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Hello, Doug.

I received an email from you today regarding the edits that I did on the article [l Badr]. You deleted my edits and you said they may be/were a conflict of interest. It is true that I edited the wiki page and I am the author of the paper linked; my article on this subject was published in a peer reviewed journal (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament), and I am working on this topic for my thesis/dissertation. I didn't think that the details I added on the wiki page were unnecessarily biased. Perhaps I shouldn't have linked my academia.edu page, but that could have easily been erased. I didn't say anywhere in the article that the views I was presenting were right or better than the preceding theories; I was adding new evidence. I find it disturbing that you deleted/reverted my edits and did not include me on the people who have advocated for this theory. It seems to me that you have a biased approach to the subject, since the spin of the article is now negative towards the connection of Sinai with Badr. You spend much more time and focus in the article on views that argue against the evidence presented by people such as Beke, Humphreys, and of course you deleted my edits/article dealing with the subject in full. My article and edits to the wiki page also dealt with geological data from Badr, something which many previous studies do not.

Secondly, there are several problems with the article as it now stands: First of all, it's Mount Baghir, not Birghir (as you have now added this to the article). I suggest you also research Jean Koenig more, who is only mentioned in passing in this article. He wrote a book (Le Site all Jaws dans l'ancien pays de Madian) which is cited, but nothing from it is discussed. Again, this article really only presents views against the theory, not for it.

I welcome you to write back.

Best Jacob (Israelite Historian)

--- I noticed a similar pattern regarding this admin's reversion of my religious contributions to an article regarding the Book of Exodus (except I have no conflict of interest). It shouldn't matter whether or not this admin believes in God. What should matter is the truth. So much for transparency. It's really sad that some people live to spread disinformation in the name of truth. Oh and by the way, please don't forget to revert this post.. Thepasta (talk) 13:34, 1 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Minor point - the spelling I used was the spelling in the source I gave. The editor who posted the above, IsraeliteHistorian, sorted things out and we have no problems with each other. As for User:Thepasta, the edit I reverted starting " It is worth noting that an alternate translation reads" adding a Joseph Smith translation. Two points - one, we never tell readers what is worth noting. That's original research or editorial comment and not our roles. Secondly, we don't rely on primary sources to add material. If you'd found a source that met our criteria at WP:RS discussing the two translations that might have been useful and acceptable in the article. It's my bad that I didn't explain that to you on your talk page, and for that I apologise. Dougweller (talk) 14:01, 1 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

WP:UNDUE would apply also - Joseph Smith is pretty fringe so far as Bible articles go. Maybe in an article directly relevant to Mormonism. Dougweller (talk) 17:50, 1 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Doug Weller. You have new messages at MatthewVanitas's talk page.
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Hi Dougweller, I'm just pinging you as an admin to see if you'd kindly keep an eye on Navicular syndrome. Someone with a single-purpose account keeps trying to add info on a folk remedy to the article, cited to another wikipedia article, and I'm tired of reverting - it's a slo-motion edit war. Discussion has been initiated by me at the talk page, and I cautioned the user, but I feel is time for a third party with tools to just watchlist the thing. As always, I am open to trout-slapping if I get too pissy about these sorts of edits. Thanks. Montanabw^(talk) 18:36, 25 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Dougweller (talk) 13:14, 26 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I am very grateful for your response at DRN, but if I change revision on the disputed article, the user will just revert again without starting discussion after the block is over. Can you monitor the article, my talk page, and the user as well? I feel this isn't over, but thanks for your assistants. -- Cheeers -- JudeccaXIII (talk) 02:34, 26 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	The Barnstar of Diligence is awarded in recognition of a combination of extraordinary scrutiny, precision and community service. Hafspajen (talk) 10:36, 26 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to bother you Dougweller but seeing how you are (unfortunately) acquainted with this editor's behaviour I thought I might bring this up to you. I'm not particularly offended but he does show a clear trend of WP:NOTHERE. Regards. Gaba ^(talk) 21:42, 26 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You may be watching my talk page but I thought I would place my comment here to be sure you see it. I took a brief look at a few of those sites. At least one has a photo of the 2014 stone so the existence of the stone set into the monument is true. The whole thing is rather strange. My guess is that the monument is either the work of some person or group who wished to draw attention either to their personal philosophy or to the local area or both. Conspiracy theorists have a field day with it - adding to the publicity. Donner60 (talk) 22:00, 26 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Dougweller,

Not sure what your interest is in the Gospel of Judas, where you removed some comments of mine made there a year or so ago, but I want to revisit this interesting discovery with others who are similarly interested. I have time now that I retired (yea!)... I saw on your site, I think, that you say, "God made me an atheist". Is this going to make it difficult to sustain comments that presuppose such an entity's existence? Tell me more about yourself. What I posted probably deserved to be removed, as it was perhaps not sufficiently well-sourced. But I have a lot to say about this subject, and I want to contribute what I know from my extensive reading on Mysticism and Gnosticism. I am self-published. I know - it isn't permissible. I do, however, know considerably more about the essential truths of Gnosticism than any of the so-called experts who are regularly quoted on Wiki with impunity. All these scholars are just plain wrong in what they say about the Gospel of Judas because they do not understand it. My spiritual Master, Charan Singh (1918-1990), were he alive today, could add much to this discussion. He was published on broader allied subjects by his supporting organization's publishing facility (the Radha Soami Satsang Beas, and Science of the Soul Research Center), and has world-wide distribution through their websites. These books can be sources for Wiki articles, can they not? What resources are available for sharing personal insights on Wiki topics such as this? It is possible to know things but not be "peer-reviewed". www.rssb.org http://www.scienceofthesoul.org/ Sahansdal (talk) 00:09, 27 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

This editor changes the meaning of a sentence in the lead of the Armenian language article to reflect the opposite of what the body of the article clearly states.[1]

From, "Its vocabulary has been heavily influenced by Western Middle Iranian languages, particularly Parthian, and to a lesser extent by Greek, Latin, Old French, Persian, Arabic, Turkish, and other languages throughout its history."
to, "Its vocabulary has heavily influenced Western Middle Iranian languages, particularly Parthian, and to a lesser extent Greek, Latin, Old French, Persian, Arabic, Turkish, and other languages throughout its history."

Whereas, according the the body of the article, "The classical language imported numerous words from Middle Iranian languages, primarily Parthian, and contains smaller inventories of borrowings from Greek, Syriac, Latin, and autochthonous languages such as Urartian. Middle Armenian (11th–15th centuries AD) incorporated further loans from Arabic, Turkish, Persian, and Latin, and the modern dialects took in hundreds of additional words from Modern Turkish and Persian. Therefore, determining the historical evolution of Armenian is particularly difficult because Armenian borrowed many words from Parthian and Persian (both Iranian languages) as well as from Greek."

This type of "editing" is worse than disruptive, it is deceptive. Changing the wording of an article to suit a particular editor's opinion/view. I have reverted the edit, but doubt that user:Steverci will use the talk page, since he does not use edit summaries to explain his edits.[2] --Kansas Bear (talk) 20:54, 27 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Siddheart is using a new sock, read Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Block_evasion_on_B._R._Ambedkar. Bladesmulti (talk) 11:06, 28 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

noted and recorded by Ethiopian — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.127.138.94 (talk) 13:19, 28 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'm flattered. Dougweller (talk) 13:58, 28 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Do you mind giving your two cents in this discussion? AcidSnow (talk) 17:53, 28 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

For a quick rundown of what's happening, see here.

Please take a look at the edits (especially comments) by:

• WPcorrector (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log)

They are repeatedly violating WP:TALK on two articles which are both covered by ArbCom sanctions: Climate change denial and Russell Blaylock (an anti vaccine doctor who pushes other fringe views). -- Brangifer (talk) 20:35, 28 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Except I didn't "push" any "fringe" views. The dangers of vaccines are recognized by everyone. The fact that the flu vaccine is by far the least effective vaccine is recognized by everyone. The fact that climate science cannot explain the "pause" is recognized by everyone.

I don't understand what the talk page is about if discussing article content is disallowed. --WPcorrector (talk) 20:40, 28 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You were expressing your own POV on both talk pages, and not suggesting any improvements using RS. (In both cases you also happen to be very wrong, so you really are pushing fringe and unscientific POV in both cases.) When your comments were removed by multiple editors, with explanation that you were violating WP:TALK, you restored them. You should have read TALK and followed it. You also ignored (and deleted some) warnings and advice on your talk page, and then got nasty. That's not good. This is not a normal situation where disagreement gets discussed for long periods of time. ArbCom sanctions come down pretty quickly and hard. We don't need disruption, especially on those articles. -- Brangifer (talk) 20:48, 28 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Mr. dougwell, Noticed you edited out my entries on wikipedia centuries. Understand this was probably because did not quote sources for each entry. Since these sources are lumped together at the end of my 365 page color-coded 13.8B-1500AD timeline it is hard do seperate individual entries. Timeline covers geology/animal & human evolution/human technology from flint blades to pocketwatches. Will gladly make a free gift of this timeline to wikipedia. Just give me a website to up-load timeline & you can decide if its of any value to Wikipedia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.76.15.159 (talk) 22:35, 28 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Doug, I just wanted to mention that given your block of Arvindnirvana (talk · contribs) was for 3RR it seems a little controversial (due to INVOLVED) as you were one of the editors reverting their edits on the article. Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 04:22, 29 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Asked for a review at ANI and explained why I blocked - should have made it clearer this appears to be a sock. Dougweller (talk) 08:47, 30 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Doug, Hi. There is a question about what is considered worthy or not worthy of publishing on a WP article page in terms of photos because of what may or may not be perceived by others as distasteful (bad taste). The editor, User:PacificWarrior101, had posted a Commons photograph of Israeli singer and transgender, Dana International, a photograph which I personally feel shows bad taste and tends to "flout" the dignity and self-respect of the Yemenite Jewish people. I voiced my concerns to the editor about my feelings of repugnancy evoked by the picture on a main article page, Yemenite Jews, that treats on ethnicity, and to a large extent, the history of Yemenite Jews. Most Yemenite Jews will feel a sense of shame by seeing this photo of "Dana International" on the page that speaks specifically about them as a people - and who, by the way, are mostly conservative to religious. While I have no personal problems about discussing issues of transgender, here the matter is different. Dana International's photograph on the main page of an article which treats on ethnicity is tantamount to putting up an image of a serial killer on an ethnicity page. Or, let's say, Israeli troops shooting at an Arab child, on a page which speaks on Israeli ethnicity. There should be a place for common considerations as for what is tactful and what is not, particularly when the photo is controversial and evokes shame. See the Talk page on Yemenite Jews, and the sub-section: "Flouting an Ethnic Group." Any advice will be much appreciated by you.Davidbena (talk) 15:11, 29 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, Sorry for replying late as I became very busy and couldn't provide the link to verify the name. Coming back to topic I have provided a link of a website which is managed and maintained by the original members of the Board Of Intermediate Education Karachi of Government Of Pakistan which controls the D. J. Science College. If you search on the given link you find that D. J. Science College is originally written as D. J. Sindh Govt. Science College

Verification Link http://www.biek.edu.pk/gmaleCol.asp ZaeemAkhtr (talk) 18:22, 29 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. Please teach this IP user how to behave on Wikipedia. He just reverts other user's edits and accuses I and another user to be a sock of a blocked user. I'm really tired of discussing with him. I also reported this situaton to two other administrators. Keivan.f^Talk 20:38, 29 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Dougweller (talk) 06:01, 30 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Brianmathe (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) has returned from a block, and the first thing he did was a repetition of what he was blocked for. -- Brangifer (talk) 02:05, 30 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There is a filing at EWNB. - - MrBill3 (talk) 02:18, 30 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@MrBill3: Good work, he's gone for good. Dougweller (talk) 06:05, 30 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There are some personal details in this section above that you may wish to redact per policy. Britmax (talk) 08:31, 30 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

What type of information could that have been, and which policy? -- Brangifer (talk) 15:55, 30 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Ping:BullRangiferThe name and email address and phone number of an IP who's been adding to a timeline and wanted to discuss it with me, offering me a copy of his timeline. The problem is that it has no sources. He was adding stuff to prehistoric century articles. Dougweller (talk) 16:06, 30 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Okay. I guess I missed that, which is just as well. -- Brangifer (talk) 02:54, 1 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, as per the Talk page, I just nominated this page for deletion. Cheers. Amr ibn Kulthoumعمرو بن كلثوم (talk) 13:37, 30 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The War on terror revert you just made is not questionable...but I can't find sourcing for any of that paragraph in the inline citation which appears to aggregate content from other articles. Were you able to find it? Also, what is your opinion of icasualties.org as a RS?--Mark Miller (talk) 21:19, 30 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Mark Miller didn't look to be honest, replied at RSN with details saying yes. Dougweller (talk) 17:46, 1 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Why did you revert my quotation from Exodus from the Book of Mormon? How could you say it was not relevant? Thepasta (talk) 13:27, 1 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Replied above where editor also asked. Dougweller (talk) 17:48, 1 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have access to Cochrane, BMJ, OUP and HighBeam. If needed for research etc. Drop a note on my talk. Best. - - MrBill3 (talk) 14:16, 1 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

MrBill3 Thanks, and let me know if you need Jstor. Dougweller (talk) 15:56, 1 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I use the three free at a time on JSTOR for the most part but if something comes up I will be in touch, thanks. - - MrBill3 (talk) 03:08, 2 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Your name suggests you are non-Indian and non-Hindu. You should know about the caste-system of Hinduism , then you must have restored the contents about two Odia Hindu saints who belong to Karan-subcaste. For your kind information , please visit Odisha and examine whether Karans are Dalits or not. If you do this again, you are doing 'Vandalism' in the name of Castes.

Karans belong to higher castes and are not Shudras. Karans are next to Brahmins and are socially and economically well-off people. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bitthalns (talk • contribs) 12:21, 2 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]