a good working knowledge of software, authoring software "user's requirements" sheets for IT Programmers, testing software programs, and I also have a wide and varied level of interests that I do have more than a passing, basic knowledge about - knowledge which I have attempted on a number of occassions to share with Wikipedia - sharing with the community in the form of edits and authoring a few pages that I ended up having trouble with because I struggle with the Wikipedia Community Posting, Approval, permissions, formatting, etc processes. I LOVE Wikipedia and, WTT, I have used it for years as my first go-to source of information for any questions that I have about anything, literally anything. I do believe that one of my pages was eventually approved - but, since I am do struggle with the basic knowledge of how things work in Wikipedia World, I can't confirm if it was fully approved and allowed to be published. Authored another page about a Cinemascope Film - had it in my "sandbox" (while I was researching rules re: image usage) and the image that I had for it was deleted - which shocked me because I thought that it was in my sandbox, that it was not posted for comments or review or whichever stage happens when authoring something and then making it visible to othersfor critique. I thought that I was the only person who was able to see it still, at that time. WTT, I give these as a couple of examples of my attempts at contributing to the community, the knowledge database, of Wikipedia, and how my efforts were simply not sufficient because of my lack of understanding even though I have thoroughly read the rules and "how to" instructions for formatting, supplying images that are legal, and even how to work on an item correctly, in a place that is my own space and not posted out for the other Wikipedia Contributors and Editors to review completed and intentionally submitted work posted for official review and then publishing. I did notice on another section on your homepage that you are not currently seeking/accepting adoptees - but, I do hope that you will consider taking me on as a adoptee - a person that, at a minimum, you can guide through your lesson plans WTT. I figure that you may be very busy with your personal like and Wikipedia Work - and, with this in mind, I was intending to find an additional adoptor, one who has some similar interests (film, WWII/European fronts, popular culture of 19th-20th Century, Left Bank Authors and Popular Culture, Cinemascope and other specialty forms of moving picture filming processes, and several other niche cultural groups and movements, including political and "religious" or idealogical social movements, including the leaders and participants occuring during the past several centuries. Along with studying academically and now personally, since this post graduate degree period of my life, the above mentioned items I should add that during grad school, the emphasis of my last 2 degrees include degree in geography/digital cartography and Master's degree that included a strong emphasis on cultural history and using statistal analysis to measure social movements (demography) - and even with this educational base, I do need help with the basics of authoring/publishing/contributing to Wikipedia and I will be searching for a person who has at least a couple of common interests and hopefully academic background to fine tune the authoring, research and citation aspects of anything published/contributed in the future, once I understand the "nuts and bolts" of the Wikipedia process that appear to be the expert in, WTT. I do want you to know that I don't exactly understand how you will reply to my request - but, it appears that I am supposed to come back to this page, is this correct? If I don't respond to any message that you leave for me, it will be because of this, WTT. I am marking off the "Watch this page" check mark box so that I should be notified if there is any action on this page, right? Rules don't allow me to leave private, personal information - such as email addy - so I will just keep checking this page and any edit flags that appear for me on my account. Thank you for your consideration in adopting me, WTT. lmc33 Lmc33 ( talk) 18:09, 16 June 2013 (UTC) Lmc33 (talk) 18:07, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
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Hello! Your submission of Parsley Peel at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! NinaGreen ( talk) 00:30, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
If you have any e-mail or other way of contacting him, you might want to remind Swifty that he's blocked and his evasion is pretty obvious.— Kww( talk) 21:29, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
... but perhaps that wouldn't be out of line either. I just wanted to say that I do truly admire your efforts to work with some of the younger(?) editors here. It can be a daunting and difficult task to be sure. Indeed there are some amazing young folks editing which astound me with their intelligence, abilities, and maturity. There are some however which I have great difficulty relating to or with. The constant "All you adults (and/or admins) are just being mean" tirades become tiresome to me, and I often feel myself becoming tired and frustrated in the efforts. Realizing my own shortcomings in this area makes it easy for me to appreciate those who excel in this task, and I wanted to voice my appreciation for your efforts. That is all. Best to you and yours. — Ched : ? 12:13, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
Can't say I agree with you regarding Kudpung's comments at WT:RFA, but good block; thanks for stepping up. Yunshui 雲 水 12:50, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
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A Freddo for you! | |
Please enjoy this delicious albeit inflation-beset chocolate frog snack (1930's logo pictured). Freddos help to promote WikiLove, and can also reduce stress levels. Why not give a Freddo to a fellow editor or sworn enemy today! -- Demiurge1000 ( talk) 17:22, 21 June 2013 (UTC) |
Thanks Demiurge.. Dave has just had a big rant at me about Freddos.. and apparently its all your fault..I hope you feel bad... ツ Stacey ( talk) 22:10, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
In case you missed it yesterday. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 03:29, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
I am delighted that hard working editor Chiswich Chap has become Editor of the Week and obtained kudos for improving the article Sea. You have apparently been using this as an example to enthuse others on what a difference to Wikipedia a single editor can make. However, I feel a bit miffed. The idea of improving Sea was mine and I worked with Chiswick Chap on the article as can be seen from this history. It was our joint entry to the Core Competition and we started work on April 19th for this purpose. His contribution may be more noticeable than mine in the history as he tends to save his changes frequently while I do this less often. If you look at the history you will see that large chunks of expansion are mine. We jointly plan to go for GA soon and FAC later. Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 05:39, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
On 24 June 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Parsley Peel, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the grandfather of "Bobby" Peel was famous for his Parsley? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Parsley Peel. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 08:03, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
I don't recall why i'm watching this page, but should anons be editing the userspace of others like this or should i leave it and assume it's Lionelt? Thanks ツ Jenova 20 ( email) 10:35, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
Thousand Thanks To Thou for Thy Thoughtfulness (care) ! -- Ascetic Rosé 10:42, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
Hey Dave. Brad Hagen asked me to write an article for him, and while most of the stuff is easy to cite, i'm starting to reach the limit of the information. Can you tell me if this looks notable enough to you the way it is going? I'm starting to think the band Trances Arc (of which he was the drummer) is more notable than him and it would make more sense to make that article. Can i get your opinion? Thanks ツ Jenova 20 ( email) 16:00, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
This is getting posted on every arb's talk page and I will courtesy notify Doc J. I am appalled at how low the standards of wiki admin behavior have sunk. We've seen admins lose their bit for nothing more than one wheel war and yet here we have multiple instances of involved protections, edit wars, hounding new users, involved blocks, etc, and absolutely nothing gets done about it. Why? So Doc J can "adjust"? What about all his victims? What do they get?--diddly squat, just like in the real world. I actually truly hope Doc J can change, but that is not what wiki history teaches us. Wiki history teaches us he will lay low until the heat dies down then steadily go back to his old ways and he'll be back at RFAR within 6-30 months from now. Just like the arb case from my day when a drafting arb came within a hair of posting sanctions on Willbeback but didn't and what happened? Will kept going on in the same old fashion and two years and countless victims later, Will loses his bit and gets banned. And Doc J gets to use a secret mentor? He'd only not disclose that person if he felt the community would not accept the mentor, such as the mentor wasn't neutral or some such reason. By not taking this case and not issuing any guidelines or admonishments, especially with several extremely weak comments by the arbs (ie, how can some of you see nothing wrong in his behavior) all AC did here was send a clear signal to admins that there are no more admin standards of behavior and admins can do whatever they want and get away with it scott free. This juxtaposed with those who lost their bit for one wheel war also shows there is no consistency at all in AC's rulings on admins. At a minimum AC should have issued a statement on unacceptable behavior rather than turning a blind eye to the RFAR. This is an unacceptable precedent for which the community and AC will pay for many times over in the future. The UN can do a better job of fixing things than wiki and AC can, and that's really sad. This is a classic case of how those committing harmful acts rationalize their behavior and others rationalize excuses on their behalf. See you at "RFAR/Jmh649 2". PumpkinSky talk 21:59, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
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Can one of the friendly staplers here delete User:Jenova20/Bradley Hagen for me please. It is now a redirect to a more notable topic. Thanks ツ Jenova 20 ( email) 11:21, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Dave, could you help me with User:Hz.tiang and User:Oliverlyc on this matter? Thanks. Arctic Kangaroo ( ✉ • ✎) 11:22, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Worm That Turned, I'm Kevjonesin.
I just happened across your user page/talk-page and have gotten the impression that you're friendly and sensible. And I also took note that you're an admin as well. An astonishing trifecta. : }
Hope the day finds you well, -- Kevjonesin ( talk) 14:42, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
He's digging himself a bigger hole. I suggest we remove the shovel for the rest of the block time? Maybe to his own benefit? Dusti *poke* 08:10, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
(LOL hopelessly at the barnstar you just got. Seriously.) Worm, when you wrote about "the current version of policy, not the past version" on a page a little while ago, didn't you mean "the current version, not a putative future version"? I don't believe there is a past version such as the user would like to see. Anyway, I marvel at someone who would answer your comment in detail while at the same time removing that comment. He's fond of pointing out that that's his "right", but it's hardly the action of a gentleman, is it. (I won't post on his page to say so. I prefer not to post on the pages of people who remove everything they don't like.) Bishonen | talk 13:58, 28 June 2013 (UTC).
Very well played, sir. You may have saved me from being blocked over my personal-attack edit summary. Plus, with any luck, you'll be blocked for attacking me instead. You have a very dull block log so far! Bishonen | talk 15:50, 29 June 2013 (UTC).
== June 2013 - Blocked ==
Seriously though - I enjoyed that. Even though I'm still cleaning a bit of egg off my face for not reading more carefully, there were certainly smiles to be had all the way around there. — Ched : ? 16:05, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
Based on some recent discussions, I have quickly drafted this. It is in no way definitive, but the effort is to keep it very simple and on track. If you have time, you are welcome to help develop this further on its talk page or tweak the draft until such times if and when a collaborative effort can be moved to RfC space. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 03:42, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
You might wish to weigh in here because at the time, you also did your best. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 11:41, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
At the time I redirected it, the article was in very poor shape, and over half of it was a copyright violation (the Duplication Detector report isn't even the full story) of this which would've left a very short article. Furthermore, the three references in the article (only one after I removed the criticism section), I don't see any reason this should stand alone unless it's going to be improved. Full disclosure, as I was looking around at the criticism copyright, Diannaa brought the exact website to my attention. It's a premium essay which I don't have access to (payment is needed). ~ Charmlet -talk- 16:19, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
It should have been obvious I was referring to CVUA because I specifically mentioned CVUA (something you later struck in your own comment), just as his participation in DYK/GA etc would obviously be fine as that is part of being here to build an encyclopedia, something I also linked. That is obviously a part of content work. I won't distract from the discussion there, but the snark (and the assumptions behind them) wasn't necessary nor helpful.
I've been mentoring and monitoring User:Scottdelaney1067 (now Anderson) since he first arrived at Wikipedia. [4] I knew it was him when he first came back as Anderson and worked with him even though I knew he was socking. I've probably spend more time with him than anyone else, so my comments were not just "drive by" or pile on, but based upon a solid understanding of his history even before "Anderson". Of course, I don't mind someone disagreeing with me, but I did mind the ad hominem. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 00:49, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
As I am respecting your wish to stay away from WT, I would nevertheless however like to point out that I was never '...once a new, immature, and inexperienced editor like me '. Inexperienced and new maybe, but never immature, never warned or reprimanded, and almost certainly (just 50 years or so) a little bit older ;) His continuous mentioning of me where I can't defend myself is, well, inappropriate and just conveys a false impression, propagates further bad noise about admins, and leads to more dramatics. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 02:00, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi Worm That Turned,
Yesterday Russavia was added to the banned users list and marked as a "vandal". Russavia is not a vandal. Most users listed in the banned user list are not vandals. Vandals do not get banned you know. Vandals get blocked. Getting banned is a privilege of content creators. The list of banned users is Wikipedia's shame, but if the community (or rather the bullies of the community) cannot live without it, don't you think that "vandal" should be replaced with "userlinks" or with a similar neutral template? Besides I am quite sure some former editors listed in the list are listed there under their real names, and calling them "vandals" is a gross violation of their BLPs. 76.126.142.59 ( talk) 17:22, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
"I explained that this was a community matter - that's how things work around here, consensus"
"I don't even agree it should be deleted. Recording bans is essential, because we're such a large community, if they're not recorded, they won't be enforceable."
"Banning is a necessary method to make it clear that a person's help on the project is not wanted."
"Marking their userpage with a banned template, removing their userpage - those are insults, which come down to punishments. Recording the ban elsewhere is just common sense. Recording the ban elsewhere is just common sense."
You ask how the list is helping me in particular - it allows admins I trust to see what's happened and ensure that enforcement to happen.
I don't go in for enforcement myself, I don't enjoy it.
A banned editor has gone so far that people have got together and said "enough is enough".
An indefinitely blocked editor is one who cannot be unblocked until something changes. It needs to be made clear to banned editors that their help is not wanted. That's the difference.
I'll attempt to deal with scarlet letters, through the community processes in the future if/when I have time.In other words maybe you will help suffering human beings "in the future if/when you have time." 76.126.142.59 ( talk) 14:39, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
Not going to parse the whole thread, or get into the issue of when people should make stands and when work with the system. But the whole concept that some tiny group of people at ANI deciding in a few hours to ban someone is a complete joke. And it's Orwellian to call that "the will of the Community". It's a very small group and selected for an interest in drama and banning. Yeah, there's a few liberals who attend, but it's still not reflecting content creators who are turned off by the whole shebang. Or people who don't check Wiki obsessively every few hours. And when you compare the duration and content to how long an Arbcom case or an RFC runs (and how logorrheic they are), it's night and day. Of course, it's the reality, just how a lot of things are reality. But I think if you're attuned to language, then "will of the Community" is kind of screwy. TCO ( talk) 20:47, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
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The only justification I have is that this is just a website, human rights, right of access, opportunity to defend themselves... they're all concepts for the real world, not a squabbling group of. The only problem with your "only justification " is that this website is one of the most popular websites in the real world. It is read by millions, and most of them are normal and real human beings. What a normal human being would think about somebody banned by "the Wikipedia community"? A normal human being has no means of knowing that "the Wikipedia community" that banned this person is not really the Wikipedia community, not even close to the Wikipedia Community, a normal human being has no means of knowing that a few "cretins, despots and the slightly odd" are allowed to call themselves the Wikipedia community.
people trying to build an encyclopediaThen let them build an encyclopedia and not the banned user list. 76.126.142.59 ( talk) 14:04, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
And people say I lack the demeanor to be an admin..lol. Kumioko ( talk) 19:03, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
Dave, what's the best way to cite figures from a document that will keep moving and breaking my links? A perfect example is Memento Mars 2013. I cite production and sales figures from that regular publication (Memento i mean, not the 2013 part), but they move off the homepage and end up archived, which breaks the links. Can i cite by document or do you have a recommendation? Thanks ツ Jenova 20 ( email) 08:54, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
Hello User:Worm_That_Turned,
I am aware it is currently 1:19 AM in UK; don't worry, I am not expecting an immediate response. I have been referred by User:Technical_13 to you as a trainer for the CVUA, although I could not find you on the list of trainers for some reason. I am interested in helping to keep Wikipedia a stronger and more accurate place for users to look up information. In terms of the guidelines:
1. "Check that you have already made sufficient mainspace edits (generally around 200) and that you have addressed any previous advice or warnings about your editing."
I have already done so, in case you are wondering.
2. "Find a user who is in your time zone and leave a message on their talk page to request training. If you don't receive a reply within 48 hours, please choose another trainer."
You are within 3-4 hours of my time zone; I am not that concerned. I have heard many positive comments about you, hence wish to be your trainee.
Let me know if you are interested in training me; I would be more than happy to have you as a trainer. Look forward to hearing back from you; see you around. --
JustBerry (
talk) 01:43, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
With all respect, a person who recuses should resist the urge to make comments. I understand how strong the temptation can be, but if you're out, you should be completely out. Regards, Looie496 ( talk) 19:34, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
With the greatest respect for all the arbs who have commented so far there, I feel that in the light of the prominence of the defendants and their histories, every possible effort should be made by the committee to address the case as fully as possible - even if they vote to decline it. Many of the editors who voted at the recent arbcom election expressed that they were hoping to see a stronger committee. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 01:06, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
I hadn't seen this before I posted above. Does this mean that you are also recused concerning the other parties in the case? Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 01:42, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
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I'm not all sure that the article ought to calling Doom Bar "The Doom Bar", and in fact I'm pretty sure it shouldn't, but that's not why I'm here. When I click on the geographical coordinates and look at a Google map I see that (The) Doom Bar is to the east of Dennis Road in Padstow, just north of Glynn Road. That surely can't be right. Malleus Fatuorum 18:16, 11 April 2013 (UTC)
When you create an article in user space it is prefered that you move the article into mainspace rather than copy it. I just noticed the original edit summary at your first edit of Doom Bar. I am requesting a history merge. If you have done this type of thing often in the past, you may want to consider some history merges and you may also want to stop doing it if you currently still do it.-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 14:21, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
Four Award | ||
Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Doom Bar. TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 14:08, 15 April 2013 (UTC) |
-- TonyTheTiger ( T/ C/ BIO/ WP:CHICAGO/ WP:FOUR) 14:08, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
As you wrote this recently, I think you may be interested in this, which is current. — Hex (❝?!❞) 16:26, 16 April 2013 (UTC)
I don't understand your last question. GoodDay ( talk) 14:12, 17 April 2013 (UTC)
I finally found
one i can sign up to and travel to =D
Are you and Stacey going to any in the near future?
ツ Jenova
20 (
email) 20:39, 18 April 2013 (UTC)
Good as gold! | |
Even before you were an arb, you had gained a place on the list of my most respected editors. Not only have you served Wikipedia well in two of our most contentious positions (adminship and arbship), but you have managed to do quite a bit of quality content work as well, as noted above. Furthermore, your prolific adopt–a–user program should not be overlooked and neither should your efforts with regards to RfA. For all you do, I am pleased to present you with the Golden Editor Award! AutomaticStrikeout ( T • C • Sign AAPT) 14:46, 27 April 2013 (UTC) |
I am appealing the community restriction with which you were involved.-- The Devil's Advocate tlk. cntrb. 01:06, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
Thank you for the block of JohnClarknew ( talk · contribs) - I was just in the middle of filing an ANI report, so you beat me to it! Bencherlite Talk 09:37, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
When you tell people to ignore my comment that they should ignore JohnClarknew's message, which is a request for contact details for litigation use, are you suggesting that we give him our contact details? All of those to whom he has written have been engaging with him on talk pages, so he knows - and we know - how to discuss matters with him on-wiki. There is no reason for us to take things off-wiki, or for us to agree to his request to take things off-wiki. OTRS is another matter, of course. Perhaps if OTRS can find a way of helping him understand that Wikipedia principles about sourcing your edit apply to everyone, and that accusing one of the primary authors of a featured article of being a "shill for Amazon" doesn't help in the slightest, that would help. Bencherlite Talk 11:42, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
Hi again, thanks for leaving that information on my Talk page - there's a lot to go at! Just to double check, is this the right way to Talk on to someone/a group on here? User Talk:Robotsoap84 —Preceding undated comment added 11:13, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
The Real Life Barnstar | |
For your outstanding leadership of the Oldham Library training event. You were excellent, and I hope to see you putting your skills to use again in the near future! HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 16:02, 30 April 2013 (UTC) |
Hi A Worm That Turned. I see that you're an online ambassador. I'm the Professor for Aaron Frank's environmental law class, and while you're not signed up for my course, I was wondering if you'd be willing to take a look at any or all of the articles my students are working on. One of the aspects of this sort of course is that students understand that they are putting their work out before the wikipedia community for review. In the past, there hasn't been that much activity on their pages as they were working on them. I was hoping that if you get a chance you can take a look.
The students now have draft articles in mainspace and are starting to review each other's articles, and they could also use a preliminary review by an experienced Wikipedian in this area. If you get a chance, ideally sometime before Thursday or so, please take a look at the following list of articles and leave feedback on the talk page:
Thank you! Aarf613 ( talk) 05:44, 1 May 2013 (UTC)
This notice is to inform you that there is a discussion at Wikipedia talk:UK Wikipedians' notice board regarding a breakfast dish with which you may have been involved. Thank you. -- Demiurge1000 ( talk) 01:27, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
— MelbourneStar☆ talk 13:46, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi Worm,
My Copyright course will finish next week, I will be back soon! :D
RexRowan
Talk 16:45, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
I've started a very early draft: User:TParis/Arbcom_RFC_2013.--v/r - T P 23:43, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
Hello. This message is to inform you that this morning's Metro had as its main banner headline a huge text saying "WORM IN MY BRAIN ALMOST KILLED ME", which I'm sure was not a statement relating to a brain or arbcom with which you may have been involved. Thank you. -- Demiurge1000 ( talk) 22:10, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
Hey Worm. A number of us are asking abrcom members a few questions regarding a prior case here [1]. The questions are basically 1) did you vote on this ban appeal 2) if so how 3) or are you against releasing this sort of details to the community. Many thanks Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 16:47, 11 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi, Worm That Turned. I see you helped out at User:Staceydolxx/vector.js. Are you also noticing the problem that with the Reftoolbar that the user reported to me? My toolbar is working perfectly so at the moment my suspicions are that it's a cache problem for User:Staceydolxx. If I could get a second confirmation that the new Reftoolbar code does indeed function correctly, that would help a lot. I use Firebug in Firefox to check Javascript stuff. I now only have the new code and it seems 100% okay to me. Jason Quinn ( talk) 21:38, 12 May 2013 (UTC)
Anyone know what this template is and is for: {{citation}}. Found it here. Thanks ツ Jenova 20 ( email) 11:07, 13 May 2013 (UTC)
Hey, Worm. I'm reviewing your DYK submission (it had the most interesting hook of them by far), and it's very close, but I'd like it if you could take a look at my comments on the nomination page. I found a few copyediting issues and fixed them, but I think y'all should do another read-through to both check my edits and for any other edits that might have been missed. Thanks! Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 03:08, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi TWA folks!
It's been a long time since we worked on The Wikipedia Adventure together, but this spring I proposed the game for an Individual Engagement Grant and it was accepted :)
I spent the last two months refining the script and getting ready to build the game using Guided tours. I am working with an amazing designer and getting expert curation tips from the Grant program leader.
Here is the full 7-mission text version of the game: http://jatspan.org/twa2.html#29
I'd love to have your feedback on it, before I get started with the build. I would love it if you would leave any thoughts, tips, comments, recommendations, suggestions, ideas, or concerns, at WP:TWA/Feedback.
Hope you're doing great,
-- Ocaasi 14:00, 15 May 2013 (UTC)
On 17 May 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Health and Morals of Apprentices Act 1802, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Sir Robert Peel couldn't be bothered to fix his cotton mills, so he proposed an Act of Parliament to do it for him? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Health and Morals of Apprentices Act 1802. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
Casliber ( talk · contribs) 08:02, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
The Wikimedia UK AGM will be held in June, and nominations for the UK Wikimedian of the Year are currently open. If there is someone who you feel has made an important contribution to the UK Wikimedia movement in the last year please go ahead and nominate them here by 09:00 (BST) on Monday 20th May at the latest. Richard Nevell (WMUK) ( talk) 13:24, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
I will follow your advice. I have been doing recent changes patrol for about eight months while continuing some content additions. I have only begun to post these warnings apart from reversions with the past couple of weeks. I noted that a couple of new editors were making quite a few reversions but not leaving warnings. I left suggestions that they do so on their talk pages but they had only followed through sporadically. I was concerned that vandals were getting away without warnings which might encourage them to leave more vandalisms. I certainly did not intend to leave a warning for any vandalism that was more than a day or perhaps two days old so that was a mistake. I left multiple messages in a few cases where there was repeated vandalism to several articles. I tried to avoid repetitious warnings in most cases, especially if a later warning was left for the same article. In any event, I see your point. I will not leave such messages unless the vandalism is within a short period of time or I have done the reversion. Donner60 ( talk) 20:56, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
Clearly some of these people (often kids, I suspect) know what they are doing and perhaps a single instance of minor vandalism does not merit the time or effort to warn. I am rather certain that I have never reported to WP:AIV unless the user had made a fifth vandalism within a short period of time (less than 24 hours, often much less than that) except perhaps in one or two instances of personal attacks. Donner60 ( talk) 22:10, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
For reverting the recent addition to my talk page ツ Jenova 20 ( email) 14:49, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
Ready. I hope that some of my previous activities can be considered in the final exam.— cyberpower ChatOnline 22:01, 16 May 2013 (UTC)
Could you please add to your recent note on Clark's page requesting that he refrain from putting the personal details of others on his talk page, as he did with this post. A polite request for him to remove the post met with that message being deleted as "vandalism". I have subsequently removed the name and email address of the individual concerned, but suspect that Clark may well revert my post. If you could ask that this person's details are kept out I would be grateful. - SchroCat ( talk) 09:51, 20 May 2013 (UTC)
How does a blocked editor demand content changes in order that he lifts a spurious legal threat. Could you explain how that is an "excellent solution"? Wrong, wrong, wrong on so many levels. Cart way before the horse. That's just saying "I get my way or I don't play nice" - and sets a bloody awful precedent too: I now know what steps I or any other editor would have to take to force any disagreed content into an article. He cannot be allowed to determine content when he is banned. He MUST lift the threat FIRST: then he can discuss it properly like any other editor, not try and hold us to ransom with a baseless threat to sue.
As to the content itself, Le Mesurier appeared in 82 stage productions;161 TV programmes or series (the tally of individual shows is higher);43 radio programmes or series (the tally of individual shows is higher); and124 films. Why are we highlighting this one tiny production over all the others, and then using a fanzine to support it? Way to much weight being given to it in an article that we had to work hard to de-bloat with too much superfluous fluff to get it through FA. You're right to point to the fact he appeared in television programmes since 1938, which makes this one tiny programme even more insignificant. From the point of view of the article, it's about as far from an "excellent solution" as I think it possibly could be. I really do strongly suggest a re-think. - SchroCat ( talk) 08:04, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
These are good articles nominated by me. You can review these articles if you could. Suri 100 ( talk) 11:59, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
It would be of great help if you review these articles. Suri 100 ( talk) 12:43, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
Thanks :) Suri 100 ( talk) 12:45, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
Hi there Worm That Turned! I've noticed you have yourself listed as a member of the Food and Drink Wikiproject. Unfortunately it looks like the project has been slowly sliding into inactivity except for a couple of people. That makes me a sad potato, and nobody likes a sad potato amirite?
If you'd like to turn my frown upside down, can you do two small things?
First off, go here and add {{ Tick}} ( ) next to your name if you're still part of the project.
Second, go to the project talkpage and participate in a discussion about how to make the project more active, and how to go about making articles in our area of interest a lot better.
You don't want to make me cry, do you? Potatoes have a lot of eyes you know. So come on, join in! :)
— The Potato Hose 18:26, 25 May 2013 (UTC)
Dear Worm, I would like you to adopt me so I can become a proficient editor. I did see on Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user/Adoptee's Area/Adopters that you are currently not available. I don’t mind waiting until you are, because I think you are worth waiting for, a good fit. I looked through the profiles of adopters the adoption page and don’t feel others are as good a fit. I am an autodidact, but still have a lot of questions. Best regards,-- Wuerzele ( talk) 17:52, 2 June 2013 (UTC)
Dave can you take a look at my recent talk page additions and advise me. It's descending into schoolyard antics and i'm trying to avoid responding. Thanks ツ Jenova 20 ( email) 16:20, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Worm That Turned,
I am adopting a user on Wikipedia, and wondered if this was sufficient for a first lesson.
Thanks, Mat ty. 007 18:40, 3 June 2013 (UTC)
OK, thanks. I will try and go into a little more depth for future lessons.
Thanks, Mat ty. 007 16:05, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
I'm in a good mood to give a good editor a good snack Thanks, TWTT. WorldTraveller101( Trouble?/ My Work) 10:05, 3 June 2013 (UTC) 21:49, 3 June 2013 (UTC) |
Hello,
As you are watching Worm's page I thought I would ask you if you would be able to assist in anyway with this article Police protection provisions. I have put some things on the talk page that I need help with =) Thank you very muchly!
ツ Stacey ( talk) 11:23, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
I looked into it, and as of two hours ago, they disabled the ability of DISPLAYTITLE to do the things you wanted it to (specifically, using display:none CSS styles to hide parts of the title). More details here; the practical upsot is that they don't want DISPLAYTITLE to be used to create displayed titles that don't copy-paste as the correct page name. Writ Keeper ⚇ ♔ 20:22, 4 June 2013 (UTC)
I have discovered the Wikipedia "Adoption" program, found the list of people who are willing to adopt, read each person's summary and noticed that you are mentioned a time or two as a person that has "lessons" or "lesson plans" that they are using or they refer to in their personal description paragraph. I saw on the adoption listing page that you are currently accepting or looking for "adoptees" and hope that you will consider "adopting" me, WTT. I have a graduate degree and typcially have a good working knowledge of software, authoring software "user's requirements" sheets for IT Programmers, testing software programs, and I also have a wide and varied level of interests that I do have more than a passing, basic knowledge about - knowledge which I have attempted on a number of occassions to share with Wikipedia - sharing with the community in the form of edits and authoring a few pages that I ended up having trouble with because I struggle with the Wikipedia Community Posting, Approval, permissions, formatting, etc processes. I LOVE Wikipedia and, WTT, I have used it for years as my first go-to source of information for any questions that I have about anything, literally anything. I do believe that one of my pages was eventually approved - but, since I am do struggle with the basic knowledge of how things work in Wikipedia World, I can't confirm if it was fully approved and allowed to be published. Authored another page about a Cinemascope Film - had it in my "sandbox" (while I was researching rules re: image usage) and the image that I had for it was deleted - which shocked me because I thought that it was in my sandbox, that it was not posted for comments or review or whichever stage happens when authoring something and then making it visible to othersfor critique. I thought that I was the only person who was able to see it still, at that time. WTT, I give these as a couple of examples of my attempts at contributing to the community, the knowledge database, of Wikipedia, and how my efforts were simply not sufficient because of my lack of understanding even though I have thoroughly read the rules and "how to" instructions for formatting, supplying images that are legal, and even how to work on an item correctly, in a place that is my own space and not posted out for the other Wikipedia Contributors and Editors to review completed and intentionally submitted work posted for official review and then publishing. I did notice on another section on your homepage that you are not currently seeking/accepting adoptees - but, I do hope that you will consider taking me on as a adoptee - a person that, at a minimum, you can guide through your lesson plans WTT. I figure that you may be very busy with your personal like and Wikipedia Work - and, with this in mind, I was intending to find an additional adoptor, one who has some similar interests (film, WWII/European fronts, popular culture of 19th-20th Century, Left Bank Authors and Popular Culture, Cinemascope and other specialty forms of moving picture filming processes, and several other niche cultural groups and movements, including political and "religious" or idealogical social movements, including the leaders and participants occuring during the past several centuries. Along with studying academically and now personally, since this post graduate degree period of my life, the above mentioned items I should add that during grad school, the emphasis of my last 2 degrees include degree in geography/digital cartography and Master's degree that included a strong emphasis on cultural history and using statistal analysis to measure social movements (demography) - and even with this educational base, I do need help with the basics of authoring/publishing/contributing to Wikipedia and I will be searching for a person who has at least a couple of common interests and hopefully academic background to fine tune the authoring, research and citation aspects of anything published/contributed in the future, once I understand the "nuts and bolts" of the Wikipedia process that appear to be the expert in, WTT. I do want you to know that I don't exactly understand how you will reply to my request - but, it appears that I am supposed to come back to this page, is this correct? If I don't respond to any message that you leave for me, it will be because of this, WTT. I am marking off the "Watch this page" check mark box so that I should be notified if there is any action on this page, right? Rules don't allow me to leave private, personal information - such as email addy - so I will just keep checking this page and any edit flags that appear for me on my account. Thank you for your consideration in adopting me, WTT. lmc33 Lmc33 ( talk) 18:09, 16 June 2013 (UTC) Lmc33 (talk) 18:07, 16 June 2013 (UTC)
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If you have any e-mail or other way of contacting him, you might want to remind Swifty that he's blocked and his evasion is pretty obvious.— Kww( talk) 21:29, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
... but perhaps that wouldn't be out of line either. I just wanted to say that I do truly admire your efforts to work with some of the younger(?) editors here. It can be a daunting and difficult task to be sure. Indeed there are some amazing young folks editing which astound me with their intelligence, abilities, and maturity. There are some however which I have great difficulty relating to or with. The constant "All you adults (and/or admins) are just being mean" tirades become tiresome to me, and I often feel myself becoming tired and frustrated in the efforts. Realizing my own shortcomings in this area makes it easy for me to appreciate those who excel in this task, and I wanted to voice my appreciation for your efforts. That is all. Best to you and yours. — Ched : ? 12:13, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
Can't say I agree with you regarding Kudpung's comments at WT:RFA, but good block; thanks for stepping up. Yunshui 雲 水 12:50, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
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Please enjoy this delicious albeit inflation-beset chocolate frog snack (1930's logo pictured). Freddos help to promote WikiLove, and can also reduce stress levels. Why not give a Freddo to a fellow editor or sworn enemy today! -- Demiurge1000 ( talk) 17:22, 21 June 2013 (UTC) |
Thanks Demiurge.. Dave has just had a big rant at me about Freddos.. and apparently its all your fault..I hope you feel bad... ツ Stacey ( talk) 22:10, 21 June 2013 (UTC)
In case you missed it yesterday. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 03:29, 22 June 2013 (UTC)
I am delighted that hard working editor Chiswich Chap has become Editor of the Week and obtained kudos for improving the article Sea. You have apparently been using this as an example to enthuse others on what a difference to Wikipedia a single editor can make. However, I feel a bit miffed. The idea of improving Sea was mine and I worked with Chiswick Chap on the article as can be seen from this history. It was our joint entry to the Core Competition and we started work on April 19th for this purpose. His contribution may be more noticeable than mine in the history as he tends to save his changes frequently while I do this less often. If you look at the history you will see that large chunks of expansion are mine. We jointly plan to go for GA soon and FAC later. Cwmhiraeth ( talk) 05:39, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
On 24 June 2013, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Parsley Peel, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that the grandfather of "Bobby" Peel was famous for his Parsley? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Parsley Peel. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page ( here's how, quick check) and it will be added to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
The DYK project ( nominate) 08:03, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
I don't recall why i'm watching this page, but should anons be editing the userspace of others like this or should i leave it and assume it's Lionelt? Thanks ツ Jenova 20 ( email) 10:35, 24 June 2013 (UTC)
Thousand Thanks To Thou for Thy Thoughtfulness (care) ! -- Ascetic Rosé 10:42, 25 June 2013 (UTC)
Hey Dave. Brad Hagen asked me to write an article for him, and while most of the stuff is easy to cite, i'm starting to reach the limit of the information. Can you tell me if this looks notable enough to you the way it is going? I'm starting to think the band Trances Arc (of which he was the drummer) is more notable than him and it would make more sense to make that article. Can i get your opinion? Thanks ツ Jenova 20 ( email) 16:00, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
This is getting posted on every arb's talk page and I will courtesy notify Doc J. I am appalled at how low the standards of wiki admin behavior have sunk. We've seen admins lose their bit for nothing more than one wheel war and yet here we have multiple instances of involved protections, edit wars, hounding new users, involved blocks, etc, and absolutely nothing gets done about it. Why? So Doc J can "adjust"? What about all his victims? What do they get?--diddly squat, just like in the real world. I actually truly hope Doc J can change, but that is not what wiki history teaches us. Wiki history teaches us he will lay low until the heat dies down then steadily go back to his old ways and he'll be back at RFAR within 6-30 months from now. Just like the arb case from my day when a drafting arb came within a hair of posting sanctions on Willbeback but didn't and what happened? Will kept going on in the same old fashion and two years and countless victims later, Will loses his bit and gets banned. And Doc J gets to use a secret mentor? He'd only not disclose that person if he felt the community would not accept the mentor, such as the mentor wasn't neutral or some such reason. By not taking this case and not issuing any guidelines or admonishments, especially with several extremely weak comments by the arbs (ie, how can some of you see nothing wrong in his behavior) all AC did here was send a clear signal to admins that there are no more admin standards of behavior and admins can do whatever they want and get away with it scott free. This juxtaposed with those who lost their bit for one wheel war also shows there is no consistency at all in AC's rulings on admins. At a minimum AC should have issued a statement on unacceptable behavior rather than turning a blind eye to the RFAR. This is an unacceptable precedent for which the community and AC will pay for many times over in the future. The UN can do a better job of fixing things than wiki and AC can, and that's really sad. This is a classic case of how those committing harmful acts rationalize their behavior and others rationalize excuses on their behalf. See you at "RFAR/Jmh649 2". PumpkinSky talk 21:59, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
Year | Number of cases |
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2012 | 11 cases |
2011 | 16 cases |
2010 | 12 cases |
2009 | 30 cases |
2008 | 39 cases |
2007 | 91 cases |
2006 | 116 cases |
Can one of the friendly staplers here delete User:Jenova20/Bradley Hagen for me please. It is now a redirect to a more notable topic. Thanks ツ Jenova 20 ( email) 11:21, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Dave, could you help me with User:Hz.tiang and User:Oliverlyc on this matter? Thanks. Arctic Kangaroo ( ✉ • ✎) 11:22, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
Hi Worm That Turned, I'm Kevjonesin.
I just happened across your user page/talk-page and have gotten the impression that you're friendly and sensible. And I also took note that you're an admin as well. An astonishing trifecta. : }
Hope the day finds you well, -- Kevjonesin ( talk) 14:42, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
He's digging himself a bigger hole. I suggest we remove the shovel for the rest of the block time? Maybe to his own benefit? Dusti *poke* 08:10, 28 June 2013 (UTC)
(LOL hopelessly at the barnstar you just got. Seriously.) Worm, when you wrote about "the current version of policy, not the past version" on a page a little while ago, didn't you mean "the current version, not a putative future version"? I don't believe there is a past version such as the user would like to see. Anyway, I marvel at someone who would answer your comment in detail while at the same time removing that comment. He's fond of pointing out that that's his "right", but it's hardly the action of a gentleman, is it. (I won't post on his page to say so. I prefer not to post on the pages of people who remove everything they don't like.) Bishonen | talk 13:58, 28 June 2013 (UTC).
Very well played, sir. You may have saved me from being blocked over my personal-attack edit summary. Plus, with any luck, you'll be blocked for attacking me instead. You have a very dull block log so far! Bishonen | talk 15:50, 29 June 2013 (UTC).
== June 2013 - Blocked ==
Seriously though - I enjoyed that. Even though I'm still cleaning a bit of egg off my face for not reading more carefully, there were certainly smiles to be had all the way around there. — Ched : ? 16:05, 29 June 2013 (UTC)
Based on some recent discussions, I have quickly drafted this. It is in no way definitive, but the effort is to keep it very simple and on track. If you have time, you are welcome to help develop this further on its talk page or tweak the draft until such times if and when a collaborative effort can be moved to RfC space. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 03:42, 30 June 2013 (UTC)
You might wish to weigh in here because at the time, you also did your best. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 11:41, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
At the time I redirected it, the article was in very poor shape, and over half of it was a copyright violation (the Duplication Detector report isn't even the full story) of this which would've left a very short article. Furthermore, the three references in the article (only one after I removed the criticism section), I don't see any reason this should stand alone unless it's going to be improved. Full disclosure, as I was looking around at the criticism copyright, Diannaa brought the exact website to my attention. It's a premium essay which I don't have access to (payment is needed). ~ Charmlet -talk- 16:19, 2 July 2013 (UTC)
It should have been obvious I was referring to CVUA because I specifically mentioned CVUA (something you later struck in your own comment), just as his participation in DYK/GA etc would obviously be fine as that is part of being here to build an encyclopedia, something I also linked. That is obviously a part of content work. I won't distract from the discussion there, but the snark (and the assumptions behind them) wasn't necessary nor helpful.
I've been mentoring and monitoring User:Scottdelaney1067 (now Anderson) since he first arrived at Wikipedia. [4] I knew it was him when he first came back as Anderson and worked with him even though I knew he was socking. I've probably spend more time with him than anyone else, so my comments were not just "drive by" or pile on, but based upon a solid understanding of his history even before "Anderson". Of course, I don't mind someone disagreeing with me, but I did mind the ad hominem. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 00:49, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
As I am respecting your wish to stay away from WT, I would nevertheless however like to point out that I was never '...once a new, immature, and inexperienced editor like me '. Inexperienced and new maybe, but never immature, never warned or reprimanded, and almost certainly (just 50 years or so) a little bit older ;) His continuous mentioning of me where I can't defend myself is, well, inappropriate and just conveys a false impression, propagates further bad noise about admins, and leads to more dramatics. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 02:00, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
Hi Worm That Turned,
Yesterday Russavia was added to the banned users list and marked as a "vandal". Russavia is not a vandal. Most users listed in the banned user list are not vandals. Vandals do not get banned you know. Vandals get blocked. Getting banned is a privilege of content creators. The list of banned users is Wikipedia's shame, but if the community (or rather the bullies of the community) cannot live without it, don't you think that "vandal" should be replaced with "userlinks" or with a similar neutral template? Besides I am quite sure some former editors listed in the list are listed there under their real names, and calling them "vandals" is a gross violation of their BLPs. 76.126.142.59 ( talk) 17:22, 20 June 2013 (UTC)
"I explained that this was a community matter - that's how things work around here, consensus"
"I don't even agree it should be deleted. Recording bans is essential, because we're such a large community, if they're not recorded, they won't be enforceable."
"Banning is a necessary method to make it clear that a person's help on the project is not wanted."
"Marking their userpage with a banned template, removing their userpage - those are insults, which come down to punishments. Recording the ban elsewhere is just common sense. Recording the ban elsewhere is just common sense."
You ask how the list is helping me in particular - it allows admins I trust to see what's happened and ensure that enforcement to happen.
I don't go in for enforcement myself, I don't enjoy it.
A banned editor has gone so far that people have got together and said "enough is enough".
An indefinitely blocked editor is one who cannot be unblocked until something changes. It needs to be made clear to banned editors that their help is not wanted. That's the difference.
I'll attempt to deal with scarlet letters, through the community processes in the future if/when I have time.In other words maybe you will help suffering human beings "in the future if/when you have time." 76.126.142.59 ( talk) 14:39, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
Not going to parse the whole thread, or get into the issue of when people should make stands and when work with the system. But the whole concept that some tiny group of people at ANI deciding in a few hours to ban someone is a complete joke. And it's Orwellian to call that "the will of the Community". It's a very small group and selected for an interest in drama and banning. Yeah, there's a few liberals who attend, but it's still not reflecting content creators who are turned off by the whole shebang. Or people who don't check Wiki obsessively every few hours. And when you compare the duration and content to how long an Arbcom case or an RFC runs (and how logorrheic they are), it's night and day. Of course, it's the reality, just how a lot of things are reality. But I think if you're attuned to language, then "will of the Community" is kind of screwy. TCO ( talk) 20:47, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
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The only justification I have is that this is just a website, human rights, right of access, opportunity to defend themselves... they're all concepts for the real world, not a squabbling group of. The only problem with your "only justification " is that this website is one of the most popular websites in the real world. It is read by millions, and most of them are normal and real human beings. What a normal human being would think about somebody banned by "the Wikipedia community"? A normal human being has no means of knowing that "the Wikipedia community" that banned this person is not really the Wikipedia community, not even close to the Wikipedia Community, a normal human being has no means of knowing that a few "cretins, despots and the slightly odd" are allowed to call themselves the Wikipedia community.
people trying to build an encyclopediaThen let them build an encyclopedia and not the banned user list. 76.126.142.59 ( talk) 14:04, 4 July 2013 (UTC)
And people say I lack the demeanor to be an admin..lol. Kumioko ( talk) 19:03, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
Dave, what's the best way to cite figures from a document that will keep moving and breaking my links? A perfect example is Memento Mars 2013. I cite production and sales figures from that regular publication (Memento i mean, not the 2013 part), but they move off the homepage and end up archived, which breaks the links. Can i cite by document or do you have a recommendation? Thanks ツ Jenova 20 ( email) 08:54, 5 July 2013 (UTC)
Hello User:Worm_That_Turned,
I am aware it is currently 1:19 AM in UK; don't worry, I am not expecting an immediate response. I have been referred by User:Technical_13 to you as a trainer for the CVUA, although I could not find you on the list of trainers for some reason. I am interested in helping to keep Wikipedia a stronger and more accurate place for users to look up information. In terms of the guidelines:
1. "Check that you have already made sufficient mainspace edits (generally around 200) and that you have addressed any previous advice or warnings about your editing."
I have already done so, in case you are wondering.
2. "Find a user who is in your time zone and leave a message on their talk page to request training. If you don't receive a reply within 48 hours, please choose another trainer."
You are within 3-4 hours of my time zone; I am not that concerned. I have heard many positive comments about you, hence wish to be your trainee.
Let me know if you are interested in training me; I would be more than happy to have you as a trainer. Look forward to hearing back from you; see you around. --
JustBerry (
talk) 01:43, 3 July 2013 (UTC)
With all respect, a person who recuses should resist the urge to make comments. I understand how strong the temptation can be, but if you're out, you should be completely out. Regards, Looie496 ( talk) 19:34, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
With the greatest respect for all the arbs who have commented so far there, I feel that in the light of the prominence of the defendants and their histories, every possible effort should be made by the committee to address the case as fully as possible - even if they vote to decline it. Many of the editors who voted at the recent arbcom election expressed that they were hoping to see a stronger committee. Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 01:06, 10 July 2013 (UTC)
I hadn't seen this before I posted above. Does this mean that you are also recused concerning the other parties in the case? Kudpung กุดผึ้ง ( talk) 01:42, 10 July 2013 (UTC)