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[edit] Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/-Ril- 2

Hello,

An Arbitration case involving you has been opened: Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/-Ril- 2. Please add evidence to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/-Ril- 2/Evidence. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/-Ril- 2/Workshop.

On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, Johnleemk | Talk 10:19, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Anti-Islamic POV???

Is UninvitedCompany really anti-Islamic? Is -Ril- really pro-Islamic? I realize that UninvitedCompany said he was editing from an anti-Islamic POV, but I thought that comment was just meant to antagonize -Ril-. (After all, antagonizing trolls is fun, even if it is not good admin behavior.) I didn't know that -Ril- really had any POV, except an anti-Christian one. (Most of the anti-Christians I have known have been atheists, not Muslims.) Robert McClenon 16:11, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

I still would guess that he was trying to antagonize -Ril-. Antagonizing trolls is fun. Robert McClenon 21:12, 5 March 2006 (UTC)
Excellent. Then he was indeed antagonizing a troll. That is fun, especially if there are rules, but they are not well defined. -Ril- doesn't understand that anyone could actually be trolling him. The troll was trolled. Too bad.

UninvitedCompany is a good editor and admin. I am willing to let -Ril- persuade me that he also is, but I think he is just a troll. A troll was trolled. Excellent. Robert McClenon 04:41, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] TIRESONG

Is User:God of War, I believe. While the CheckUser evidence wasn't, say, good enough to use in criminal court, GoW edits fairly often from this IP, and the behaviour fits. Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 10:29, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

Update: GoW insists it wasn't him, and on reflection, while the sentiments might be those GoW would display, he's not that stupid. Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 00:13, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] UPA

Template:Upajudge KnowledgeOfSelf 12:59, 6 March 2006 (UTC) The pages that you are to pick a finalist for are:

[edit] Making the case without the other side

It is a common practice for editors who are cited for being disruptive to make the case themselves. Often a user conduct RfC is written, saying that an editor is uncivil and engages in personal attacks. The response is then a diatribe against the editor's critics and opponents. This makes it unnecessary for later readers to view the diffs. There is a discussion on the RfAr talk page about the Lou Franklin RfAr, where his reply is essentially a speech about pro-gay bias. The article probably was biased, but he isn't persuading anyone to work with him to restore balance.

There is another RfAr where the subject seems to be making the case against himself by making too many vindictive motions to gain revenge. You know which one.

Often disruptive editors who make the case against themselves have the basic problem of being chronically angry. I don't think that -Ril- is chronically angry. He is disruptive for some other reason. Robert McClenon 13:13, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

You are correct. He is angry. The difference is that, unlike most chronically angry editors, he is in control of himself. This makes him more subtly dangerous. Robert McClenon 01:07, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
I'm confused by this "I don't think that -Ril- is chronically angry" and "he is angry" appear to be oxymorons?. I'm also confused by the term "dangerous" - dangerous to what? pov pushing? --Victim of signature fascism | There is no cabal 15:39, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] -Ril-

Are you saying that he is having sockpuppets argue with each other either in order to confuse everyone or to be some sort of stylized theater? Robert McClenon 13:27, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] -Ril- again

On further review of the history of the Authentic Matthew deletion debate, it appears that he is doing exactly that. He has sockpuppets who engage in personal attacks on their puppetmaster. This is a common feature of a performance by a ventriloquist, in which the ventriloquist's dummy insults him.

Unfortunately, no matter what happens in this arbitration, -Ril- is going to walk away feeling that she is superior to everyone in Wikipedia because she kept her cool and provoked us. I think that -Ril- is a classic Internet troll. The outcome of the arbitration will not be a "win", but only will minimize the disruption of the encyclopedia. Robert McClenon 13:40, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

You really should pay more attention to that debate. Melissadolbeer created the article and was trying to protect it. I was trying to have it deleted - it was simply original research based on a poor understanding of a single latin quote, and badly put together. Melissadolbeer created the article before I joined wikipedia.

I do agree with Phroziac that Melissadolbeer was a sockpuppet used to edit bible articles, but the only arguments she presented were on 2 articles, one of which she created. If she were a strawman, her arguments would serve no point - one could simply delete the article she created and present strawman arguments. Quite what point of view she was a "strawman"/proponent for I am utterly at a loss to say - her views are downright odd.

She is most certainly not my "strawman" sockpuppet - knocking her "strawman" arguments down would prove nothing except that her article should be deleted - I can't really see the point in creating a sockpuppet for the sole purpose of producing ridiculous articles that you then argue against the existance of, and then trolling yourself by posting absurd accusations of sockpuppetry against yourself, and creating further socks to do so. That's quite insane.

I think Melissadolbeer is the sockpuppet of someone with a more substantial presence in wikipedia. Someone with strange views on Christianity (by all people's perception). Her IP range suggests that she edits from the U.S.. --Victim of signature fascism | There is no cabal 15:35, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair Use Image

If you have time could you comment on this fair use issue, Talk:Map-territory relation. Many thanks. ॐ Metta Bubble puff 06:40, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] signatures

you might enjoy the dialog I had with -Ril- during the arbcom elections. And then his vote against me (#33 in the nay-sayers). He seems to miss the point sometimes. --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 07:33, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Responding to a question about whether you comply with NPOV or not by the answer "mu" isn't exactly respecting the question. --Victim of signature fascism | There is no cabal 15:37, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cleanup Taskforce

I've added Foundry model to your cleanup taskforce desk, it needs extensive work - your the fourth editor working on it. Thanks. Computerjoe 21:15, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Ixfd64

I have filed an RFC concerning an administrator's reversal of several blocks without discussion. This may be of particular interest to you as a one of the blocks was set by you. Regards. — Mar. 12, '06 [15:12] <freakofnurxture|talk>

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[edit] Anti-Masonry

Yup that makes sense, thanks for the better eye on the matter.Gator (talk) 15:58, 17 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Instantnood 3

A final decision has been made in the above Arbitration case and the case has been closed.

For the Arbitration committee. --Tony Sidaway 18:02, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Requesting advocate

In my view the three users are quite disruptive and are making an effort to push systematic bias. They are also extrmely rude and incivil to not just me but everyone they feel are "anti-kurdish" which basicaly is anyone that does not share their pov and are not administrators.

Also note User:Bertilvidet's efforts on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Turkish Kurdistan by posting it on roughly 14 talk pages: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

"Suprisingly" most voted keep

--Cool CatTalk|@ 15:52, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #1

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[edit] Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/-Ril- 2

A final decision has been reached in the above Arbitration case, and the case has been closed.

For the Arbitration Committee. --Tony Sidaway 22:05, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #2

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[edit] Signature Help

Hello, Ms. Phroziac. You don't know me, as I'm just a poor, lowly Newcomer who's trying to develop everything (i.e., articles, user page, signature) at once. I tried and tried, but I failed time and time again. I searched for existing signatures, and I found yours in the...er, well, the organization with the very long name. I based my signature off the structure of yours, figured everything out, plucked it into the Sandbox, and all turned out. However, when I tried to put it into My Preferences, it was labeled as invalid, saying I have to check the HTML tags, even though using it elsewhere worked. So, Ms. Phroziac, exactly how do you do it?

Humbly yours, The Ninth Bright Shiner (talk/741k/alktay/hablar/حديث/rede) 05:46, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Checking for lifesigns

*POKE* *POKE* ... "She is dead Jim!?"
--Cool CatTalk|@ 13:16, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
I'm alive, just not actively editing wikis. --Phroziac ♥♥♥♥ 18:15, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Help with Interwiki extension

Hey i plugged in your Interwiki extension for mediawiki, http://gentoo-wiki.com/Special:Interwiki .I'm having a bit of trouble getting it working, any help you can provide would be great —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Thrasher6670 (talk • contribs).

Ok thanks for the update, give me a shout if you figure it out or need help - Thrasher6670 19:22, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Re:Time warp baseball

I really don't know. Firstly, the Out of the Park Baseball article needs to state how popular it is, and it currently doesn't. But even if it is, I still have reservations about an article about a "league" for this 2d game. The article (when it was deleted), states that it was for "family and friends [to] appear in the game as players", and it contains a list of player names, which is most unencyclopedic. I'm not the first editor to have expressed my concerns about Time warp baseball: see Talk:Out of the Park Baseball.

I guess if it were substantially improved (notability with references, e.g. being mentioned in a newspaper or something like that; removal of player names; removal of original research, such as quotes from players, unless referenced), it might be ok, but perhaps could you please draft the proposed changes in a subpage and we'll discuss it again? enochlau (talk) 00:18, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] IRC

Catch me on IRC sometime. --Cool CatTalk|@ 20:57, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Quote

Would you mind if I quoted your "Fuck morality, fuck notability..." line from the List of shock sites AfD on my userpage? CanadianCaesar Et tu, Brute? 23:08, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[15] CanadianCaesar Et tu, Brute? 23:23, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

Thanks for reverting my userpage from that artios guy. He did it again, so I gave him a test4. Thank you. Whopper 19:34, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Old Skool Esperanzial note

Since this isn't the result of an AC meeting, I have decided to go Old Skool. This note is to remind you that the elections are taking place now and will end at 23:50 UTC on 2006-04-29. Please vote here. Thanks. --Celestianpower háblame 20:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A favor please

Hello friend, do you remember me? In the month of September 2005, your vote had made me an administrator. we all know that the life here is exciting and full of challenges. I would request you to please spare fem moments for me, and favor me with your comments and suggestions (here please) on my performance as a wikipedian. Let us continue to build the Better than the Best global encyclopedia. Thank you and regards. --Bhadani 10:22, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] rfa

I wanted to stop by and thank you for your constructive criticism of my RFA. It's helped, and is helping, to improve me as a wikipedian and an editor. I look forward to gaining your support in the future. Until then, keep on keepin on. ⇒ SWATJester Ready Aim Fire! 19:33, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Americaisgay.png

Thanks for uploading Image:Americaisgay.png. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikipedia because of copyright law (see Wikipedia's Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikipedia are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Wikipedia:Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this: {{TemplateName}}.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information can be deleted by an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me, or ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Rory096 05:12, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Done. --Rory096 04:17, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Esperanza Newsletter, Issue #3

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[edit] protection help

Phroziac, the article Al Capone could use some protection. A non-registered user (or users) has been vandalizing the article. Registered users have had to revert it at least once or twice per day, and it will be vandalized again within a few hours. Restriction to registered users would be a great start. If you have any questions, just drop me a note. Aces & Eights 06:01, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of Brian J. Bruns

The creator of this article, and the one who was edit warring with its subject, User:Bruns, posted a notice about its deletion on WP:ANI. I can't really fathom what was going on from the edit history, so could you please explain the situation here? Thanks, Postdlf 02:11, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Images related to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Brian J. Bruns

Just wanted to let you know, I just posted the press release and indictment documents on ifd. Postdlf 16:59, 10 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:FAHD

Since you were listed as a Participant in the WP:FAHD, I thought I ought to send you a message announcing that I'm reviving and changing FAHD for the better, and if you are interested, please respond. - A Link to the Past (talk) 02:09, 13 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A short Esperanzial update

As you may have gathered, discussions have been raging for about a week on the Esperanza talk page as to the future direction of Esperanza. Some of these are still ongoing and warrant more input (such as the idea to scrap the members list altogether). However, some decisions have been made and the charter has hence been amended. See what happened. Basically, the whole leadership has had a reshuffle, so please review the new, improved charter.

As a result, we are electing 4 people this month. They will replace JoanneB and Pschemp and form a new tranche A, serving until December. Elections will begin on 2006-07-02 and last until 2006-07-09. If you wish to run for a Council position, add your name to the list before 2006-07-02. For more details, see Wikipedia:Esperanza/June 2006 elections.

Thanks and kind, Esperanzial regards, —Celestianpower háblame 16:00, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nav box show-hide

Hi Phroziac, I noticed you've done some editing of the "box hiding thingy from .de." at MediaWiki:Monobook.css. I was wondering if you would show me how to set the default for a box to "show" rather than "hide". Thanks, Rfrisbietalk 06:45, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for getting back to me. I found more code at MediaWiki:Monobook.js, but I couldn't figure it out from there either , so I posted a question. If you're interested and I get a usable answer, I'll pass it along. Regards, Rfrisbietalk 21:18, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Simple bot request

I've made this request at Wikipedia:Bot_requests#Batch_move_of_interwiki_images, but all I hear are crickets over there. We've got a non-Wikimedia MediaWiki site over at Wikible; there are several versions of the wiki in different languages, so we also have a Pool (like Wikimedia Commons). We've changed how things work and now have a bunch of images to transfer from wikible.org/en to wikible.org/pool. I don't think anyone has any bot experience in our group. It looks like you've created a similar bot (User:Pfft_Bot) in the past; would you mind helping us out? Read the discussion on our site for more background and relevant links. Thanks! (I'll be watching this page, so you can respond here, or at the Bot requests section.) --J. J. 13:13, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Your AMA statement was deleted

Your AMA statement was deleted apparently carelessly from the AMA statements page (see this edit)if your statement needs to be restored, the text is at User:Pedant/AMA error Pedant 01:58, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] August Esperanza Newsletter

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[edit] Refrigeration

Just wondering, do you do any work with refrigeration? I noticed you redirected R-744 to carbon dioxide awhile ago ... that's quite the bit of esoteric knowledge. --Cyde Weys 19:14, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] September Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: Barnstar Brigade
Here in Wikipedia there are hundreds of wikipedians whose work and efforts go unappreciated. One occasionally comes across editors who have thousands of good edits, but because they may not get around as much as others, their contributions and hard work often go unnoticed. As Esperanzians we can help to make people feel appreciated, be it by some kind words or the awarding of a Barnstar. This is where the Barnstar Brigade comes in. The object of this program is to seek out the people which deserve a Barnstar, and help them feel appreciated. With your help, we can recognize more dedicated editors!
What's New?
September elections are upon us! Anyone wishing to be a part of the Advisory Council may list themselves as a candidate from 18 September until 24 September, with the voting taking place from 25 September to 30 September. Those who wish to help with the election staff should also list themselves!
Appreciation Week, a program currently in development, now has its own subpage! Share your good ideas on how to make it awesome there!
The Esperanza front page has been redesigned! Many thanks to all who worked hard on it.
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  1. The proposals page has been updated, with some proposals being archived.
  2. Since the program in development Appretiaion week is getting lots of good ideas, it now has its own subpage.
  3. The September 2006 Council elections will open for nominations on 18 September 2006. The voting will run from 25 September 2006 until 30 September 2006. If you wish to be a candidate or a member of the elections staff, please list yourself!
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[edit] Regarding Association of Members' Advocates

Hi, you are receiving this message because you have listed yourself as an active member of WP:AMA. If you aren't currently accepting inquiries for AMA, or if you have resigned, please de-list yourself from Wikipedia:AMA Members. If you are still active, please consider tending to any new requests that may appear on Category:AMA Requests for Assistance. We're going to put AMA on wheels. :) Sorry for the template spamming - we're just trying to update our records, after we had a huge backlog earlier in the week (if you've been taking cases, then sorry, and please ignore this :)). Again, sorry, and thanks! Martinp23 21:26, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] November Esperanza Newsletter

Program Feature: Admin Coaching (needs coaches!)
Admin Coaching needs coaches!!! If you are an administrator, or even a generally experienced user, do consider signing up to be a coach.

Admin Coaching, now being coordinated by HighwayCello, is a program for people who want help learning some of the more subtle aspects of Wikipedia policy and culture. People are matched with experienced users who are willing to offer coaching. The program is designed for people who have figured out the basics of editing articles; they're not newcomers any more, but they might want some help in learning new roles. In this way, Esperanza would help keep hope alive for Wikipedia because we would always be grooming the next generation of admins.
What's New?
The Tutorial Drive is a new Esperanza program! In an effort to make complicated processes on Wikipedia easier for everyone, Esperanza working to create and compile a list of tutorials about processes here on Wikipedia. Consider writing one!
A discussion on how Esperanza relates to the encyclopedia has been started; please add your thoughts.
Many thanks to MiszaBot, courtesy of Misza13, for delivering the newsletter.
  • The list of proposed programs has been updated, with some proposals being archived.
  • There is now a new program: the Tutorial Drive! Consider writing a tutorial on something you are good at doing on Wikipedia.
  • The suggestion of adding a cohesive look to all the Esperanza pages is being considered; join the discussion if you are interested!
  • In order to make a useful interlanguage welcome template, those involved in translation projects will be asked what English Wikipedia policies are most important and confusing to editors coming from other language Wikipedias.
  • A discussion of Esperanza's role in Wikipedia is being held, with all thoughts of all Esperanzians wanted!
  • Shreshth91 informed everyone that he will be leaving the Esperanza council as life is rather busy; his spot will be filled by the runner up from the last election, HighwayCello.
Signed...
Natalya, Banes, Celestianpower, EWS23, FireFox, The Halo, Shreshth91 and HighwayCello
20:33, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
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