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Hi John! You reverted last edits by TigranTheGreat at Shusha without any explanations. Ill be very grateful if you describe at the talk page what and why is disruptive in his edits (especially related to the Shushi massacres a topic which is represented by a strange quote about "Armenian attack" by an Armenian historian). Thanks in advance! Andranikpasha (talk) 12:06, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
Im supporting the most part (I can detalize which ones) so I think if something is dubious or discussed previously at talk we can rv or discuss, but why revert the whole edit by TigranTheGreat included justified and never discussed text? For example, a user (Basenius) made some changes which marks there was'nt term Azeris in 1905, there were Tartars (and there were Armenian-Tartar clashes in 1905-06). After the editwarrings started noone says why this edit is commonly unacceptable etc? Everyone knows its true and we can discuss the form of text by Bassenius I dont think if the basis.
Also my editions on 1920 massacres/pogrom were many times reverted to an Armenian historian without any discussion at the talk. How can we get a consesnus in a continuing undiscussed editwarring? Andranikpasha (talk) 13:00, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
The deletion of a not clear source is not seems to be so bad action! and sorry, reverts of whole edit (also the good sourced parts; for that we have "partially rv") just cuz a little part of it is discussing at the time is also a kind of disruption! Its my opinion... Andranikpasha (talk) 15:38, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi John. You recently reverted an entire set of edits in favor of suspected sockpuppet Grandmaster/Parishan/Atabek who in the course of the last two years has been using fake or irrelevant references in order to push their claims , which, in as a matter of fact, mirror what in Western academic sources was exposed as Azerbaijani nationalist propaganda. You intentionally or inadvertently support mentioned users and their disruptive tactics. I have not noticed that you possess subject-matter expertise or are keenly interested in discussed subjects in order to make such gestures. It was very suspicious that you brought in the issue of Penny cyclopedia on the Shusha talk page, and only minute later the user Grandmaster used it as a fake reference in the Shusha edit. I am assuming good faith but your behavior is undermining your credibility of a fair admin. Have a nice day. Bassenius (talk) 17:32, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
Hey , i just edited shushi and you changed it back ! i checked all the sources and it didnt include the piece i removed, therefore it isnt credible... im going to change it back ... thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.174.89.163 (talk) 04:45, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
It seems you have removed the boxes that I'd been adding to Fizuli and maybe other Azerbaijan rayons. I don't understand why as I was simply doing as I'd been requested - ie to help improve Azerbaijan pages and had been adding in same-style text boxes as those previously used in other cases on other Azerbaijan rayons.
It seems strangely negative to simply remove these boxes which had taken some time for me to prepare (including the checking of population figs, post codes etc).
If you don't like the actual design of the boxes, then why not change them rather than simply reverting? In the mean time I'll revert them to how they were so that if people want to they don't at least need to look up the figures all over again... Malikbek (talk) 11:49, 27 November 2007 (UTC) PS Sorry if I'm writing this in the wrong place, as I'm new to this wiki game.
Thanks for the message... Malikbek (talk) 13:58, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
A tag has been placed on Postage stamps and postal history of Azerbaijan requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section A1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because it is a very short article providing little or no context to the reader. Please see Wikipedia:Stub for our minimum information standards for short articles. Also please note that articles must be on notable subjects and should provide references to reliable sources that verify their content.
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Hi! I've uploaded scan of the first issue of Scientific American to Commons this march (see [1]). I noticed that you recognized the first page on wiktionary. I have the full first issue and of course, if you want, I can scan the rest pages. Should I? --Boleslav1 19:10, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
I harassed no one. Read the two threads in full. Marskell (talk) 08:27, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for standing up. I am sorry you and Marskell had a misunderstanding with my confusing edits to my own talk page (which complicated matters). Marskell, I think, was incorrect regarding warnings, but he or she seemed to be nice enough. Swarm Internationale 01:02, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
Sorry, I slipped and hit enter before I should have. Anyway, the redirection page, ^H was put into a category it should not have been. Wikipedia:Categorizing redirects states that "most redirects should not be categorized. Examples include misspellings, minor variations of article titles, obscure alternate titles, and abbreviations." -- H3xx (t|c) 03:58, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
-- H3xx (t|c) 04:18, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
Hi John! Surely any editor is free to do biased editions. Its even no amazing when they are obvious and too much! Personally me believe that admin's should have less rights to show their bias. but thats for the future. And now pls lets wait for a mediation which will go on at Shusha pogrom (1920) after you made your too much unacceptable (personally for my as Im an author there) and non-compromisse editions on that article during a long period! Best, Andranikpasha (talk) 21:51, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
Greetings John, could you do me a favour and offer the same offer to Bassenius that you gave to Verjakette. I'm very curious as to the response you'd get. Thanks Pocopocopocopoco (talk) 03:02, 13 December 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for bringing that to my attention. I have just responded. Parishan (talk) 09:36, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
Sorry for having not answered for so long, but I have absolutely no idea how I can help. This speech that you speak of is sourced from a Singaporean organisation, which country it is based in also acknowledges Malay as a national language. Lee Hsien Loong is also Singaporean, so the entire issue falls under Singapore's jurisdiction. I have no knowledge of Singapore's copyright policy since I deal more specifically to Malaysia-related articles, but you should have better luck asking anyone affliated with Wikipedia:SGpedians' notice board. Sorry again for my belatedness.
Further replies are best made in Two hundred percent's talk page. - Two hundred percent (talk) 14:30, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
Hello,
Can we do something about this? Parishan (talk) 20:45, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
Hey there, we just got a new article, Executive Order 13198, that needs to be transwikied to Wikisource. I was told that you use Wikisource often, so I was hoping you could help out. The article's also been put up at AfD: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Executive Order 13198. Thanks! GlassCobra 22:57, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
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Hi John, I have collected some evidence that Adil = Ehud, here you at User:Fedayee/LesarBaguirov_Evidence. I started adding the evidence, I will be adding more depending on how much you request if this is not enough. I am really amazed that no one sees anything in Adil's game. The reason I don't want to add all the evidences at once is that, from experience, I know it won’t even be read. - Fedayee (talk) 03:04, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
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Just in case you didn't get to read my comment on Fedayee's talk page (and given your unawareness of the Wiki rules, you may have a reading disability. I am not trying to insult you, just raising an important concern), I am posting it here as well.
WP:AGF is not a policy. It is a guideline which "is not set in stone and should be treated with common sense and the occasional exception." (WP:AGF). Saying that someone is a sockpuppet is not a violation of AGF--someone may engage in sockpuppetry with good faith (i.e. believing that he is making Wikipedia better). Good evidence alone is enough to point out suspicious behavior--be it disruptive editing, or sockpuppetry. It provides effective common sense restriction against abuse. Otherwise, users would abuse the system freely until "proof" could be achieved, which could be never (especially if the admin asking for a proof is biased).
Furthermore, a penalty should be applied after an official warning is placed on a user's talk page, and the user is told that continued violation will result in blocking. It's spelled out in the ArbCom decision: "Before any penalty is applied, a warning placed on the editor's user talk page by an administrator shall serve as notice to the user that these remedies apply to them." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration/Armenia-Azerbaijan_2 Poorly worded and vulgar requests (containing stupid phrases such as "shut up") on other pages do not count.
It is clear that you are ignorant of the policies and rules of Wikipedia. You need to step down as an admin and first aquaint yourself with the rules. Before you do that, you need to lift Fedayee's block. If you don't, we, as Wikipedia users, will make sure that you are forced to step down.
If you reply, do it either here or on Fedayee's talk page. I do not want you to spam my talk page with your lengthy tirades as you have done before. --TigranTheGreat (talk) 10:13, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
There is no rule that user A cannot accuse user B of sockpuppetry if user A has good faith basis to believe so. You are making rules up. And WP:AGF is not a policy. And warnings have to be on the user's talk page and clearly indicate that he will be blocked next time. Your behaviour is more like baiting. --TigranTheGreat (talk) 11:12, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
Dear John Vandenberg, out of curiosity, and since one side of the Aremnia-Azerbaijan conflict strongly feels that you are not neutral, I have been studying your contributions, and you do have a history of mysteriously appearing on various articles in which User:Grandmaster is involved in, usually to support User:Grandmaster's position in an editorial conflict. There is an undeniable pattern that supports this assertion, so in light of this, can you please clarify the nature of your relationship with User:Grandmaster? Are you in contact with User:Grandmaster outside Wikipedia via emails and instant messaging? --JamesDS (talk) 23:38, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
I see you are active on the issue, please take a look at the following two discussions:
-- Cat chi? 22:55, 28 December 2007 (UTC)
This is user is disrupting the project.
You're specific targeting of Armenian genocide memorial pictures is an insult to me as well as any Armenian. I demand that you be baned from touching Armenian Genocide related articles. VartanM (talk) 20:40, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
If I can briefly digress your Talk page from arbcommish stressful stuff, there is a fun conversation at the Village Pump about bibliographic tools. EdJohnston (talk) 19:22, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
This is counter-productive; I did block Fedayee for repeating accusations of sockpuppetry. It is quite likely that there is offwiki canvassing going on here, but the article is on the noticeboards, so it will sort itself out in due course. John Vandenberg (talk) 01:29, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
FT2 mentioned that you had contacted him a few weeks ago about being an arbitration clerk. Are you still interested? If so, read WP:AC/C and WP:AC/CN and then let me know. Thatcher 03:57, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
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Hi, thanks for this. Everything's working fine. Cowardly Lion (talk) 11:13, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Per this post I have decided to notify about the case as you were an administrators active on Wikipedia:Arbitration enforcement. -- Cat chi? 20:01, 4 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks for the heads up. Released into PD. Cheers Manning (talk) 00:47, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
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As the unblocking admin, just wanted to let you know that BM has been editing outside the parameters of his unblock condition. Notified Arbitration Committee/Clerks/Noticeboard per your unblock comment diff link. Not sure if I left it in the right place there or not, please let me know for future reference. Thanks, R. Baley (talk) 08:50, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
FYI, the latest attack where we're all just "thuggish, self-righteous and over-bearing"... -- ALLSTARecho 09:12, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
Could John Vandenberg or Fransvannes show me a Wikipedia regulation which would state that a copyright permission cannot be granted retroactively. And that the work of banned users should be deleted. Yerkatagear (talk) 02:00, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
My question still stand: show me a Wikipedia regulation which would state that a copyright permission cannot be granted retroactively. I was about to get a permission, only to realize that the article was deleted. I am not sure that there was any copyright violation at all to begin with. The text in question was developed, expanded and well-referenced; there was no repetition of pics. By they way - are you an administrator? If you do not answer the first question, I would assume that you:
1. not aware of Wiki regulations, and are acting at your will or whim; in essence, this is vandalism. and please do not get me the "move along." Vandalism is a punishable offense and you will be held responsible. There was a piece of work of great encyclopedic value that was lost. 2. as many pointed out on this very page, you may be meatpuppetting or sockpuppetting for certain Grandmaster. Indeed, as I noticed too, only minutes after this Grandmaster an his suspected socks Parishan and Atabek make an abusive claim, here you are enforcing their abuse. You have confessed that you maintain a permanent link to Grandmaster, and that your behavior may be explained by routine favors that Grandmaster does to you (scanning texts for Wikisource). Get me the answers. Please. Yerkatagear (talk) 03:35, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
I looked into the issue again and see that the two authors of the article (Verjakette and Bassenius) were not proven to be sockpuppets, they were qualified "suspected sockpuppet/sockmaster" -- this is a bona fide, verifiable "false allegation." sorry, but in every step of the way you do not fail to show that you are biased in the Armenian-Az. issues. I urge you to reconsider your involvement in Armenian-Az articles. Yerkatagear (talk) 22:51, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your note on whether a person can be added to an ongoing ArbCom. I appreciate it. Wjhonson (talk) 02:38, 15 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi, could you please consider reblocking User: Bluemarine? He persists in attacking other editors despite many reasonable efforts and blocks to curb such behaviors. Latest unprovoked attacks here. Benjiboi 15:31, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
So that I can distract vandals from wanting to vandalize. NHRHS2010 13:15, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
Thanks, I checked it out and added a comment. --RaffiKojian (talk) 18:19, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
Please take a look at what I posted yesterday in Talk:Journal of Psychohistory. Thanks. —Cesar Tort 06:04, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
Hi there. Things have gone a bit quiet over at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Academic Journals (I didn't check in for a long time myself). I've started up two new subpages at Wikipedia:WikiProject Academic Journals/Images and Wikipedia:WikiProject Academic Journals/Scope (please see the talk pages as well), in the hope that this might generate some comment or activity. I've notified three other active contributors, but what about the others on the members list? A newsletter seems overkill at the moment, but is there a way to keep things more active? The weekly collaborations seemed to work well for a while, but maybe a monthly one is better? Carcharoth (talk) 14:42, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
An Arbitration case in which you commented has been opened, and is located here. Please add any evidence you may wish the Arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Ehud Lesar/Evidence. Please submit your evidence within one week, if possible. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Ehud Lesar/Workshop.
On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, — Rlevse • Talk • 02:58, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
I answered your question on Talk:IBM 7030 Stretch. -- RTC (talk) 07:03, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
I think it needs to be clarified and stated somewhere that Matt Sanchez the person, is banned for one year, regardless of the username or IP he used to edit. As it stands now, only "Bluemarine" is banned, yet his other username User:Mattsanchez isn't because the wording doesn't specifiy. - ✰ALLSTAR✰ echo 04:21, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi John. We have a dispute with regard to the page move on Nakhchivan and a number of related articles. A third party opinion would be much appreciated. Please see Talk:Nakhichevan. Thanks in advance. Grandmaster (talk) 11:14, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
The photo the Matt Sanchez profile is using should not be used. It is the photo from my ID and i have had problems with Identity theft. I'd ask you not to use it.
I do have ownership of the other Francis Brutus photo. If that is not acceptable there's another photo I uploaded.http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:MattSanchezchopper.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by Matthewsanchez (talk • contribs) 01:35, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
John, I don't know when you first saw the message from Matt. However, your edit to the talk page of Matt Sanchez occurred half an hour before anyone did anything about this sock. I recognise that you don't see the issue as serious, but I am disturbed that an ArbCom Clerk-in-training appears to have seen the creation of a sock puppet of a newly ArbCom-banned user and take no apparent action. No response pointing out to Matt that his new user identity is a breach of ArbCom's decision. No apparent consideration that the new user identity might do anything other than post on your talk page - after all, as you well know, throughout the case Matt was repeatedly unblocked, posted in places from which he was banned, and then re-blocked. Taking no action (or at least, no on-wiki action) when this new user appeared seems to me to be a lapse in judgement on your part, and I am raising this here (rather than at the AN/I discussion) as a more private place to suggest that you reflect on your choices here. Best, Jay*Jay (talk) 11:39, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
John, you might like to look at / comment on my recent post to the ArbCom discussion page here. It suggests an option that would allow Matt to raise concerns in a nono-disruptive and policy-compliant manner (if ArbCom were to implement the suggestion). Jay*Jay (talk) 03:50, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Thank you for your edits to Life Imprisonment without Parole (LWOP)Eschoir (talk) 13:14, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
Sorry. I'm done now.--Dr who1975 (talk) 17:41, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi, is WP:RFAR#Dr_who1975 a request for a new arbcom case, or is it regarding a prior case? John Vandenberg (talk) 17:56, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Have you attempted other methods of dispute resolution ? John Vandenberg (talk) 18:10, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
Hello, John Vandenberg ... How could you possibly close Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tiombe Lockhart as Keep? That wasn't even close to the consensus! (I mean, I can live with No consensus, so Keep, but this is pure weapons grade Balognium, IMHO) ... I've never initiated a Deletion review before, but if I must get "Administrative" about this one, then it will be a New Experience for me ... Happy Editing! — 72.75.72.63 (talk · contribs) 20:18, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
((Flag-article))
(see Talk:Tiombe Lockhart) and ((Flag-editor))
(see User talk:MrMPS) templates? I'm going to stick a dummied ((Oldprodfull))
on Talk:Tiombe Lockhart to use as an example. :-) — 72.75.72.63 (talk) 21:17, 8 February 2008 (UTC)((Oldafdfull))
says that you are the kind of conscientious editor who would also update a ((Oldprodfull))
if you encountered one, :-)((Oldcsdfull))
for flagging speedy deletions that have been declined ... a bot should flag the talk page instead of editors having to visually scan the history looking for an edit summary with "CSD" in it.I HATE complicated procedures, and never do anything by hand that I can write a program to do ... I believe that's why God created programming languages."Most people just surf the Web; a few of us make the waves."
I hope you realize that you just effectively killed the discussion, which murder will result in maintenance of the current (terrible) status quo w.r.t. stub dictdef color articles. I don't particularly care, but the result is certainly harmful to Wikipedia. --jacobolus (t) 20:35, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
The use of the word "declined" comes from the fact that they declined to file for the election in spite of speculation from the local media. If Steelbeard has a problem with the word "declined" then we can change it to something else, but he doesn't want to do that, he wants to remove the information entirely. If you have a problem with the word "declined" then we can usea different term but I don't want the names completely deleted.--Dr who1975 (talk) 18:50, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
Thanks very much John, my primary motivation for the restoration of the article was to compare it to some links that user:Eupator posted in the Ehud Lesar arbitration case but I think it might have some value as an article after your rewrite. Pocopocopocopoco (talk) 00:33, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
Maynard James Keenan has been nominated for GA and is currently on hold. It should be listed within the next couple of days. It has also been listed for peer review, and is planned for an FA nomination after a couple of reviews are completed. All help once the drive for FA begins is certainly appreciated!
In the meantime:
The current WikiProject Tool Collaboration of the Month is Lateralus Please help to improve this article to the highest of standards. |
Thanks to everyone for all your hard work. The project is off to a great start! Lara❤Love 02:25, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
I personally took the Wall of shame picture and do not understand why it has been deleted. Please advise.
On 2/10/2008 I appeared in the French language program of Kiosque.[6]
I am described as a "Correspondent de Guerre" War journalist and a "journaliste"[7] I'll let you figure out what that means.
http://tv5.org/TV5Site/kiosque/intervenant.php?id=138 71.247.181.254 (talk) 08:55, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
An article that you have been involved in editing, Ferdinando Pisani, has been listed for deletion. If you are interested in the deletion discussion, please participate by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ferdinando Pisani. Thank you. Edcolins (talk) 20:10, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi Jay. I see you had earlier stated that notability was asserted for this article. I will note vote myself since I may have a conflict of interest, however if you are interested indeed in confirming notability, you may contribute to the discussion on deletion here. Cheers, --Nando65 (talk) 19:56, 17 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi, when I was new at Wikisource, and was messing around with Love and Freindship, you told me to use this template and to put ((similar|Love and Friendship)) at the top of the page.
Here at Wikipedia, I recently started the article Elizabeth Younge — a Shakespearean actress. There's also an Elizabeth Young — a literary critic (not started by me). Is there something I should use at the top of those two articles?
Thanks. Cowardly Lion (talk) 21:36, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
I have intentionally avoided this issue because I have no confidence in the veracity of Mr Shilmer, specifically in his claim to be a present member of the religion being discussed while frequently making edits with a negative slant regarding that religion and its policies (usually by highlighting negative truths and ignoring positive truths), and having made other negative (less subtle) statements about the religion on other websites. Also, I predicted that there would be much circumlocutory in the mediation process. For these reasons, I am minimizing discussion involving Mr Shilmer.--Jeffro77 (talk) 11:17, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
John, I ask that you reconsider your block. I believe you have made an error, as ScienceApologist was not notified of either the WQA or AE reports by Tom Butler. Tom also made no request for refactoring to SA, either on his talk page or where the comment was made. SA refactored immediately on being notified of the complaint, as far as I can see. Evidence described here. Best, Jay*Jay (talk) 08:45, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
I second what Jay*Jay writes above. And the only place where I disagree with The Rationalist is his or her use of "simply". -- Hoary (talk) 14:48, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
Another sock Special:Contributions/68.55.219.186 left this bit of loveliness. Benjiboi 19:06, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
I cant block this IP for longer due to the nature of that address. It is worth pointing out that the three blocks so far are from three different states in USA. At present there isn't a lot we can do to prevent this, except block quickly. If it keeps happening on your talk pages, we could protect them from anon users, but that has draw backs so it is your call - but, im happy to do it if it is requested. I've put all if your talk pages on my watchlist in the hope that I can help prevent it. If it continues, we should take it to the CU to see what additional light they can shed on the matter. John Vandenberg (talk) 12:42, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi John. Could you please help us with the move of the page of Arran (Republic of Azerbaijan). We reached the consensus on talk of the article to move it to the title of simply Arran, as it is the most popular use of the word, and to move disambug page to Arran (disambig). I would appreciate your assistance in performing the move. Thanks in advance. Regards, Grandmaster (talk) 06:59, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Well I did indeed find something to add so I thought I'd let you know to check it out, wikisource:Civil Action 98-2406 (HHK), Schwarz v. United States Department of Treasury, et al. if you're still interested in helping me out over there. Anynobody 05:45, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
I misunderstood the antecedent; I thought a different editor was being discussed there. Already cleared up with the editor I reverted. GRBerry 18:56, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
You improved it, thanks Eschoir (talk) 05:01, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
I was under the impression that articles weren't reverted before being protected? Benjiboi 00:30, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
I have never intended to be a content editor of that article/topic, and dont give a toss which image is selected. Post arbcom I have been trying to inject some neutral advise, especially wrt to Commons practises, image copyright, etc, and am surprised that anyone would for one minute think that I am involved in this article except as a monitor of article due to the editing restrictions.
I was appalled that editors were under the impression that an edit summary was sufficient justification for a revert.[8] The mistake on my part, if there is one, is that I was not more neutral when I kicked off the initial discussion about the infobox image. I reverted because there was a discussion going on in the revert edit summaries, and that is wrong, especially under editing restrictions; I started the discussion because nobody else had, and I was clearly saying that those types of arguments need to be discussed in detail on the talk in order that everyone can understand what the issues are. Consensus is achieved when people discuss a matter, and editors are either persuaded or willing to make concessions. I am appalled that editors continued to edit war while the discussion was barely started, so I locked it down. There was support for Dressblues in spite of claimed "POV problems" that were not appropriate rationale because this is a BLP. I reverted to ensure that the opposers did not win the content battle simply because they they had more voices and were more active on that article. Of course I was aware that it was controversial type of approach, but I did take the time to consider if it was the right thing to do. It is not surprising that the editors there want to crucify me for forcing them to actually prove their point. I am surprised at how strongly they ABF, and I am surprised that you are among their ranks. John Vandenberg (talk) 01:13, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
Cholga was identified as part of a large sockpuppet farm at Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Boomgaylove, see also Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Boomgaylove. I suspect Cholga is the puppetmaster account as this is the oldest of them. Did you have a particular reason for your inquiry? Best, Gwernol 01:51, 5 March 2008 (UTC)