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I place on record my strongest objections to:
1. Your continuous, blatant, politically motivated edits at Arthur Kemp, in which you post up all manner of completely unsubstantiated allegations, and then deliberately delete any evidence--backed up by solid documentary and referenced sources, which completely refute the allegations you have posted up.
2. Your continuous abuse as an administrator in getting me blocked whenever I correct any of your blatantly biased edits.
3. Your unfounded lie that I then tried to abuse the system by logging in from another IP address. You have absolutely no evidence to prove this allegation which you have deliberately put up on my profile page in an attempt to damage my standing on Wikipedia.
In a nutshell, you are a disgrace to the standards of Wikipedia, and I am giving you formal notice that I am reporting you at the Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TheFallenCrowd (talk • contribs) 15:34, 26 August 2014
Might you revisit your opinion about whether a living person is a better source for his own political beliefs or whether a political source is a better source for categorizing that living person's political beliefs? Cheers. Collect (talk) 19:31, 26 August 2014 (UTC)
I've added the references as requested to the page concerning the Battalion. Please confirm that it meets the Wikipedia requirements or instruct further to complete. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Earth_Battalion
Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SpiritEko (talk • contribs) 20:13, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
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i reword the news of 2014 event in Isis and dont copy it if you comapre it..its source is authentic namely al arabiyyah..--m,sharaf (talk) 13:04, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
I dint know how you cant find them.--m,sharaf (talk) 16:37, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
Should this website be considered a reliable source?[1] --Kansas Bear (talk) 00:01, 28 August 2014 (UTC)
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I asked Bbb23 a few days ago here [2] about how long a "citation needed" tag should be left in place before removing it along with the text (if no citation has been provided in that time) but he has not answered. Can I have some guidance, please? --P123ct1 (talk) 07:11, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
I figured a block was a step up from that. And a block does not exclude a topic ban being imposed if he comes back. Is a clarification needed? -- llywrch (talk) 16:37, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
Thank you very much for bringing to my notice Timeline of human prehistory and Timeline of computing hardware 2400 BC–1949. I removed mentions of the Lembobo bone added referenced information about two notched rib pieces dated to 80,000 BP found in the Apollo 11 Cave (and added the information to that article). I also suitably modified mention of the Lembobo bone in History of mathematics.Neurolinguist (talk) 23:00, 30 August 2014 (UTC)
My first interaction with this user was this and it was needlessly rough and abusive considering AGF and how polite I was. I recently put up a notice and request on Worldedixor's talk page which he removed without comment here. When I last left off editing this page over a month ago there was a wonderful sense of cooperation between editors. Now there's needless bickering and edit warring. I think this user needs to be page/topic banned. ~Technophant (talk) 13:46, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
Hello :)
I can promise you that from now on there will be no more copyvio or bare urls. From now on i will make sure to follow Wikipedia rules. I know this is not the place to bring it up, but i need so make it clear that i am disabled and therefore i have difficulties when it comes to do the same thing as "normal" people.
Editing on Wikipedia is one of the things that brings joy to my life, i feel that i can contribute i some small way to the society. So when i edit in Wikipedia it takes a lot of strenght and therefore i have a tendency to copyvio or make bare urls because i will take me very long time to write the edit i my own words. But from now on i will only make edits with the help from one of my family members so it will be done correctly. i promise to go back in my edits and remove copyvio and write the articles in my own words. I also promise to remove bare urls and make sure that the correct information about the linked page. This will take some time but slowly i will make it correct. Have a nice day. :) Lactasamir (talk) 16:20, 27 August 2014 (UTC)
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Obviously you are part of a cabal. Robert McClenon (talk) 03:00, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
More seriously, sometimes lengthy ranting accusations of abuse are themselves a conduct issue. Robert McClenon (talk) 03:00, 2 September 2014 (UTC)
Hello, I just wanted to say it was not any personnal work; it were only exerpts written in a simple english of the Auraicept. I didn't rewrite the phrase I just made the link to an accepted wikipedia page (found later) wich says exactly the same with references. YS,
M — Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.233.202.40 (talk) 13:00, 3 September 2014 (UTC)
There has been a lovely case of longstanding animosity at the above page for some time now, in large part to the lack of overview material on the firm itself, and I get the impression that some of the stabby things owned by some of those involved are being prepared for the performance of another homage to splatterpunk shortly. I could take this to the Extant Organizations noticeboard, but I personally think there are some POV type issues involved that might merit review. Would you be interested? John Carter (talk) 15:50, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
What have I done wrong? I didn't create or touch that entry in the timeline and only saw the redlink about an hour ago, hence my TP post. I didn't know it was not permitted to mention a name that had already appeared in a Wikipedia article. I see now the name has been redacted in the timeline and that on the "Revision history" page my own and other entries have been scored out. I have not been contacted by anyone about this yet, although the cryptic message from the anonymous user on the Talk page here seems to imply that I will be. --P123ct1 (talk) 13:08, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
Oh, yeah, the edit warring at Historicity of Jesus and the rather off-topic dismissing of any disagreeing parties by one editor on the talk page when they disagree with his recent attempt to redefine the article seems problematic.I have found only one recent reference source using the word "historicity" in relation to Jesus, in a subarticle of Jesus in the Anchor Bible Dictionary which I have transcribed and have forwarded to some .Most importantly, maybe, there's been some discussion to move the article to "Historical existence of Jesus" or some similarly less ambiguous title. I have said I intend to open an RfC on this matter next week, but would welcome any earlier input, perhaps particularly about changing the title as an alternative. John Carter (talk) 18:17, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
Should we allow editors to use, "Penny cyclopaedia, Vol. 18, p. 198. Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. (1840)" as in this case?[3] Are these "journals" reliable? --Kansas Bear (talk) 22:22, 4 September 2014 (UTC)
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Hi! Ok I'll never change name of any page again (Lingam - Shiva Lingam) But "Lingam" name is wrong, this is a hindi sentence "Lingam" Meaning is "Gender or Dick". Real Name is Shiva Ling Or "Shiva Lingam" Meaning is Shiva's Pole Or Shiva's Mass. So please change the name of this article because this is very important part of our religion. ~AbHi Chat Me!! 📥 03:14, 5 September 2014 (UTC)
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One editor User:Bladesmulti reverted me for content. The content misunderstanding appears substantially resolved between us through "talk". The 2nd editor User:PhilKnight mistakenly reverted me, and it was resolved between us through "talk".
I would have taken it to the article talk page under WP:BRD had the reverter Bladesmulti complied with the guideline's 2nd limb - "When reverting, be specific about your reasons in the edit summary and use links if needed". As this is a behaviorial dispute rather than a content dispute, no point is served taking it to the article talk page.
If you are competent to correct the content of this article please do so. As an administrator of Wikipedia please be informed that the present article text is grossly disparaging to the Hindu deity described, and is an insult to Indians generally and Hindus / Sikhs specifically. Lindashiers (talk) 13:52, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
Extend PC time? --George Ho (talk) 18:18, 7 September 2014 (UTC)
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I had informed blocking admin Vsmith about it. This page may require protection. Bladesmulti (talk) 10:00, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
User:Buddhakahika/User:Maleabroad is active again as user Yoddhānāth. Assuming you haven't washed your hands off the whole subject area, can you block/revert/delete/spi etc? @SpacemanSpiff: is most familiar with with puppetmaster, but he doesn't seem to be active at the moment. Pinging @Sitush: and @RegentsPark: too, who I think have come across some previous socks and may recognize the quacking. Cheers. Abecedare (talk) 01:01, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
Thank you for your references in your talk. I now understand that it's difficult for Wikipedia to verify my edits as only one single page has quite some details about college but as you didn't see that I created the new page because the name of the previous page which was maintained by some author was to short. I am not promoting my Facebook page neither I am asking anyone in the article to like my page. I am just giving them a somewhat called website instead of the expired website in the previous page so if people mainly students have some queries they can be answered. You guys basically dint get the difference as you are not locals. I know that I deleted and redirected the whole page (deletion was a mistake, redirection not). If you visit the Facebook page mentioned on the page you would see that I am active on my page. I can't add all references at once due to unmentioned problems. I can only add references 2 or 3 at a time. I am not asking you to unblock me from editing that page but I am asking you to please remove the redirection from my page and allow me to edit my own page. Don't worry I am still learning Wikipedia so, it going to take me some time to learn cites, etc. Thank you. ZaeemAkhtr (talk) 16:06, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
You're welcome. I'm the one who made the errors in the first place Cheers. SkoreKeep (talk) 17:03, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
Doug, I blocked that user based on their contributions and only then did I see your note; I apologize for overlooking that. Drmies (talk) 22:50, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
Can you look at this ? An ip vandal (185.34...) deleted the sourced content and added his POV. lt would be nice if you add the page to your watchlist for a while. Because it seems that he is going to involve in an edit-war. 149.140.83.29 (talk) 23:48, 9 September 2014 (UTC)
Hi Doug. Is there any chance you could please semi-protect Trial of Oscar Pistorius, Oscar Pistorius and Reeva Steenkamp for 48 hours? We are being inundated with people trying to add an unsourced verdict before the judge has even finished delivering it (resumes tomorrow). Nothing is official yet. I would ask at the protection noticeboard or BLPN but I think it would take too long due to backlogs. HelenOnline 15:29, 11 September 2014 (UTC)
You may disagree with my cut and paste approach to making the lede longer, but I think that the lede does not adequately summarize all the key points and issues raised in the article. I will try some higher-level summaries of the content, and you can let me know what you think.OnBeyondZebrax (talk) 16:11, 11 September 2014 (UTC)
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Agreed, Orientated does sound odd and/or pretentious to these American ears. I didn't know it was considered preferred usage in Britain. This page: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/orientate indicates its likely a back-formation from 'orientation'. The odd thing is, there were a few other uses of the word on the same page, and all others were 'oriented'. Another point to consider is if you follow conventions of latin word formation (If I understand correctly, not that I'm an expert) then that would favor 'oriented'. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JFetko (talk • contribs) 23:44, 11 September 2014 (UTC)
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I hope you don't mind, I've just inserted my 'statement', before your recent post on UrbanVillager v Bobrayner & Pincrete, I did so as I thought 'the condemned man' had the right to speak first.
On a related issue, Kepkke, has also mysteriously turned up for the first time today at The Weight of Chains 1, to insert the exact same review, with the exact same justification as AnnOtherEditor … … ps the only reason that The Weight of Chains 2 is not a total copyvio, is I removed some of the more 'mangled' English yesterday.Pincrete (talk) 18:09, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
Hi Dougweller. Within minutes after your remark on uninvolved users, another account popped up out of nowhere and claimed he and I met on one occasion someplace five years ago, though I have no recollection of this user. Deja vu? In your experience as a former Arbcom member, have you ever encountered a process where off-wiki canvassing was established as here? How was the issue dealt with? Best regards, Middayexpress (talk) 20:12, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
Hello — I noticed your contributions to the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Categorization about the ongoing drama over Category:Antisemitism. I'm not a terribly experienced editor, so might I ask you for a reality check here? This looks to me very much like an editor who tried changing some category text, and was reverted; who opened an RFC in an attempt to make that change, only to see a conclusion against him; and who, in a self-appointed crusade to make a POINT, is now using disruptive and confrontational tactics, and blaming everyone else for his actions. He has openly and repeatedly threatened to depopulate entire categories which have never been proposed for deletion. Having been sanctioned before, he has chosen now to pressure other editors to take up his cause. So my question today is, am I over-reacting? Is this just another detail of the way Wikipedia is supposed to work, something I didn't notice before? Or is some kind of an imposed brake on this trainwreck really called for, as you suggested here? In case you haven't noticed through other channels, he's started another round of mass category deletions, what he refers to as a “purge”, and he's not limiting himself to Category:Antisemitism and its sub-categories. Unician ∇ 05:11, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
Dear Dougweller, Please check the latest edit in the article Cochin Jews. That statement in the source actually talks about Ethiopian Jews (Beta Israel) from Ethiopia and Bene Israel from western India. Cochin Jews are from southern India. Though the term "Cochini" is shown in the parentheses, it does not say anything specifically about them in that particular statement. Thank you. Jossyys (talk) 16:38, 11 September 2014 (UTC)
I've read that user problems are not to be discussed on article talk pages, however it seems that some of that is unavoidable. I've started a RFC/U here. I've never started one of these before. Is it ok to fill one out as a partner or team, or is that considered a lynch mob action? Can I ask you for advice on this?~Technophant (talk) 22:10, 11 September 2014 (UTC)
This is somewhat urgent, and I'll be around for a bit, so please let me know if the e-mail message didn't reach you. WhatamIdoing (talk) 20:53, 13 September 2014 (UTC)
I am afraid this problem won't go away. The question whether certain sources can be used to support the statement that Israel has designated ISIS as a terrorist organization was never resolved in the discussion above. No document of the type found for other countries which have done this has been produced.
The original source provided by the editor was this, but this refers to "unlawful", not "terrorist". (I won't go into the other sources editors came up with as they were clearly not acceptable, as being in Arabic or Hebrew without translation, or only talking of ISIS as a terrorist organization. There was much debate about whether "unlawful" meant "terrorist", but the document provided to support the notion that it did was misunderstood by editors).
The source that comes closest to being acceptable is this one here, but I don't think it can be used because it is only a second-hand report. The source is from this website. My question is: do you think this last document can be used as proof?
I ask because the discussion has completely stalled and no other suitable sources have been provided. In the meantime I have reverted the edit which put Israel in the designation box in section 13 until this matter could be resolved. I have been accused of reverting against consensus, but there never was any, as I voiced an objection quite early on. You will probably remember the trouble we had finding a document to support a United Nations designation of terrorist for ISIS, and this seems a similar situation. Can you help out with this, please? --P123ct1 (talk) 07:16, 14 September 2014 (UTC)
Please see User_talk:Dougweller/Archive_35#ISIS. The person in question has now been murdered and it is being widely covered by the media. So should not the oversighting of revisions including his name now be reversed? JRSpriggs (talk) 09:25, 14 September 2014 (UTC)
Actively editing on ISIS and other subjects having acknowledged/ignored SPI. Is SPI even needed? In ictu oculi (talk) 09:21, 14 September 2014 (UTC)
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Since it was decided to split this section to Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn instead of Al Qaeda in Iraq, I think it would be helpful to move the talk page history, and maybe also the revision history from AQI to the new article. I know this takes sysop powers. Could you do this, or is it not wise to do?~Technophant (talk) 04:58, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
I hope you saw it, if you are going to be the closer. I want to know if it's ok for Sitush to engage in that behavior and if so if it's ok for me. I also would like to know what diffs show I've engaged in any behavior against individuals as bad as his. It's just more accusations without proof. Thanks. Carolmooredc (Talkie-Talkie) 12:39, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
Hello, I was starting to expand the list of longuest wooden sailing vessels, and you reverted my changes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_wooden_ships
The reason was "31m is not that long". But I don't see where the limit would be. I think it's relevant to include more ships, even if they are not that big, if they are still operational. Nowadays there are less and less wooden tall ships, and I think it's remarkable that some are still sailing around.
In any case, and whatever your final choice is, thanks for keeping Wikipedia nice and clean.
Best Regards, Alfonso — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alfonso Garzon (talk • contribs) 13:32, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
Alfonso Garzon, thanks for the compliment and the polite response. I've started a discussion at Talk:List of longest wooden ships#How long does a ship have to be to be on this list? - chime in. Dougweller (talk) 16:53, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
Could we get this editor blocked per WP:NOTHERE? Their ~160 edits from 30 September 2010 till 13 September 2014 consist in blind substitutions of the word "god" with the word "devi" and blind substitutions of the phrase "Hindu mythology" with the word "Hindu theology" in blatant violation of WP:NOR and MOS:QUOTE. Any attempt at communicating with them (User talk:Amanhanda) ended nowhere. --Omnipaedista (talk) 10:17, 15 September 2014 (UTC)
Now this one [4] is almost certainly Lokalkosmopolit. Volunteer Marek 18:49, 17 September 2014 (UTC)
This entry has been reinserted in List of founders of religious traditions by an anonymous IP. For details, see talk page. Could you please take appropriate action? Thank you! Jpacobb (talk) 22:39, 18 September 2014 (UTC)
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I don't dispute the number of 100,000 Japanese-American deportees during WWII. It's that David M. Kennedy's book, Freedom From Fear, never mentions a number. Kennedy addresses the issue on pages 748 to 760. He mentions there were 120,000 Japanese-Americans living in the continental U.S., and he mentions 15,000 voluntary removals in the early days of the deportation effort. But at no point does he ever say how many total internees there were. This total number of 100,000 needs a separate citation. Tossing in the 100,000 number implies that Kennedy uses that number, and he never supplies it. - Tim1965 (talk) 15:23, 20 September 2014 (UTC)
Hey admin, thanks for your prompt feedback. But I have a few points to share:
1) Hinduism is one of the oldest of world religions, and purans are the chronicles that
Form the very foundations of te religion. Visit any of the museums preserving these scriptures and you'll know that the question of any hindh scripture being written later than Genesis, DOESN'T ARISE.
2) THE MATSYA PURANA clearly states the story which bears great similarities with that of Noah's arc. Infact i came across another article on wikipedia that says that a Sumerian scripture also mentions the same story.
So you see that there is a huge possibikity that all world religions somewhere have a common source, and that was what i wanted people to know. When Matsya Purana and Manu articles refer Noah, i think its completely fair rhat articles on Noah refer to the former.
Thank you. Your reply awaited
Sssxccal (talk) 18:01, 20 September 2014 (UTC) SSsxccal,kolkata
From here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Travis_Daily
The article you asked me to read supports my request for citations. Read the contention WP:LEADCITE carefully.
Travis Daily (talk, edits) 19:21, 20 September 2014 (UTC)
Hi Dougweller. A newly registered account has been going around pasting largely off-topic material to some of the Somali armed forces-related pages in question [6]. For instance, on the History of Uganda page, he/she added material on the new Operation Indian Ocean, although the mission has not shaped Uganda's history, is not taking place in Uganda, nor is it being led by the Ugandan military. This may or may not be a coincidence, but I wanted to bring it to your attention anyway given the whole situation. Best regards, Middayexpress (talk) 15:30, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
I know that you opened the ANI with the best/most honourable of intentions but I'm afraid that some of the responses are most likely to convince him never to return, however that thread is closed. This whole episode is very dispiriting, from beginning to end. DeCausa (talk) 21:06, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
Sorry we were just having fun. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arenzana (talk • contribs) 13:16, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
A look at the edits of this editor appear to be disruptive(blanket reverts, no explanation in edit summary). Would you be interested in checking?[7] --Kansas Bear (talk) 01:25, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
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I have had to remove an edit from the section 14 "Designation as a terrorist organization" infobox to the Lead, as the country in question has not formally designated ISIS as a terrorist organization, it has simply voiced its opposition to it. (Editors keep making this mistake!) Does what I have done count as a revert? I wouldn't have thought so, as I haven't removed their edit completely. --P123ct1 (talk) 08:48, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
There is a growing element in Wiki that prefers to use the politically neutral BCE/CE date format but in the case of:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_English_language
I could not find any consensus to change the original authors use of BC/AD date format, hence the reason why I believe it should remain so. Please can you identify the consensus opinion on this page because I do not feel there is a violation as you stated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.26.110.35 (talk) 09:05, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
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Thank you for your instructions. I didn't know that it was a copyright violation, because the web-site is mentioned in other articles. (e.g The God Abandons Antony ). There is a REDIRECT page, but nothing is mentioned about the poem in the main page.Jestmoon(talk) 15:02, 24 September 2014 (UTC)
The article about Raum and the Sphinx which was removed for copyright issues was taken from an ebook: "This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org." link to ebook: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40686/40686-h/40686-h.htm - 11r010fkme (username) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 11r010fkme (talk • contribs) 02:14, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
It seems to have settled down, but will do if anything happens. Cheers, Middayexpress (talk) 15:09, 25 September 2014 (UTC)
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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)
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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)
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)
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)
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)
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.[8]
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.[9] --Kansas Bear (talk) 20:54, 27 September 2014 (UTC)
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)
noted and recorded by Ethiopian — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.127.138.94 (talk) 13:19, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
Do you mind giving your two cents in this discussion? AcidSnow (talk) 17:53, 28 September 2014 (UTC)
Please take a look at the edits (especially comments) by:
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)
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)
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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)
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)
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.fTalk 20:38, 29 September 2014 (UTC)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Could you please include the following images within the article of Greene's Tutorial College Oxford? There's an picture of the school building and another of the college's emblem: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTL7MTNAtVNJFC6_aSe119W4vG745lSTIwBVwXTuV8NxCX4mH3Pnw https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTrToVcR6nXjwpMv_ENfN2fnAQCQ1xDsCJ2wqlnMkai71b4_-9l — Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.201.217.49 (talk) 15:51, 2 October 2014 (UTC)
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Hi sorry to bother you with this. But ElNiñoMonstruo is back again wanting to start an edit war again. Now reverted my edits on each item that I edit, reverted my edits without giving any reason or a valid reason. As it has done in the following articles: Ikaw Lamang, Pure Love (TV series), List of telenovelas of ABS-CBN and Hawak Kamay (TV series). A moment ago, he had vandalized is template and his only answer was: "Please delete this unnecessary template." I have tried to ask the user to please start a new edit war on all items I mentioned. But I do not think this person ignore me and talk to him is almost impossible. Here I give a proof of what I say [10]. This user is impossible to reach an agreement or try to talk to the not interested in reaching any agreement.--McVeigh (talk) 01:36, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
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)
Can you get this one too? Stopphippo (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) Thanks! -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 16:18, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
Hello Dougweller, the user you blocked for 24 hours a few weeks ago: Kanbei85 is back and reverting again on the same article: Biblical manuscript without starting a discussion. My defense towards the edit was and still is violating WP:NOR as it comes from the scholar's personal website. Please resolve this issue this time as permanently --Cheers-- JudeccaXIII (talk) 21:49, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
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There are numerous things going on at ANI that could use a look. Among them are allegations of sockpuppetry by two parties an editor without evidence, a strange (to me) request directed to AE, and some WP:bludgeoning which has become disruptive. diff I suppose the allegation of "being set up by a group of user accounts working together" could imply tag teaming in addition to the specific accusation of sockpuppetry. Either way, it's casting aspersions and an assumption of bad faith. Ignocrates (talk) 21:53, 4 October 2014 (UTC)
Per Ret.Prof's comments on EdJohnston's talk page, he struck more of his comments at ANI. There's not a lot more to say here, except that Ret.Prof's actions precipitated an AE investigation, and actions have consequences. I have responded there, and hopefully that's enough to take care of it. Ignocrates (talk) 01:55, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for your message. I have removed this template. At the first place, I thought it was general because admins also do the same work as we do with Twinkle like tagging articles and warning users etc. These are also administrator tasks but I think you are right, this template only belongs to admins. Owais khursheed (talk) 10:31, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
Second last edit on Zo people dates back to 22 June 2014. Today you have imposed full protection. What has happened? Bladesmulti (talk) 10:56, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
You are being notified because you have participated in previous discussions on the same topic. Alsee (talk) 16:44, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
I am the one who put the data on that page and I made a mistake so i removed some of the data--Misconceptions2 (talk) 17:44, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
I'm not clear what you are proposing to accomplish by blocking any changes to this article for three days. The history page for the article clearly shows editing stopped upon DaltonHird's request at its last edit - despite DaltonHird's prior edit warring - as I respectfully awaited an arbitration which would recognize that its biased edits to the introductory paragraph belonged in the Controversies section if in the article at all.
What are you doing to advance resolution of this dispute? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.194.125.162 (talk) 03:32, 3 October 2014 (UTC)
Dear Sir, I am new here. And whatever article or edit I do. Is being removed. can you suggest me to any group. In Article Calcutta Leather Complex only one topic was copy paste, and I even mentioned the souce in article. Still instead of helped by other user to make it right. it is being nominated in speedy deletion. It will be very kind of you Sir to help me write my first article.
Thanking You
Your Faithfully Jawaid Alam — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jawaid1504 (talk • contribs) 03:16, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
Dear Sir, I am trying to protect the integrity of wikipedia by removing lies from the Publius Enigma page. I am not in an edit war, the other editors of that page may be. I bet they complained in the first place right ? This is because, given the references I have given, they have run out of options for their objective. I am merely defending the referenced edits I made which accurately represent the truth and history of the story. (Yanickborg (talk) 10:18, 6 October 2014 (UTC))
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Oh, hi Dougweller! How are you? And keep up the good work! :) --Allen (talk to me! / ctrb / E-mail me) 01:48, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
Books & Bytes
Issue 8, August-September2014
by The Interior (talk · contribs), Ocaasi (talk · contribs), Sadads (talk · contribs)
MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 04:51, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
In regards to your recent deletion of a full section.
Besides the topic in question not being a Biography of a living person; Facts are facts and they are presented neutrally without disparagement to any person mentioned.
If you recommend something an then sell it; that is a factual relationship that was adequately demonstrated within the entry.
Invoking BLP in clearly inapplicable cases has a chilling effect on discussion Because of the importance of BLP, and the extra sanctions administrators may invoke to enforce it, citing BLP in inappropriate circumstances can be seen as a Godwin's Law type of argument, which serves to alienate and bully other editors. Editors who cry "BLP!" in an inappropriate context should be warned that such stifles free discussion, and that they may be blocked for disruptive editing if invoking BLP as justification for an edit when BLP clearly did not apply.
Iotablue (talk) 13:31, 7 October 2014 (UTC)lotablueIotablue (talk) 13:31, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
User:Iotablue:Please read the policy you are claiming isn't being violated. It clearly states "This page in a nutshell: Material about living persons added to any Wikipedia page must be written with the greatest care and attention to verifiability, neutrality, and avoidance of original research." Anyone who inserts this again is liable to be blocked if they've been warned. Dougweller (talk) 13:39, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi Doug. At your convenience could you take a look at the recent editing on Gold bug? Adnarkey has been aggressively editing that article in a manner that clearly is agenda oriented. See his commentary on the talk page. You can also take a look at the discussion on my talk page (which keeps getting modified) and on the talk page of the article where my comment was deleted. I am refraining from further intervention out of deference to 3RR but this is pretty naked POV pushing. I would prefer that this be handled without recourse to the NPOV board or ANI and was hoping you could drop a friendly line to that end. A few other editors and I have spent a lot of time cleaning up some of the articles that have been used to promote gold buggery by the usual suspects and I'd like to maintain a neutral tone. Although I am more used to agenda pushing from the other side, either way it's still a no no. Thanks for your time... -Ad Orientem (talk) 01:45, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
"I understand why you did this but such changes virtually always require discussion, and that has already taken place at Talk:Oriya language#Requested move. I've reverted you. Dougweller (talk) 11:22, 5 October 2014 (UTC)"
How long are we going to "virtually" discuss about something already ratified by the Indian Government?
'Orissa' IS NOT 'Orissa', it is Odisha and 'Oriya' IS Odia.
I see the "talking" about changing the name to something that is OFFICIALLY correct has been going on for more than a YEAR now.
'Oriya' is incorrect and keeping it as such is injustice and obstruction to truthful knowledge.
How long are we going to "discuss" and when are we actually going to "do?"
Please don't let Wikipedia be as corrupt as I think it is.
Let the people of Odisha have their Justice.
— Preceding unsigned comment added by JusticeIsTheOnlyRightRight (talk • contribs) 19:47, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
Dougweller, thank you for submitting a move request on my behalf.
However, your reply 20:23, 7 October 2014 (UTC), clearly shows you do not demonstrate respectfulness towards humanity. I think your statement "I really don't care what it's called." IS ABSOLUTELY denigrating and degrading. I will believe by "it" you mean the name either 'Oriya' or 'Odia'. I do not know if you were intentionally ambiguous in your usage of the word "it" as to make pretext for escape in later discourse. If you have no regard for a constituent of humanity, then please do not involve yourself with it. Please remember, the people of Odisha have been giving injustice and your attitude of carelessness is inappropriate and unprofessional. Moreover, we fix problems by fixing them, NOT by pointing out other problems. I believe you have made an attempt to point out my faults and attempt to embarrass me publicly. Intriguingly enough, you didn't mention "You also broke links and as I recall changed the name of a source. That's not constructive. " previously. Was that statement out of petty revenge?
May I ask how to be a "bit more civil", you sure seem like the person to know that answer.
Justice Delayed is Justice Denied.
Let the people of Odisha have their Justice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by JusticeIsTheOnlyRightRight (talk • contribs) 21:07, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
Hello. Please see this. --Omnipaedista (talk) 09:22, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
Vandalism--151.46.169.17 (talk) 11:39, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
What is your problem North Africa Is A Part Of Africa You People On Wikipedia Have Issues To Work Out ! ! ! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Truthfinder1011 (talk • contribs) 19:35, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
For the attention of Mr. Douglas Weller:
I am unclear as to why you persist in reversing my edits to the 'Popular Culture' section of the Wikipedia article on Hy-Brasil. I only came to know about this mythical island as a result of reading Gerald Killingworth's book of the (almost) same name, "Hy Brazil". Out of a desire to improve the article, I sought to edit it in order to make mention of the very book that had led me there. I provided several citations after your initial reversion (which claimed that no articles existed to corroborate the book's existence) but you reversed my edit a second time. The reason you then gave was that the book was 'self-published' and that this should count against it. But, with respect, may I ask why you adopt such a snooty policy? To be sure, a lot of self-published fiction is dross; but could you, in all good faith, defend the existence of The Eye of Argon ("the apotheosis of bad writing") or Battlefield Earth ("...atrociously written, windy and out of control"), both of which are, nevertheless, published works? Self-publication seems a somewhat arbitrary yardstick to use when determining what does and doesn't count as relevant to Wikipedia.
Out of interest, have you read "Hy Brazil"? It's really rather good. And no, I am not the author, just a fan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chithecynic (talk • contribs) 15:05, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi Mr. Dougweller, I am a practicing muslim. I have read the Quran. I go to Islamic seminars and I know what Jihad is all about and I've been learning about it from childhood not from books written by authors and by people who have no clue about islam or the jihad unlike you. Before reverting back my changes Id like you to read the Quran, the hadith, walk into a mosque and ask the imam about Jihad and if the changes I've made are wrong. And the subtopics I've covered are more detailed than your previously entered information on the page and I am gonna add more detail to it. If you think what I have put into the article is wrong you may verify the information first because all your putting into this article is negativity.
Thank you, — Preceding unsigned comment added by Asdfg12344 (talk • contribs) 15:36, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi, would you please restore the Osgoode Hall Law School Page to before TheRedPenofDoom removed a whole bunch of things and then protect it again? Or alternatively, could we get a senior administrator to arbitrate? The changes by Red pen of doom are unacceptable imo. Thanks. Alcoxnow (talk) 20:12, 9 October 2014 (UTC)Alcoxnow
Since you were the only administrator who cared to comment on this report, may I ask you what would you have done in my place to stop this now obvious WP:SNEAKY vandal? Thanks. Windroff (talk) 23:39, 7 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi Dougweller. Could you please proofread this passage on Mussolini, the Wal Wal border skirmish and the local slave trade and make sure it's ok? I've explained the 'emancipation' situation here. An anonymous ip removed the passage a few minutes after I had contextualized it. Best regards, Middayexpress (talk) 16:22, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi. You blocked this IP 4 days ago for one week, but I'm sure when s/he comes back, s/he'll start reverting the other users' edits and making vandalism. I'm really worried about this situation. Also why didn't you move Uthman ibn Affan to Uthman? No one commented on its talk page about changing the title. So can we do it now? Keivan.fTalk 13:14, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
Of Ret.Prof, for attempting to turn ANI into a WP:SOAPBOX for his personal grievances. See Andrevan admonished. Please note that I don't make such requests lightly. This is the first time in 9 years I have requested a block on anyone. Ignocrates (talk) 15:56, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
Hey, I'm writing here because I'm a new user and trying to figure out how to deal with the situation on the Chuck Lavine page without violating the 3-reverts rule. I made a series of changes to the page after seeking consensus and getting advice- specifically I tried to bring the page into compliance with WIKI:BLP and NPOV, as well as add useful citations and make the format more similar to other politicians' pages. I think the result was factual, neutral and useful, though I'm obviously wide open to criticism (like I said, I'm new here).
However, there's been a consistent effort by one user (going by multiple names) to add back in the objectionable material (I'm particularly irritated with unsourced allegations, for example that Lavine installed red light cameras in exchange for campaign donations from the system's manufacturer). After you blocked NYRAMBLERR (thank you for that), two more users (Modforsquad and then Radman23) made the exact same edits NYRAMBLERR had. I suspect, though obviously can't prove, they are the same person and are using multiple usernames to create the illusion of consensus (they are also ignoring my attempts to reach out on the talk page).
Please advise on how best to proceed.
NYRambler (talk) 03:28, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
There is not one chance on earth that i would tell you that kind of information! You are a stranger I am a year 7 student and we learn about stranger danger lol. I think that you should be aware that this site can tell people false info and that many schools get into trouble if they use it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Susie0susie (talk • contribs) 08:35, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
I'm not here to "abuse" anyone. "I would really appreciate it if you don't further abuse one of our most abused editors". What are you talking about? Who is this "most abused editor", exactly? Doc talk 09:46, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
I am abusing one of our most abused editors. Who is it? Is it a big secret only for the clueful to know? Who is this unjustly abused editor, pray tell? Doc talk 10:53, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi Doug. Please can you RD this edit which I have reverted (not true, not sourced and offensive). HelenOnline 14:03, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
sir, i am trying to give set of links as a welcome note to new users using Twinkle because majority of new users are not aware of policies and guidelines of Wikipedia. I want to give it each new user account, now is it all right to do so????
thanks Owais khursheed (talk) 12:07, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
Yep I got it. Fram is one of the greatest editors of Wikipedia. Owais khursheed (talk) 16:14, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
I am sorry, I didn't know. I'm new to Wikipedia.Thank you.Betterday123098 (talk) 20:46, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
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Hey Doug, was just trying to update the Ethiopia page... [redacted]Metalibertarian (talk) 13:51, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
I've looked into the Doctor Who episode edit, and see it was replaced, and for what reason which makes sense to me. I'll try to keep up with other edits as well. Best practice would be to employ a free plagiarism checker and self-police my entries from now on. Thanks for you and the others using this account's time. I've really appreciated wikipedia, and am trying to be a constructive part of it. Metalibertarian (talk) 22:22, 12 October 2014 (UTC) Metalibertarian (talk) 22:35, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
When I print an article immediately after editing (locally, to a PDF file, but probably also on a real printer), there is a framed window showing "Your edit was saved." across every page. The window obscures the printed text. Could someone please fix that? Maybe CSS provides a way to suppress the window from the printing view. --El Cazangero (talk) 16:04, 14 October 2014 (UTC)
Do you remember this case? Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/-Ilhador-/Archive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Cryfe and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Ruddah . Both accounts tamper with military articles' infoboxes just like -Ilhador- did [11][12][13]. Both accounts make controversial moves and violate WP:COPYVIO just like -Ilhador- did: [14][15][16][17][18]. I have no time to open an SPI; could you please take care of this WP:DUCK case? --Omnipaedista (talk) 17:35, 13 October 2014 (UTC)
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Thanks for the cookies. And thanks for welcoming meHikaruaizora (talk) 09:17, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
Do you know what Alsótatárlaka means? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.12.157.119 (talk) 05:34, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi Dougweller - you have reverted activity I posted stating that it is promotional, when in fact it is press coverage in the media talking about various aspects of the LSBF business, posted to inform potential students about LSBF and current activities. Could you consider reverting this decision? — Preceding unsigned comment added by MenoPorsche (talk • contribs) 13:42, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
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Remember me? Probably not, but I'm grateful to you for helping me acquire self-confidence as a Wikipedian when I was brand new here. Anyway, on your user page, to the right of the template that reads "God made this user an atheist. Do you question his wisdom?", I see what appear to be two stray curly brackets ("(("). Also, I'm sad to realize that you have made it known to everyone that you are an atheist. Your talk page was more entertaining when a religious fundamentalist would come by and accuse you of being an atheist, and the next day an atheist would accuse you of being a religious fundamentalist. All the best... Dontreader (talk) 20:09, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
I notified user:Vincedumond of his plagiarism and asked him to refrain from such edits.[21] Thought you might need to look into it. Thanks. --Kansas Bear (talk) 23:04, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
Would you mind looking at the latest edit to San Blas Islands? An editor changed the number of islands in the San Blas Islands and changed a link, a web address, for tours of the islands from one web address to another, perhaps trying to promote a tour company. Is that the kind of edit I should just routinely revert? CorinneSD (talk) 02:04, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
I've just come back after a break due to not having a working computer until now. I have just started going through my watch list. I noticed a comment posted on the article's talk page at Talk:Olive Schreiner on 29 September 2014 (followed by a brief reply by an IP editor). If I understand the comment right, this person wants to include his/her own thesis in the article -- isn't that original research? Also, he/she posted his/her comment at the top of the page instead of the bottom. Do you want to reply to this editor? If not, I'll do it, with reference to WP:OR and WP:RS. CorinneSD (talk) 01:03, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
I noticed an IP editor has added material to the article on Nishapur. It is all unsourced, and material was included under "Geography" that really belongs in other sections. I also noticed that the sections are not in the same order as they are in other articles. I compared it with the order in Thessaloniki. I don't want to scare off a potential new editor by undoing the edits. Even an edit summary like "Removing unsourced material" might do that. The article clearly needs work. What do you recommend? CorinneSD (talk) 18:35, 18 October 2014 (UTC)
Extend PC time? --George Ho (talk) 05:46, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
Judging from this "new" editor's, Afghan25, contentious attitude and editing on my talk page,[23][24][25], would indicate a blocked user. Initial post on my talk page was clearly hostile followed by two more posts which claimed I added the Ferishta quote[26](actually added by user:Intothefire), along with a personal attack("But lets forget about your prejudice and ignorance"), to "I hope the feeling of being vanquished doesn't hurt too much.".[27] I have removed the latter two posts which had absolutely nothing to do with the Ferishta quote and were nothing but blatant personal attacks. --Kansas Bear (talk) 23:34, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
Link to sockpuppet investigation.[28] --Kansas Bear (talk) 23:40, 16 October 2014 (UTC)
Hello. Agustin.leon21 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) was given a short block by you on 8 October, and a warning not to continue to add unsourced/made up numbers etc to articles, a warning he did not heed, instead creating Agustin.leon20 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log) and just continuing with his disruptive edits. Agustin.leon20 was then blocked indefinitely by Edgar181 on 13 October for disruptive edits and abusing multiple accounts. Which didn't stop him either, because he's now back as Agustin.2110 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · nuke contribs · logs · filter log · block user · block log), doing the exact same kind of edits on the same articles, so could you please put a stop to both Agustin.leon21 (which has obviously been discarded since it hasn't edited since 8 October, but is currently not blocked) and the new account Agustin.2110? Preferably with hard blocks. Thomas.W talk 18:46, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
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You added this comment here that is kind of a privacy violation. It's confirmed but it's not essential to the log page that this information be in it. Also, I took Gregkaye to ANI here.~Technophant (talk) 19:40, 20 October 2014 (UTC) Julsan (talk) 00:21, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
as my people the aniyunwiya-cherokee origin is scattered among many scholars there is no one in particular. you mentioned that john Haywood conclusion was not valid simply because others theories yes theories meaning not fact have risen. today many Cherokee believe in many origin stories, many as which as we always been in the south east,also migrated from Mexico which many anthropologist suggest and that we came here from Asia,DNA studies even conclude that the early ancient Americans came from Asia ...One theory listed on the Cherokee page says that we were once part of the Iroquoian nations ( That may be true but that doesn't denote an origin. John Haywood clearly states our origins are from southern Asia that doesn't discard the Iroquoian myth it just dates our origin before Iroquoian contact. Also the theories on Cherokee is discarded by many of us today in many different ways , so just because one theory is not as popular as another doesn't mean it doesn't hold any truths. I know John Haywood conclusion is apart of our history as every other theory plays its part...so they are no cherry picking im planting more cherries, you are cherry picking by discrediting and who ever discredits a theory about a mysterious origin. Key word ( theories ) of origin. and every theory should be valid and any can not be ruled out as specially john Haywoods' because it doesn't criticalize the Iroquoian myth it predates it. If scholars and scientist can say we come from Asia cool, then their should not be any fuss about John Haywood pointing a particular point on the Asian origin. All Cherokee's do not support the myths on the Cherokee page so that should not be up there as well, who can say what theory is creditable or not , my people have many theories and much should be heard , just because it discreditable / rejected by 1 person doesn't mean its rejected by all..its my history and im passionate about it and its not to be played with or be held of bias information all information has its part.Historicfuture12 (talk) 19:45, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
The Cherokee stories in the communities vary they are more then i can count, yes some are some more prevailant but they are still theories. DNA studies conclude many natives have Asian and all type of DNA, as the Bering strait goes i wouldn't say its false i would say some people came that way also many came by boat and sailed the oceans and seas as early Dravidians did and is mentioned in old sanskrit tect that they reached america in ancient times, many indian scholars and american scholors agree on that, also north African moors came as well this is documented throught united staes treaties and so on. the Dravidians and north african moors were expert navigators and came to America in ancient times way before and Caucasian european sailed the oceans as they had no reference of navigation they simply thought the earth was flat, in columbus's notes etc they claim moors helped them sail to turtle island (the americas). Yes traffic came both ways that IS common sense but many stock came from Asia and that's in many oral history and research..Aniyunwiya/cherokee chief attakullakulla claimed we came here from the far east where the sun rises way before the age of stone age man DURING A SPEECH 1750. [1] ..you must realize as a member of Aniyunwiya/Cherokee many of our stories are oral traditions among our people...only a few scholars have had the luxury to speak to some of our medicine men and women in the past, we also kept much knowledge from our oppressor the Caucasian europeans TO PROTECT OUR HISTORY AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE UNIVERSE AND SPIRITUALITY. Anthropologists Say Today The Cherokee migrated back and forth from Mexico twice, making the Ozark plateau our home the second time, about 800-1500 years ago. This fact has been proven scientifically ( by Dr. Tim Jones WHO CLAIMS Cherokee descendant) of the University of Arizona -- who holds doctorate degrees in BOTH archeology AND anthropologyHistoricfuture12 (talk) 23:38, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
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photograph of Elamite silver cup
Hello, sorry, I just sent you an e-mail before realizing that maybe I should have used this channel here instead. If it was a mistake I apologize to you (I love Wikipedia but I'm not accustomed to propose contributions...), so I will repeat here the text of my e-mail integrally :
Hello, on October 20th at 14:51, user 84.227.226.250 made, together with me, a correction (see https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Elam&action=history ) that you have "undone" a few minutes later... May I ask you the reason of your disagreement ?
The correction concerned the description of the photograph of an Elamite silver cup of the 3rd millennium BC. The sentence was : "Silver cup the sack of Susa in 647 BC. Here, flames rise from the city as Assyrian soldiers topple it with pickaxes and crowbars, with linear-Elamite inscription on it. Late 3rd Millennium BC. National Museum of Iran."
It seems to me that "Silver cup the sack of Susa" is not correct English, and indeed you can realize that the whole string "the sack of Susa in 647 BC. Here, flames rise from the city as Assyrian soldiers topple it with pickaxes and crowbars" is just the repetition of what written about the previous photograph (just one centimeter above) which indeed correctly depicts the sack of Susa with flames and Assyrian soldiers.
That silver cup is just 2000 years older, and obviously there are no flames nor Assyrian soldiers on it. It is a very famous cup, that you can see in many many sites on the Web. It appears that the sentence there had just been corrupted by an inadvertent "copy & paste", that we felt in duty to correct.
Could you please be so kind as to explain why you didn't agree with our correction ?
Kind regards,
Julsan (talk) 23:28, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
Julsan, I'm sorry for not replying. I'll get back to you tomorrow. I may have made an error. I'm tired now and am on my way to bed. Dougweller (talk) 20:39, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
I'm afraid I did something wrong, I see that my post about the Elamite silver cup has been appended to somebody's previous post... I'm not sure to understand the reason, please forgive my inexperience... Julsan (talk) 00:13, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
You've got email. — TransporterMan (TALK) 18:29, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
Re: Technophant. After seeing your edit at User talk:Technophant#1RR notification on Syrian Civil War articles I was wondering whether you could take a look at User talk:Technophant#SCW&ISIL sanctions with which I was involved. Gregkaye ✍♪ 19:58, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
Dear Dougweller, i would like to point your attention to the fact that recently there have been several general sanction warnings logged by users, who are not administrators. I was myself surprised to be warned of WP:SCWGS by Technophant, while not committing any 1RR violation - and i'm very much familiar with the sanctions - i proposed those!
Logging of warnings by non-administrators was done at Syrian Civil War & ISIL log by user:RGloucester, user:97.117.183.196 (already removed), user:Technophant and at Palestine-Israel articles by User:Alf.laylah.wa.laylah. As far as i checked, there was no WP:ANI procedure in those cases and apparently even no violation of 1RR. The logging of unauthorized warnings at Syrian Civil War & ISIL sanctions log actually was in parallel with your genuine logging on October 19, so i would like to ask you making some order there by yourself. Meanwhile, i have already removed a single warning, logged by IP user (?!) at the WP:SCWGS, with no ANI procedure as well. Thanks for your attention.GreyShark (dibra) 17:32, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
Please see this discussion on the Administrator's noticeboard.GreyShark (dibra) 21:32, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
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Could you please look at Neekan (talk · contribs)'s edits. Almost all of them are unexplained content deletions and edit wars. According to me, this user is a vandal and obviously not here to contribute to building the encylopedia. The user was warned many times about the same behaviors but it seems that he won't change. l think an indef block would be useful in order to prevent wikipedia articles. ArordineriiiUkhtt (talk) 02:15, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
The worm has turned. --P123ct1 (talk) 23:26, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
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Hi. I recently deleted irrelevant text from the following webpage which was subsequently re-posted: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_and_Caitlin_Matthews
-begins- Ronald Hutton, commenting on Caitlin Matthews' works, states that she "falls below the standards required of a professional historian. She makes no attempt to distinguish between the relative value of sources, so those from the seventh century and from the seventeenth are put together with no sense of context." He also states that she conditions her work to the needs of her audience and that she has incorrectly suggested parallels between Celtic lore and Native American religion. -ends-
I removed the text because it was unhelpful and not relevant to John or Caitlin Matthews. either claim to be 'professional historians'. Subsequent comments concerning non-attempts to distinguish relative sources from a professor of history seem misplaced. Ronald Hutton deals with academic histories and Caitlin. I must also state that Ronald is happily writing a forward for an anthology in which Caitlin will pen a chapter. The book contract was signed yesterday and I will edit the tome.
Caitlin and John's website describe themselves in the following way: begins- Together we like to explore the myths of Britain and Ireland, uncover the Celtic and Arthurian mysteries, explore the shamanic possibilities and create rituals that honour the ancestral ways and tell the ancient stories that our descendants will remember. ends-
In the anthology, Caitlin's biog will read:
begins- CAITLíN MATTHEWS is a teacher of the ancestral and shamanic traditions of Britain and Ireland . As a recognized wisdom-keeper and elder, she teaches these traditions, re-awakening memory of ancestral wisdom for faith groups, cultural institutions and communities of the Celtic diaspora worldwide, working across diverse faith and cultural traditions. She is the author of over 60 books, including Singing the Soul Back Home, Sophia Goddess of Wisdom and Celtic Wisdom Oracle: Ancestral Wisdom and Guidance. She is co-author with her partner John Matthews of the classic Walkers Between the Worlds which has been in print since 1984. Her books have been translated into over 30 languages worldwide. She is currently working on The Book of Ancestral Wisdom: a guide to reconnection with ancestors. She is a co-founder of the Foundation for Inspirational and Oracular Studies, dedicated to the sacred and ancestral arts that are held in oral memory and practice. Caitlín lives in Oxford where she has had a shamanic healing practice for 25 years dedicated to healing ancestral fragmentation. www.hallowquest.org.uk ends-
No mention of them being a historians. To therefore permit comments that criticize them for not being historians is like permitting criticisms for them not being bricklayers, archaeologists or reborn again Christians - all of which would also be irrelevant.
I know Ronald Hutton. He is a good man and I like him very much, but the previously removed comments are irrelevant and so I request that they are deleted.
In spirit, there are, broadly speaking, overlaps between ancient native Americans and modern british paganisms, especially in concern of the three fold relationships between landscape, ancestors and self.
In friendship,
paul davies daviespaul1@yahoo.co.uk — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.114.165.254 (talk) 13:48, 24 October 2014 (UTC)
Sir, I am confused with this Bijbehara Massacre. The article I think contradicts with itself. The article says that it is about Indian Army vs Kashmiri rebels meaning militants. Then it says that it was an unarmed protest against seige of a mosque and Indian army killed 48 people (protestors). And 12 BSF men accused of firing at innocent people. And the victims were given compensation money.If th the protestors were militants they would have never been given compensation. So that means they were not rebels or fighters because rebellion means armed war. I have got sources which are official newspaper's here which say the people were unarmed, then why does it is said on wikipedia that they were rebels and then contradicting with itself.
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can you add a new row on turkic people about sports jereed,Dzhigit and Buzkashi is turkic sport:) mehmeett21 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.233.27.221 (talk) 11:45, 25 October 2014 (UTC)
Hello Dougweller, looking at this, I got concerned : do you see any spam in the French article or did I misunderstand you ? Cheers, — Racconish ✉ 15:29, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
Hello Dougweller, you deleted the entry @ https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Montagu_Brownlow_Parker,_5th_Earl_of_Morley&curid=43897727&diff=630773500&oldid=630773329 and suggested the modification was spam and or copyright as a reason. I'm not sure I understand why either is valid. The blog contains a reference to the Parker Map which does not seem to be available elsewhere. Further can you please clarify which material you identify as a copyright breach?
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can you help me on the page turkic people i will putt refernce and pictures but i am not godd at that — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mehmeett21 (talk • contribs) 14:01, 25 October 2014 (UTC)
I opened this up [33]. I see you've already struck one of the socks comments. The same person caused the Rationalwiki race-talk pages to be locked for excessive disruption and vandalism a week or so back. Both account are linked via posting the same 'genetic cluster' image. FossilMad (talk) 10:56, 25 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi Dougweller! I have a funky feeling about Lara Maigue. I'm mentioning it to you only because you have one or two intersections with her and I couldn't think of anyone else to bother. . Example. I notice that she has 117 edits across all Wikimedia projects, but she was slick enough to get Twinkle, start filing sock reports, slapping people (improperly) with confirmed sock templates (many on October 20), etc. How could she have such a familiarity with so many socks after so few edits? Her English is very poor--it's almost incomprehensible--and it reminds me a lot of McVeigh. In fact, I think I may have happened upon her while looking at some of McVeigh's talk page interactions. She's also done other weird things like suddenly establishing a talk page archive for Carniolus, then tweaking it so it reflects archives into 2024. Anyhow, something's funky and I was hoping you'd poke around a little to see if you got the same impression. Thanks! Cyphoidbomb (talk) 16:35, 25 October 2014 (UTC)
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it was me who asked about help i have put sports in turkic people page and I would be grateful if you fix the refernce and and add as you like:) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mehmeett21 (talk • contribs) 19:06, 25 October 2014 (UTC)
The vandalism has slowed down. Even so, extend PC time? --George Ho (talk) 03:42, 26 October 2014 (UTC)
Talk:Out_of_India_theory#Recent_deletion, same as Talk:Indigenous_Aryans#Genetics_section. Thank you. --AmritasyaPutraT 04:10, 26 October 2014 (UTC)
I just saw a series of vandalism edits to John Calvin by two different editors over the last ten days. I wonder if both editors should be blocked from editing (if they haven't already been). CorinneSD (talk) 19:17, 23 October 2014 (UTC)
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You know that the military infobox was there probably since this page was written for the first time. Was there ever any discussion about removing it before? Bladesmulti (talk) 10:17, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
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Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, you may be blocked from editing.
Please stop your disruptive editing. If you continue to vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Mirza Ghulam Ahmad you may be blocked from editing.
The Vandalism on Mirza Ghulam Ahmad harm Wikipedia's reputation. We are not a religious organisation and hence accept all criticism of religion that referenced with appropriate sources. Fines may follow !
Sources here include:
See WP:BP, WP:NOT, WP:VAN Adjutor101 (talk) 11:41, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
my user page go deleted. why? JEMead (talk) 12:49, 29 October 2014 (UTC) sorry - it reappeared. hmmm JEMead (talk) 12:50, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi Doug. A while back you indicated you'd support my admin nomination. [37] Do you still feel this way and if so, would you be willing to put forth the nomination? Please be aware that I haven't written any articles and that I focus on maintenance and assisting other editors. --NeilN talk to me 14:58, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
Paul's page is a lightening rod for attacks because of only one book he wrote on the Theosophy Masters. Most of his work does not involve the Theosophical Society's Masters. If his Page is to stay, it should be balanced out to reflect all his works. The majority of his work has been after his brief period with the TS (late 1990's). The theosophy stuff is minor except for a very vocal group of people who attack him. The page should actually be deleted in my opinion. JEMead (talk) 18:13, 25 October 2014 (UTC)
We have a new editor who apparently thinks primary sources lifted from Peter Kirby's website are sufficient for a newly created article on the Book of Elchasai. My talk page explanations pointing to WP:PSTS, WP:V and WP:RS have gone unheeded, and the editor just removed a tag I placed to improve the article. Can you please look into this? Ignocrates (talk) 03:32, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
I saw your note on the article talk page. The link to NewAdvent should go for the same reason, and it also creates an NPOV problem. Ian.thomson provided ample secondary and tertiary sources to improve the article on the talk page, so RSN did its job as far as I'm concerned. The bigger issue is that the article was never properly reviewed before it was added to mainspace. It has less content and poorer sourcing than the parent Elcesaites article, so it shouldn't have been created as a spin-out (the Book of Elchesai link is a redirect). Therefore, it's not ready for prime-time, and could be (and probably should be) moved to AFC space or the author's userspace. Meanwhile, I'm going to put the tags back in good faith to encourage other editors to improve it using the sources Ian provided. Ignocrates (talk) 20:15, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi, Doug -- I just made a minor edit to Ancient history to make a sentence more concise (and fix punctuation), but I still wonder if the sentence could be further improved. It is the sole sentence in the third paragraph of the lead:
I'm wondering if there is a way to avoid using the word "period" twice in the sentence. Can you think of a word that would work in place of one of them, but preserving the correct meaning? CorinneSD (talk) 15:41, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
Hello. Recently, you reverted an edit I made to the Prehistory of Australia article. I had replaced the phrase "earliest ancestors of the Aboriginals" with "earliest inhabitants of Australia." I made this change as a clarification to signify the distinction between these two concepts as the identification of the earliest Australian migrants as ancestors of modern Aboriginals remains a matter of scholarly discussion: a moot point, as they say. From the context it seemed likely to me that the paragraph was definitely discussing the earliest occupation of Australia. What were your reasons for reverting my change? Ordinary Person (talk) 17:00, 28 October 2014 (UTC)
Sir, how the creation of "Criticism of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad" be WP:CONTENTFORK because we have article Jesus and Criticism of Jesus, article Muhammad and Criticism of Muhammad on Wikipedia. Please reply..... Thanks. Night Fury (talk) 08:10, 30 October 2014 (UTC)
Goldstone, Nancy (2007). Four Queens: The Provençal Sisters who ruled Europe. New York: Viking Penguin. ISBN 9780670038435.
I get the distinct impression this is a "popular" history, not a serious academic work. Your thoughts? --Kansas Bear (talk) 01:55, 27 October 2014 (UTC)
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None of the sources provided in the section say that the Dungan and Panthay Revolts happened because they were Muslims or that the revolt was due to religion. It is exactly because on the contrary, sources say that they had little to do with religion that the section should be largely deleted with all the material on the Dungan and Panthay Revolts cleared out. Nowhere does it say the Qing persecuted Muslims because they were Muslims. And in addition to that, the paragraph on Uyghurs says its ethnic persecution, it doesn't say Uyghurs were targeted for being Muslims but that they are targeted for being Uyghur. This would go into a racism and not a religious persecution for being Muslim article. That means the entire section needs deletion. And also the material on Tibet explicitly mentioned Islam as a religion (Tibetans claiming alleged Islamic proselytizing by serving Tibetans the cremated ash of Imams) as a reason for Tibetan attacks and hostility to Islam.Rajmaan (talk) 03:02, 1 November 2014 (UTC)
But also, opposing points of views on a subject are valid material to be included in an article. If material which just says that the Qing or government treated people of xx religion nicely and says nothing about persecution then I understand that it is off topic and should be deleted. But the material doesn't just say that, it explicitly mentions the premise of persecuting or fighting because of religion, and then explicitly rejects and criticizes that premise as a reason for the conflict. Both sides of a debate and their point of view should be included if one point of view is also centered around criticizing the opposing point of view. If a reliable source explicitly says that something did not happen and was noticeable for that fact, it is valid material for inclusion. A made up analogy is if there were two articles published about Iraq in two newspapers- one article says that the new interim Iraqi government rejected a contract by Haliburton or some American oil company to drill for oil and signed an agreement with another foreign company instead. It says nothing else. Someone tries putting that into the Iraq War article and uses is as a reference to claim that America did not invade Iraq because of oil. It gets rightfully deleted because the article says nothing about the Iraq War. However, an article in another newspaper mentions the rejected contract and says that the Iraqi government is not being forced by American forces stationed in Iraq to sign it so America did not enter the war for oil but instead did it for other reasons. That can be used as a valid source in the Iraq War article on the criticism section to add another opposing viewpoint. Criticism of an article's topic is valid, that's why many articles have criticism sections on their topics with reliable sources. What I added is sourced criticism of the topic
Also the Syrian section has absolutely nothing to do with persecution of Muslims and needs to be deleted entirely too.Rajmaan (talk) 03:05, 1 November 2014 (UTC)
Some information on there is patently irrelevant and wrong, Linxia, not Xi'an, was the most important city for Hui Muslims and in fact the Hui Muslim community in Xi'an survived the war intact while other communities in Shaanxi did not so there is no reason for this sentence - "Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi province, was the Holy city of Dungan (Hui) in China before the revolt. "Rajmaan (talk) 16:32, 1 November 2014 (UTC)
So what are we going to do about this PI, 81.155.210.131 ? He's over 3RR today, and about half-a-dozen-RR for the last few days. I'm at 2RR myself, so I can't do anything about his latest revert. I'm going to put an edit warring template on his talk page, which he'll ignore. Is it too early to request administrative help? DoctorJoeE review transgressions/talk to me! 02:26, 31 October 2014 (UTC)
Extend PC time? --George Ho (talk) 08:59, 31 October 2014 (UTC)
Hi Doug. It has been my understanding that with some common sense exceptions, local elections are not usually notable per WP:EVENTCRIT. However that understanding has been challenged (1) (2). I dropped a note on the editor's talk page, which has not yet gotten a reply (s/he may be just be busy). In any event I am leaning towards sending them to AfD but wanted to get a second opinion first.
Just want to know why the Rasta movement was deleted and what was the statement that made no sense. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.77.90.95 (talk) 21:21, 1 November 2014 (UTC)
There is an article Arunachal Pradesh Public Service Commission, the 'Establishment' section of this article is directly copied from [41], an IP editor removed all the content but i reverted him because i thought he is removing content without specific reason but it is actually copy pasted from the link above. Please take care of the matter. thanks Night Fury (talk) 11:10, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
@Dougweller:, First thank-you for intervening at Talk:ISIL with your citation of WP:LEAD. That was very timely and appreciated.
I am very concerned about the exertion of pressures on the article from outside influences. If it came to a WP:Vote, it wouldn't take much for members of an outside Cabal, whether in coordination or not, to become involved and present the group look like Disney. I was wondering whether any mechanisms could operate by which key decisions could be addressed via an independent decision making process or whether outside interventions might beneficially be brought into play. One of the big issues that has been in the news has been Islamic criticism of ISIL and yet reference to this criticism has been surreptitiously edit warred out of the lead which only came to light late on in a discussion as to whether to put it back. I was wondering whether a mechanism in something like village pump might be used to address various issues. Any help or advice that you can give will be appreciated. Gregkaye ✍♪ 08:32, 31 October 2014 (UTC) @Gregkay: If that happens we can sort it. We don't have any mechanism such as you suggest nor are we likely to agree to one. We don't vote anyway, it's the weight of policy and guidelines that should determine most things. We've got WP:NPOV for instance. A lot of people don't know about WP:LEAD. Dougweller (talk) 19:40, 1 November 2014 (UTC)
I noticed that you reverted user:thismightbezach edits to Killing Jesus. He is making similar edits (deleting critical reviews) to Killing Patton, also by Bill O'Reilly. Thanks. user:Jimintheatl
I'm referring to the "Killing Patton" page, not the Bill O'Reilly page. Thanks. Jimintheatl The same user you reverted for his partisan edit to Bill O'Reilly's "Killing Jesus" is now trying to include promotional materials from O'Reilly's website for his latest book "Killing Patton." This is clearly inappropriate. Thanks.--Jimintheatl
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Thanks, BengaliHindu (talk) 17:42, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
Doug, in reply to your comment "Leaving aside the eponymous bit, it is clearly NPOV to have Wikipedia state as fact that Jacob is the ancestor of the Israelites."
I agree and only removed the word eponymous. I agree that it is NPOV to state as fact that Jacob is the ancestor of the Israelites. Please remove the word eponymous or I will as it clearly violates NPOV — Preceding unsigned comment added by 23.243.8.100 (talk) 21:58, 2 November 2014 (UTC)
Re: this
Turns out that is not actualy an Ambedkar quote; it is just Jabbar's paraphrase of BA"s opinions (which are noteworthy as I note on article talk page, and should be included... but in a different form). Can you self-revert or rework the content appropriately?
The article has huge gaping coverage holes. Hoping that the renewed attention will help cover some of them, although as usual don't know exactly when I'll be able to get to it. Abecedare (talk) 21:50, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
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Do you know anything about this guy? Says he has written on ancient history but looks pseudo archeology to me and no reliable references. Is he notable? Goblin Face (talk) 21:45, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
It's this guy. Ian.thomson (talk) 16:18, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
W. A. Wigram, An introduction to the history of the Assyrian Church. Wigram appears to be an Anglican priest and his work is over a hundred years old. Your thoughts? --Kansas Bear (talk) 05:45, 4 November 2014 (UTC)
Hello Doug- I hope you don't mind me bugging you for advice. I'm looking for some guidance on how to draw attention to an editing campaign by User:Jayjg using AWB to change seemingly every instance on WP of the usage centers around to centers on. (his contributions). Do you think WP:RFC/USER is the route to go in a case like this? He's making hundreds of these edits, and a couple of us have tried to get his attention, as yet to no avail. Please let me know if I should be requesting advice elsewhere, and thanks in advance for any pointers. Eric talk 15:41, 4 November 2014 (UTC)