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Selmo (talk) on Telepathy (closed)

Brief: At this point, it's quite difficult to reach consensus with both oppsiton parties. (read full description) -- Selmo (talk) 02:38, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Accepted - Addhoc 16:29, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

skb8721 (talk) on Johnny Rebel (singer) (Closed)

Brief: An anonymous user (i.e., one not signed in) has twice within several days deleted an external link to an archived newspaper article pertaining to the subject of racist singer Johnny Rebel. I wish to know how to proceed: For example, is this is a case of vandalism (since the user is anonymous/not logged in, and has deleted the link on more than one occasion, even though I posted a note under the discussion section asking that the link be retained)? And if it is not vandalism, how should I proceed? (I will in the meantime restore the external link.) I have not been in contact with this anonymous user, I should note. Sincerely, --Skb8721 19:29, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks to RoyalGuard11 for advising me on this issue. I'd like to keep my request open while the matter is unresolved. In the meantime, I did post a warning (using an official template) on the talk page of the user, who is an anonymous AOL user . . . so I doubt they will ever actually see the warning. I also posted a warning (again, using a template) on the talk page of Johnny Rebel (singer). Also, because the anonymous AOL vandal had again deleted the same external link since I reverted it yesterday afternoon -- at least the third time they have vandalized the site -- I locked the site to edits by anonymous users. I assume I have the ability to do this; I've never done it before, and merely copied the lock-site mark up from other sites that are locked to anonymous edits.--Skb8721 16:30, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
Noticing that the anonymous AOL user has again vandalized the site by deleting the same external link (to a legitimate newspaper article about racist music), I have asked RoyalGuard11 per his user talk page to semi-protect Johnny Rebel (singer) --Skb8721 16:40, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

If there are no objections I will close this one Æon Insanity Now!EA! 16:49, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

UserName: ReikiEssentials (talk) on Crystals (closed)

Brief: There is no information provided on this page about the metaphysical healing properties of crystals. I believe the people that primarily edit this page are scientists who simply don't accept 'metaphysical' properties of crystals. People have been using crystals for their 'healing' properties for centuries, since the beginning of time. I tried to add a link to my website, which provides this type of information, and they keep deleting my link. They do have a link that goes to another person's website for 'mythology' of crystals..but that website is more of a crystal store, than an informative site. So I am not sure why they would allow that link, but not mine. My website is not spam. Please advise, or help. You may contact me at MarinChatman116@hotmail.com. (read full description) -- ReikiEssentials 20:44, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

I'll get this one. User:Pedant 22:58, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
ReikiEssentials has minimal edits, a significant percentage of the user's edits are those where the link in question is added. The link is to ReikiEssentials' commercial website. Website is full of unreferenced primary source information of a scientifically controversial nature, some would say dubious, and appears to add little value to the article on Crystals. I have advised the user that I don't recommend pursuing this further, as they would be likely to appear to everyone to be in the wrong, unless they can make a really good case for the link's inclusion on its own merit. I'm closing this, as I think a user in good faith would not pursue this. User:Pedant 23:36, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

Nikola Smolenski (talk) on (Closed)

Brief: The WikiProject I started was deleted by User:Xoloz with the comment "The result of the debate was Delete" while it is clear that there was no rough concensus for deletion (11 delete, 10 keep, 2 merge, 2 delete/merge). His comment "Most (if not all) of the keep commenters have a self-interest in the project: the consensus among impartial Wikipedians is clear" is preposterous, most of projects' supporters have not voted at all and a number of those who voted Delete have self-interest in non-existence of it. Is there any reason why should I not simply recreate the page? Don't mention me VFU: I have no intention on relying on voting to counter what was wrong vote count in the first place. (read full description) -- Nikola 20:50, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Spylab (talk) on Skinhead, Skrewdriver, Ian Stuart Donaldson & others (Closed)

Brief: User:Mitsos (AKA User:Mission Truth, User:87.203.239.169, User:87.203.207.163, User:87.203.237.219 & possibly other IP addresses) has repeatedly: 1) used abusive language (sometimes in CAPS) against other editors 2) deleted and changed legitimate information that doesn't fit his political agenda 3) failed to sign into his account when making edits (sock puppetry) 4) deleted warnings on his talk page 5) posted content on his profile page that could be seen as promoting racial hatred -- Spylab 15:14, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

  • Contacted user on talk page with referal to sysops. Will reopen if requested. --\/\/slack (talk) 02:00, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[[User: ]] on The Indian Institute of Planning and Management (declined)

Brief: User:Mrinal 61.16.233.194 is deleting all controversy regarding the The Indian Institute of Planning and Management with the view to present it as a premier institute. He seems to be closely monitoring any changes to this article and systematically removing most negative comments. Interestingly he is leaving *some* negative comments in to create a facade of impartiality. He should not be allowed to make any more edits. He has done the same kind of edits to the article "The Indian Institute of Planning and Management advertising controversy"

Also, User:Ryulong has reverted back the version of the article "The Indian Institute of Planning and Management advertising controversy" which basically waters down the controversy and fraud at IIPM

  • This page is for requesting an advocate. Who are we supposed to assist? / Fred-Chess 06:29, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
  • If not replied to in 3 days this request will be declined. Æon Insanity Now!EA! 15:08, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
    • It is now the 20th of September (utc), so it has been 6 days. The case is officially declined. -Royalguard11(Talk·Desk) 02:57, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Philspice1 (talk) on KSBI (closed)

Brief: User:Roxy13 and a user from 69.150.216.162 have repeatedly added the claim that KSBI is Oklahoma's only locally owned statewide TV network. This is not true as Oklahoma's PBS affiliates operate a statewide TV network Oklahoma Educational Television Authority and being owned by the state, would seemingly be locally owned as the article previously reflected. Any help or guidance with this dispute would be appreciated. (read full description) -- Philspice1 03:22, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Accepted. Addhoc 11:06, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Hans Gruber (talk) on online creation, Alpha Man (Declined)

Brief: {{{3}}} (read full description)

Administrator Nandesuka is picking on a user. -- Hans Gruber 00:46, 12 September 2006 (UTC) regarding User: Herbert Elwood Gilliland III and User:Nandesuka (NEW and URGENT) I noticed that User:Nandesuka is abusive and disrespective as per:

"Be respectful to others and their points of view. This means primarily: Do not simply revert changes in a dispute. When someone makes an edit you consider biased or inaccurate, improve the edit, rather than reverting it. Provide a good edit summary when making significant changes that other users might object to. The Three Revert Rule forbids the use of reverts in repetitive succession. If you encounter rude or inappropriate behavior, resist the temptation to respond in kind, and do not make personal attacks." -- WP:Resolving disputes

This administrator seems to be picking on User:Herbert Elwood Gilliland III and is listing his first contributions for deletion based on unproven sockpuppetry claims. Nandesuka seems to be claiming WP:Vanity regardless of the content, much of it being non-vanity contributions. Requesting dispute resolution and unblocking for User:Herbert Elwood Gilliland III. Request review of User:Nandesuka, who appears to be abusing his power. Hans Gruber 00:46, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

I encourage any Member Advocate who is unfamiliar with Gilliland's long history of sockpuppetry and vanity edits to first review User:Nandesuka/Young Zaphod Sockpuppetry, where I have provided a brief outline of the situation. Nandesuka 01:06, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for the addionial inforation. This is however not the place to discuss it this is for request only. I will investigate this one to see if it can be handled by the AMA. Æon Insanity Now!EA! 01:08, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Declined by AMA, Request made by a sock puppet which as been blocked indef. Æon Insanity Now!EA! 01:12, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Tommysun (talk) on crop circles (open)

Brief: Attempting to add scientific information continually reverted by Darkfred et al. He continually writes insults and has deleted part of the archives as well as modified quotes in the text. He is reverting my POV tag (read full description) --

  • Royalguard contacted Tommysun and advised him to go to WP:AIV. \/\/slack (talk) 01:54, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
  • It is not a case of simple vandalism as the talk-page comment suggested. Tommy probably could use the assistance as he claims to be preparing and RFAr against me and is a relatively inexperienced user. I won't say anything more as I am obviously involved. --Darkfred Talk to me 02:37, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
Accepted. Addhoc 11:44, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

User: A M. Khan on Marwat (open)

Advocate Required In an article i.e. Marwat, there is section for noteable Marwats. Whenever I tried to enter the most noteable personalities, the artcile was reverted, as there are 2-3 who are personally opossite to the tribe of those person whom I mention. I can also provide evidence and proofs of their personal enimity and the reason of deletion. Here, I must tell you that oenof the entries I add is an Ex-President, Ex-Chairmn Senate, Ex-Minister, Ex-Chief Justice of the country. If he is deleted from noteable personalities so who have place in that article God? This clearly proves that the article is always reverted on personal enimity.

  • 'Actually' it should have been me to report User: A M. Khan for his consistent vandalizing of the article Marwat. It was in response to my request that an administrator User: RexNL initialized full protection on this page due to his blatant vandalization. This user, who frequently logs on to Wikipedia as an anonymous editor under IP Address User: 203.175.64.10 or as a Sock User: Ghazni Khel has even tried to delete my AFD Tag from an article on Khan Habibullah Khan (as per Wikipedia’s policy I warned him for doing so on his talk page). He has also tried to become personal with me by inviting me to chat with him on MSN (he provided his MSN ID batgram786@hotmail.com and which I ignored for obvious reasons). Additionally he has been inconsiderate of all other editors who have voted Delete on a AFD Debate on Akhtar Munir Khan and had tried to pass personal remarks. This user was repeatedly asked by me to provide sources of his preposterous claims but he never came up with any. Finally as per Wikipedia's policy I merged/redirected his two line entry on Mina Khel (a sub clan of Marwat) with the main article of Marwat but he recreated the same and which is now pending for a decision by the editors for deletion/merging/redirecting. He was also requested to discuss his additions on the discussion page on Marwat but he turned personal. He has been consistently trying to produce vanity pages and it is my humble opinion to block this user from Wikipedia. -- Marwatt 23:11, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
Request copied to WP:AN. -Royalguard11(Talk)(Desk) 00:49, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Comments on Marwatt's Paragraph First of all, I am not Ghazni Khel, he is some one who supported my editings. Yes, I am the user who uses 203.175.64.10 but I never un-siugned deliberately. I always sign-in whenever I see that instead of my User Name my I.P was mentioned. This reminds me to sign in later. In simplewords I affirm that I am the one, so no need to blame me about this.

When, I came to know that deletingAFD tag that was posted by Marwatt shouldn't be removed, I never did it. I was unaware of knowing the policy about AFD Tag and providing a personal I.D.

Marwatt above wrote about me not about the Article. I think we are here to discuss and to seek justice. If I am right, I won't become negative and start leading personal attacks on someonme.

For a moment, If we all even agree that I am a negative and be black-listed, this still has nothing to do with my application for justice that is mentioned above.

Anyhow, I opposed Administrator's i.e. RexNL decission and that's why I am here for Justice.

The edit-war started when I started editing, upgrading, updating and posting facts and truths. I can alsoprovide proofs against the user Marwatt for allthe htings he blamed over me. He even deleted my link-provided materials from some articles, just because I was writing somehting truth here that was about someone of his tribe. Anyhow, in short, I would like an advocate to go through my case briefly and see who righteous and who is wrong. As I am having faith that "Truth wins, lies dies", I have nothing to worry about. As then I feel I am on right things. Please, come on andresolvethe issue with justice,after analyising facts and lies.

Thanking you in anticipation

Accepted. Addhoc 13:09, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

Flowingfire (talk) on Equality Ride (closed)

Brief: A user who disapproves of the Equality Ride continuously removes the majority of the Equality Ride article. All information in the article can be verified in publications like The Advocate, Sojourners Magazine, The LA Times, The Washington Post, the St. Petersburg Times, etc, etc, etc. This user, however, has changed this verifiable information repeatedly in order to cast a negative light on the Equality Ride. Furthermore, he adds unverifiable opinions criticizing the Equality Ride without even bothering to write it in Neutral Voice. I have reverted this article several times now and it's getting old. He has not responded to me on the discussion board, either. I believe he's using two or three different usernames on Wikipedia. Please help. The Equality Ride was a good thing, and I don't want to see this article become a slander zone with unverifiable critical content. (read full description) -- Flowingfire 21:08, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

This is really just a simple case of vandalism - I've warned the vandal (single use account [1]) - hopefully that's as far as it'll go. Martinp23 21:21, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
I've closed this, as I've taken it up and it really isn't an advocacy issue - more like vandalism. Martinp23 21:32, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Gnrlotto (talk) on Raelism (OPEN)

Brief: A user who (obviously) is refusing to get a permanent Wiki account--i.e. is hiding behind the anonymity of their IP address--is vandalizing the "See Also:" section of the article's page by refusing to discuss what other members (who actually are members) apparently have no problem with in the correspondingly titled section in the article's discussion page. (read full description) -- Gnrlotto 07:57, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Would WP:AIV do? Computerjoe's talk 15:09, 10 September 2006 (UTC)
Accepted by DPetersontalk 22:16, 10 September 2006 (UTC)

Nikola Smolenski (talk) on Milla Jovovich (Open)

Brief: An anonymous user insists that she has Montenegrin and not Serbian origin, violating the 3RR, and is bloating the talk page with so far some 20K of comments. I can show everything that is wrong with the comments, if only someone would want to listen... (read full description) -- Nikola 19:26, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Accepted by Wikiwoohoo 19:43, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Michaelbeckham (talk) on Nine Network and User_Talk:Michaelbeckham (closed)

Brief: User:Albatross2147, User:Tallaussiebloke and I have been in a edit war of sorts. I reverted POV and poorly written text from the Nine Network page and they continue to add it, Albatross2147 user then added a personal attack on my talk page and they continue to revert it back to the POV text. I removed text to talk page and reverted however it is likely to be reverted once again. I admit to breaking 3R rule however am short of options as the text appear just as an attack on the channel. (read full description) -- - Mike Beckham 23:29, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

No help any longer required. - Mike Beckham 01:04, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
Closed at user's request. -Royalguard11(Talk·Desk) 01:07, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Regimemachine (talk) on Yuku, ezboard (closed)

Brief: There is an unbiased user attempting to deface every wiki that represents the ezboard and yuku product. I have multiple links to websites where he even states things like “If you go and take a look at it, you'll see that I'm basically giving them a hard time with Yuku and that pile of poo formerly known as ezboard. I'm trying to expose them for yet more failed promises, missed deadlines, etc.” The user is RichardHMorris. Please take a look at the Yuku discussion page. (read full description) -- 67.102.67.139 21:08, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

I think we'll call this one closed. User hasn't made any contributions since Sept. 10, IP since Sept. 8. If you look at Talk:Yuku, other editors have given their opinion on the matter. This case is old and stale now, so the editor should make a fresh request if he wishes to (the main issue seemed to be WP:OWN, and other editors have informed User:Regimemachine about that). -Royalguard11(Talk·Desk) 01:05, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Messhermit (talk) on Alberto Fujimori, Perú, Dictator (Closed)

Brief: Bdean1963 apparently has his own political agenda, had refused so far to several attempts by my part to contact him and discuss the problems. He keeps asking for "sources" when he feels like (and modifying without sources what he feels like), deleting information that does not suit his opinion and finally, I have spotted him using wikipedia for advertising political T-shirts, even modifying some articles (such as "dictator", "Milosevic" and "despot") to make them more appealing. I have received 2 direct reply from him (which was not very helpful, and some political spam too) in which he proclaims to be a "Professor", that I "Should do my homework" and support the "punishment" of Fujimori. Currently I don't know what to do. (read full description) -- Messhermit 14:59, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

  • Accepted.--Amerique 04:24, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Closed. Tony Sideaway banned Messhermit from editing the Fujimori article until next May after determining his actions had violated the terms of his probation in a prior ArbCom case.--Amerique 05:23, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Mlaroche (talk) on Talk:United States Postal Service (Closed)

Brief: I apologize if this is the incorrect forum - however, User:TC Craig is threatening to get a subpoena to find the exact name of User:Economizer because Economizer addressed TC Craig by username. I'm looking for a more experienced wikipedian to just say "Hey, chill, he's done nothing wrong." Thanks! (read full description) -- Matt 22:42, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

sounds like a legal threat I will investigate and find out what is going on (Case on Hold) Æon Insanity Now!EA! 23:17, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
T.C. Craig was blocked indef. for legal threats Closed Æon Insanity Now!EA! 01:08, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

DPeterson (talk) on Advocates for Children in Therapy (open)

Brief: User FCYTravis is adamant about his position that material on the page is now acceptable because it is not verified. In addition, I think he is abusing his Admin priv. by adding to this protected page. Finally, he is not abiding by a poll and refused mediation (read full description)

Accepted by אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 14:31, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
The abuse claim is ludicrous, and so is the poll. I added material to the protected page that DPeterson and his allies specifically requested to be added - I had previously objected to this material, but in a spirit of cooperation, agreed to disagree and replaced it per their wishes. This settled one of the problems under dispute - in DPeterson's favor. Would DPeterson rather I not have put it there? If so, why did DPeterson request that it be put back? The poll is equally absurd - it consisted of three people, including DPeterson, all of whom are DPeterson's editing allies on related pages. Such a "poll" clearly doesn't represent any sort of community consensus. I did not protect the page - it was done by a third-party admin at my request to stop the edit war. FCYTravis 01:21, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Per DPeterson's request, I have reverted my edit to the protected page to the version without the "See also" section. FCYTravis 01:37, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
It was not my request for him to do so. Furthermore his editing and reverting of my talk page isn't something that an administrator should do. I continue to reques that he consider mediation, but he refuses. Furthermore, I believe his comments here in my request for an advocate are not appropriate. DPetersontalk 01:47, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
Guys, please take note that this isn't the place for arguement or debate. Please take the arguement to either of your user talk pages. Thank You. -Royalguard11TalkDesk 02:11, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

vcrs (talk) on Carrying capacity (Closed)

Brief: I attempted to add some scholarly critiques of carrying capacity from different perspectives; Lee Wells seems to take any critique as a challenging argument to be answered. S/he has now rewritten the whole page as an essay promoting his/her point of view (and adding grammatical errors to boot). S/he doesn't seem to understand that other points of view exist or deserve mention. I would like to reinstate the previous page. But I don't know how, and I don't want to get into some kind of war with this person. (read full description) -- Vcrs 04:30, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

  • Accepted by Martinp23 09:01, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Urod (talk) on RealPlayer (Open)

Brief: Flash kz (talk) erases any negative information about RealPlayer. In particular,

  • He or she erases the sentence "In 2006, PCWorld named it the second worst tech product of all time [2].", claiming that it is NPOV violation.
  • He or she erases critical links about it, calling them "links to spam blogs".
  • He or she erases links to RealAlternative, claiming that "RealAlternative is illegal"

Here is the example of his or her edit: [3] I suspect that Flash kz works for Real, inc. Please help. (read full description) --Urod 03:10, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Ken Arromdee (talk) on Talk:Smallville (TV series)#Character basis (closed)

Brief: User Bignole continually insists on including a sentence stating that Smallville is based on the DC character Superman. This seemingly obvious statement is actually in dispute because of the lawsuit by the heirs of Jerry Siegel, who say that Smallville is really based on Superboy, who is legally a distinct character. NPOV would require stating the two competing claims and not taking a position on which one is correct; Bignole refuses to let me do that. I tried getting a third opinion (who agreed with me about NPOV) and I also tried a RFC, which resulted in no comments whatsoever. I have absolutely no idea what to do at this point. (read full description) -- Ken Arromdee 05:17, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Accepted by Royalguard11 -Royalguard11TalkMy Desk 00:07, 3 September 2006 (UTC)
After much discussion, this case is closed. Archive & followup here. -Royalguard11(Talk·Desk) 21:19, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

Thestick (talk) on Al-Aqsa Mosque Talk:Al-Aqsa Mosque (Closed)

Brief: Two users (Amoruso and Chevdo) are posting their own politically motived opinions in a section which cites incorrect articles, I have discussed it with them in the talk page, and I added lines in the section highlighting the information was false, however they removed my edits, and I removed the section after posting considerable amount of proof that it was false and pointless. However, Amoruso has restored it once again, and he keeps making up his own "highly disputed" topics. I recommend the section in question "Third holiest site: Rival Claims" be deleted and the article protected (read full description)

  • Responded to user: Thestick's talk page.--Amerique 02:55, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Closed. Amoruso moved disputed content to new article after a straw poll suggested the section was too long. Both content areas have dispute tags. There was no response to a suggestion on my part for an RFC on the second article. Thestick was satisfied with the initial outcome, and I leave it to the community to decide further WP:DR steps.--Amerique 06:13, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Plasticbadge (talk) on A particularly unruly user... (Closed)

Brief: User (talk) has been using Wikipedia for adspace, as well as vandalizing several pages (notably Cdigix). The user has refused to respond to my attempts at communication. (read full description) -- Plasticbadge 18:38, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

  • Investigated & responded to Plasticbadge's talk page. Issue seems to merit admin action against vandalism as opposed to advocacy.--Amerique 02:03, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )(talk) on Pillar of Fire Church (Closed)

Brief: Other user is deleting references in the article and then claiming since there are no references, the article needs to be deleted. The same user is removing the Christianity template from the article. I think this is becoming a religious issue, not a scholarship issue (read full description) -- Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 15:16, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Now Pending Wslack Æon Insanity Now!EA! 01:50, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

  • Accept. Let the fun begin... --\/\/slack (talk) 02:03, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
  • And Closed in record time. Seems the deletion nom was withdrawn shortly after the request. We gotta be faster. --\/\/slack (talk) 02:23, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

Psychohistorian (talk) on Paleoconservative (closed)

Brief: users have insisted on ignoring an RfC, comments by a member of the Mediation cabal, and Wikipedia policy itself. They have removed tags for unsourced content and refuse to source content. Finally, they have carried the issue to other articles I've worked on and have made several personal insults towards me. (read full description) -- Psychohistorian 21:59, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Vicente Vicente (talk) on wikilinks to the pages in question (open)

Brief: Users are consistently vandalizing the List of The Ohio State University People page. Over and over again, they repost inaccurate listings of Nobel Prize winners and Pulitzer Prize winners. (read full description) -- 68.250.184.204 19:51, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm investigating this one because of possible Sockpupperty and Vandalism So this one is on hold. Æon Insanity Now!EA! 19:41, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Investigation complete. Heavy use of sockpuppets to vandalise the Ohio State University People List under Vincente Vincente and two IP addresses. This will remain listed if someone is willing to be an advocate for this. Æon Insanity Now!EA! 21:02, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

  • Accept. I'll take it and see what I can do to help the situation. --\/\/slack (talk) 01:46, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Crockspot (talk) on Jeff Gannon, List of famous prostitutes and courtesans (Closed)

Brief: I am involved in a dispute with an admin, Gamaliel, over the sourcing and compliance of Jeff Gannon, a biography of a living person. The article asserts that Gannon is a male prostitute, and is categorized as such. The sources, however, fail to meet the extra stringent sourcing criteria of WP:BLP, being editorials and political pieces that fail to provide any real proof that Gannon is indeed a prostitute. Gannon has made no public admissions of being a prostitute, nor has he ever been arrested, charged, or convicted of prostitution. There are several other articles, for example, List of famous prostitutes and courtesans, which also make this allegation. In the example case, there is no sourcing at all, simply a wikilink back to Jeff Gannon, which the admin in question asserts is good enough sourcing. I have removed these statements several times, citing WP:BLP, only to have my edits reverted by the admin in question. I have attempted to discuss the issues with this admin, but he/she will only address what they percieve to be attacks made by me. No fruitful discussion seems possible. I have had political disagreements with this person before, but that does not bother me. This particular conflict, however, is a liability issue for Wikipedia. (read full description) -- Crockspot 18:02, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

  • Stand by, going to see if there is a SYSOP Advocet for this one. Æon Insanity Now!EA! 18:43, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
    • Accept / Fred-Chess 20:02, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
      • The formal advocacy case is closed. / Fred-Chess 06:28, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

OrbitOne (talk) on Hwacha (Open)

Brief: Dispute over a pop culture section featuring games that feature weapon in article. I say it should be removed for being fan/list cruft and being non-relevant and/or non-notable in relation to the historical weapon. Pedant, an advocate representing HappyApples is using arguments that comment on my own actions instead of explaining how the section in question is relevant past other games featuring pop-culture game links and the fact the game does feature the weapon, a Hwacha. (read full description) -- OrbitOne [Talk|Babel] 13:04, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

  • Accepted. --bainer (talk) 10:59, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

iantresman (talk) on Wolf effect and Timeline of cosmology (Closed)

Brief: User:ScienceApologist regularly removes peer-reviewed material which he personally disagrees with. He will not engage in meaningful discussion on his edits. He is a self-proclaimed "Deletionist", and considers many "fringe" subjects to be pseudoscience (example available). I enjoy describing controversial material in an NPOV manner. It might be useful if an Advocates had some knowledge of science, and Wikipedia verifiability. (read full description) -- Iantresman 21:16, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Now pending on Advocate Æon Insane Ward. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 13:13, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
Aeon is rogering up. Will do what I can. Æon Insane Ward 19:46, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
Advocee has not responed to last request. Will remain open until 10SEP06 Æon Insanity Now!EA! 16:42, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Thankyoubaby (talk) on Deja Vu (Beyoncé song)‎ (open)

Brief: User Tigermichal continues to remove anything negative about the song, and is showing strong PoV on the page towards the song, and will not stop removing other's work, examples: removes anything on poor chart performance, adding unofficial charts (read full description) -- Thankyoubaby 23:32, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Accepted by Advocate Wikiwoohoo 19:00, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

vikramsidhu (talk) on The Day Has Come (Closed)

Brief: User Branchout continues to add the line "The album sales for this cd have been very low and is concidered a flop by producers and fans" to The Day Has Come. However, this is clearly his/her personal opinion as he has no solid proof/links from credible sources that either producers or fans consider this album a "flop".

The first time he proceeded to place a link to a message board (which is not a credible source for citations as far as I understand) with the passage above. After this incident, I removed the comments from the page and added a note in his profile -- it stated until he finds a proper source which clearly states that anyone considers this album a flop, he should refrain from adding the passage in. This time, he/she decided to not log-in (only the IP number was showing), but still added in the exact same line. As this is his/her OWN opinion (as far as I can see), I don't think that the passage is acceptable for inclusion into the page unless BranchOut can find a credible source. Vikramsidhu 03:08, 20 August 2006 (UTC) (read full description) -- Vikramsidhu 03:08, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Accepted by Aeon Æon Insane Ward 03:10, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
On Hold. Awaiting response. Æon Insane Ward 19:54, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
Will remain open until 8 September. Æon Insanity Now!EA! 19:45, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

RandomGalen (talk) on Military and economic aid in the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict (open)

Brief: User Tewfik engaged in edit warfare over a brief summary of foreign aid to Israel appearing in the article. Cites WP:V/WP:OR for United States Congress reports, a World Policy Institute report, and DCSA requests which all establish a connection between foreign aid and makeup of the IDF force operating in Lebanon currently. Would like to go to arbitration as he is ignoring the wishes of many editors concerned with balance in the article. (read full description) -- RandomGalen 18:36, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Pending on Advocate WormwoodJagger. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA/vote for me) 02:29, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
Accepted -- glad to be of service. WormwoodJagger 16:25, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Zephyrad (talk) on Second-class citizen (open)

Brief: I have been personally attacked by another user, who insists on repeatedly reverting a particular edit, instead of trying to improve on it if he disagrees with my changes. This person appears to have a history of antagonism, and it's no less true in my case. (read full description) -- Zephyrad 10:20, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Accepted by Wikiwoohoo 20:00, 12 August 2006 (UTC).

Lee_Bailey (talk) on Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report and related (open)

Brief: I've been involved in a bit of a dispute over the placement of a link on Stephen Colbert related pages. I haven't pursued dispute resolution yet, but would simply like if someone could look over the case and offer their "legal" advice on how (or whether) to pursue it. One editor is repeatedly adding a link to a site, www.tekjansen.com, where the site's author strongly implies, but does not directly state, that he is Stephen Colbert. I'm uncomfortable with this because the site apparently sells memberships to access content supposedly written by Colbert. The user who keeps adding link is a user of their forum, and s/he seems to be interested in adding the link to generate traffic there. What makes this complicated is that I'm not sure the site doesn't belong to Colbert. I'm just not sure what the correct thing is to do. Note: I've moved my full description location to a subpage of my talk because I'd like to handle this semi-privately until I've figured out what to do. Things are already somewhat tense. I can also be contacted via email. (read full description)

Now pending on Advocate Wisden17. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 15:18, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
Accepted --Wisden17 15:50, 4 August 2006 (UTC
Is there any update as to the resolution of this matter? GBH 03:00, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Joehazelton (talk) on Peter Roskam (open)

Brief: It is my humble opinon that the recent editing on this page is very bias. Futher more, one of the active editors also edits on the Tammy Duckworth pages as well and is less agressive in adding negative spin on that page vers on Roskams page. Both Roskam and Duckworh are now running for Nov 2006 for this hotly contested seat for the Illinois 6th house distict. My edits get wiped with mumbo jumbo and theats to me. I can read and these guys are spinning this article in a negative way. There is also a wiki admin, a self described Democrat, over see this right now. I need help with the wiki process to make sure this article is truly NPOV which, in my humble opinon is not right now. thanks (read full description) -- Joehazelton 05:23, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Pending on Advocate Longhornsg. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 18:09, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Advocate Longhornsg cannot take case due to other commitments. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 22:26, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Now pending on Advocate Joe. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 02:32, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
Accepted. Joe 00:08, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

84.56.50.181 (talk) on Lance_Armstrong (open)

Brief: on july 31 between 21:57 and 22:52 i made some comments on the discussions page concerning the Lance_Armstrong article being POV, but three users deleted my postings immediately various times just stating "this is trolling". In my opinion this is improper censorship, against http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith and happened just for the reason that they couldn't stand the critical view from an 'outsider'. What can i do about that? (read full description)

Now open on Advocate Matthew Platts. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 02:35, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
Yes, I'll take this. Matthew Platts 03:08, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

DrL (talk) on User:Hillman/Dig/Langan (open)

Brief: Hillman was denied a checkuser on me due to insufficient cause. He subsequently has erected a dig page on me that contains conjecture wrt my identity, including links to where I am supposed to work and other irrelevant personal information. I would like this personal information removed per WP:BLOCK (Posting Personal Information). Thanks. (read full description) -- DrL 18:41, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Pending on Advocate David.Mestel. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 12:33, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
Accepted by David Mestel(Talk) 13:05, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Danbarnesdavies (talk) on many British royalty articles (open)

Brief: I have recently been contributing a lot to the British royalty articles, and all of my edits have been reverted - primary discussion has not gone well (ref: User talk:Berks105#Royals_template; User talk:Danbarnesdavies#Reverts) (read full description) -- DBD 21:12, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Computerjoe cannot due to prior commitments. Looking for alternate advocate... אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 16:10, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Now pending on Advocate Savidan. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 16:23, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
I'd be glad to help. I'll start looking through the dispute immediately. Feel free to contact me whenever it's convenient on my talk page or though the email user function. savidan(talk) (e@) 19:25, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Bakemono (talk) on Neurofunk (closed)

Brief: A malicious and extremely uncivil vandal, that's continually editing anonymously under a changing IP address (usually starting with 84.44.*.*), has been purposefully removing factually sound information from the listed Wiki-article. I've tried amicably engaging said user/IP address numerous times regarding the dispute, but to no avail -- the only responses I get are insults and excuses as to why they won't logically engage me on the issue at hand. This back-and-forth has gotten nowhere, instead becoming worse -- the user's only grown increasingly hostile (to the point of actual threats against me). Moreover, in an apparent attempt to 'get me back,' he also went and blatantly vandalized two articles I'd had previous involvement with: Cryptic Audio & Kouta Hirano. I ask you, please, for immediate involvement before this escalates any further. (read full description) -- Bakemono 14:03, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Accepted by WormwoodJagger 11:01, 26 July 2006 (UTC) For the time being -- wound up having to protect the page. Will keep a watch on it, but interested parties seem to have lost interest for the time being.WormwoodJagger 12:12, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Ryorye (talk) on Chaguanas (closed)

Brief: A user keeps on reverting my page even after I posted my side on the discussion page. I tried reasoning with him, I requested a RfC, a solution was given and he still chose to ignore the solution. I ask for help that my information may stay on the article. (read full description) -- Ryorye 22:30, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Accepted by David Mestel(Talk) 05:34, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
Seems to have petered out. David Mestel(Talk) 14:32, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Cobaltbluetony (talk) on Persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses (open)

Brief: User:Truthwanted continues to POV push a notion that Jehovah's Witnesses actually tried to curry favor with the Nazi government with their Declaration of Facts in 1933. Other editors besides myself seem to be unable to convince him to seriously address the style, tone, POV, or appropriateness of his proposal; what is more, it is contended that the edit itself will not survive a broader base of scrutiny. (read full description) -- CobaltBlueTony 18:10, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

Accepted by Benon. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 02:20, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

HappyApple (talk) on Hwacha (re-opened)

Brief: I request assistance on Hwacha article (a historical weapon), because i believe some users are deleting substantial information that was written on the article in aims of "having their personal and own professionalism". Specifically User:Wikimachine states that Hwacha article version as of 25 June 2006 was too confusing because got Repetitive contents, i tried to get an agreement with him or her, but he or she didn't liked that, and started to delete information and revert and started to use offensive words like "don't write here.." "...I am frustrated, " GAME MANIACS GO AWAY" and so on. I think this is not civil and i wish someone can help me on this.(read full description) -- HappyApple 05:24, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Attempting to further contact Advocate Pedant. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 16:11, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Accepted by Advocate Pedant. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 18:04, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
This case was resolved through the efforts of the disputants, who seem to have created an acceptably neutral point of view which includes the relevant facts. User:Pedant 07:14, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
The deletion of material is still continuing, this case may not be closeable yet. Further steps may need to be taken. User:Pedant 08:54, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
opened again, see advocate comments
We've discussed, we've disengaged, we'll be discussing this again Monday Sept. 4 on Talk:Hwacha, but may need to use further resolution procedures, as we seem to be deadlocked. User:Pedant 21:54, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

mahawiki (talk) on belgaum belgaum_district (closed)

Brief: Language of 'the border problem' subsection is defamatory and biased against Maharashtra.I request to implement NPOV . (read full description) -- mahawiki 09:12, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

  • Pending Advocate Geo.plrd Æon Insanity Now!EA! 06:05, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Decline Sadly school has started Geo. 01:28, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Now pending Advocate Amerique. Æon Insanity Now!EA! 18:53, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
  • Responded on user's talk page.--Amerique 00:13, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
  • Mahawiki feels the issue leading to the specific request is resolved. Requests I continue to monitor associated pages, however.--Amerique 08:10, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

MathStatWoman (talk) on wikilinks to the pages in question (closed)

Brief: Daniel H. Wagner, Associates, Marion Cohen, Roberta Wenocur, Elaine Zanutto, User: MxM Peace (read full description) -- MathStatWoman 17:58, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Now pending on Advocate Computerjoe. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 13:18, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Accepted. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Computerjoe (talk • contribs).

MathStatWoman has left WP. Case closed. Computerjoe's talk 09:29, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Cybertrend (talk) on Peter F. Paul and Wikipedia:Dispute resolution (closed)

Brief: Biographical facts are being distorted, mischaracterized and asserted without proof to discredit a Clinton whistleblower. see discussion for Peter F. Paul and Peter Paul disambiguity page. (read full description)

Pending on Advocate Royalguard11. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA/vote for me) 02:52, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
Accepted, I hope I'll be able to help. -Royalguard11Talk 04:12, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
I am calling this case closed because the editor in question (Cybertrend) has been blocked indefinetly for sockpuppetry. -Royalguard11TalkMy Desk 01:46, 25 August 2006 (UTC) (See an archive of the case here -Royalguard11TalkMy Desk 05:24, 2 September 2006 (UTC))

Apocalypse cow (talk) on Feral House (closed)

Brief: I need help in explaining to User:Farstriker why I remove his/her unsourced, unverifiable edits. He/she will discuss but I believe needs arbitration to understand the problems with his/her edits. (read full description) -- Apocalypse cow 20:31, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Pending on Advocate DPeterson. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA/vote for me) 02:47, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
ACCEPTED DPetersontalk 13:38, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
CLOSED. Apocalypse cow feels the issue has been resolved now and no further action is necessary. DPetersontalk 01:45, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

WikiWoo (talk) on Roger Maloney (closed)

Brief: This page and others before it have been deleted. An individual and a group have been stalking my work in what appears as organized and directed vandalism attempting to get my goat. In reading some comments I caught that each left on others talk pages with comments like "he's back" and "we need to do this the hard way" suggests inaproprote motives. In a prior occasion my IP address was broad cast widely initiating personal attacks. This page in question was deleted without warning. Generally I can see games being played by one or more specific individuals (read full description) -- WikiWoo 13:23, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Pending on Advocate Oliver Keenan. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 16:18, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Advocate Oliver Keenan has not responded. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 18:41, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
Now pending on Advocate TheronJ אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 14:56, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Accepted. TheronJ 15:45, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
This can be closed. WikiWoo is now indefinitely banned.[4]. (See generally User talk:WikiWoo and User:TheronJ/Advocacy/WikiWoo for a history). TheronJ 14:59, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

bongo1234 (talk) on Cake_Media (closed)

Brief: A link to a website critical of this companys CEO has been repeatedly removed, probably by members of the company itself. Michael Mathieson, the CEO of the company, threatened to sue for rightful ownership of the domain name http://www.michaelmathieson.co.uk through Nominet and had a wiki satirising him and his business taken down. In the interest of the public, I think a link to latest domain name http://www.michaelmathiesonsucks.com should not be removed from this page.(read full description) -- Bongo1234 02:06, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Pending on Advocate Wally. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 16:26, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Advocate User:Wally cannot take case due to other business. Searching for another. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 15:42, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
Now pending on Advocate Computerjoe. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 02:28, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
Accepted. Computerjoe's talk 15:11, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Justforasecond (talk) on User_talk:Justforasecond Kwanzaa (Closed)

Brief: I was blocked for a month in what, as far as I can tell, was violation of wiki blocking policy. I would like to pursue arbitration against the blocking admin. Justforasecond 00:10, 26 July 2006 (UTC) (read full description)

Accepted by Geo. 02:32, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
User has decided not to proceed Geo. 19:35, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Historian2 (talk) on Sanhedrin and Talk:Sanhedrin (closed)

Brief: Rabbis called evil and poisonous, I claimed slander and reverted, blocked on 3RR, looking for guidance (read full description)

Open on Advocate K-UNIT. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 19:26, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
If an advocate is still needed, I've had a lot of experience with problems in the 'Judeo-Christian constellation', all of which were resolved with no further action needed. User:Pedant 22:39, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
Whatever happened with this. The matter was never resolved. Pro-link people like me saw there was mediation coming so held back, then Lee Baily said "don't moderate, they went away"... what kind of solution is that? Feels very unethical. GBH 02:41, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
Its closed now... It was a very long and complex dispute (which I was completely unqualified for - about ancient Jewish history and the like) that ended recently. Sorry if it seemed nothing was hapenning but its taken care of now.--K-UNIT 10:13, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Painbearer (talk) on Keane (on hold per User:Pedant)

In brief I wanted to make the article of the band Keane, much simpler, to trim in my opinion highly redundant and highly overcumbant information on it. I wanted it to be as informative, as short and as good as possible. I wanted it be like this. Well, an ultra-fan of Keane, called Fluence doesn't want that. He wants his article to be his vehicle. That's why he is reverting my edits, saying that Wikipedia is "a place that storates all human knowledge" and apparently can't give any kind of justification for his edits. That's why I am refering here. I try to assume good faith and try to explain as thoroughly as possible to Fluence, but apparently to no avail and he with indifferent tone say that we will probably revert each other till the end of time. That's highly annoying for me, really. I know it's hard for the guy to see his own material, cut out of the band's article, but as far as I'm concerned I as well as many people are not aiming for for biography/books or publicity pages about these bands,but rather extensive, informative and well-formed articles. Thus I really need someone's help, because things get to blows too quickly. I am trying to be as amiable as possible, but my patience also has it limits.

Thank you for your time

Regards: Painbearer 07:57, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

(text moved to Talk:Keane, {permalink} this Request Page not the place for such discussion)

Painbearer, I'm placing your request on hold right now, if this problem continues I'll re-open it. I think there's still room for unsupervised discussion. User:Pedant 17:58, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

Margana (talk) on Psephos (under investigation)

Brief: User:Snottygobble is abusing his adminship to win an edit war. He protected the page once on his version and later twice blocked me for "edit warring" (there was no 3RR violation in either case). I believe he violated both protection and blocking policy. I'd like to bring this to an RfC but need a second editor who has tried to resolve the dispute. Maybe someone could just ask him not to do this again and, if he refuses, certify this on RfC. (read full description) -- Margana 18:08, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

Now pending on Advocate David.Mestel. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 15:01, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Accepted. David Mestel(Talk) 18:52, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
This advocate was not helpful and has abandoned the case. Someone else please come forward. Margana 15:48, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
Please rest assured that David has not abandoned you. He has voiced some concerns about the case to me, which I have tried to articulate on your talk page and I would be most grateful if we could discuss them. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA/vote for me) 02:25, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
I would be happy to assist David with this if he and Margana think that would be suitable. I've reviewed the discussion and some of the discussions on pages referenced in the discussion. User:Pedant 22:35, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

User:Bazzajf (closed)

Folks, can I ask for someone to come along to User talk:Bazzajf and help this user off the ceiling. He returned from a long block and an arbCom case and started straight on with aggressive comments. His talk page was protected due to past trolling, I unprotected it to allow dialogue, but I did block him pending some kind of assurance that he intends to actually contribute rather than just arguing, which was the problem before. If I thought this was a lost cause I would not waste your time, I do feel that this is someone who might have a contribution to make but whose past issues with an admin have left him bitter. Some kind words and support would maybe help him to start showing some kind of willingness to work in a more collegiate manner, and respect his restrictions per Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/8bitJake, at which point I will happily lift his block, or you can ask any other admin to do so with my full blessing. Thanks for your consideration, Guy 22:23, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

This isn't really an advocate issue. Probably better to post it at WP:AN. -Royalguard11(Talk·Desk) 01:12, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

User:EdChilvers (closed)

Has ignored Wikipedia's legal team and the block they placed upon the article on Gregory Lauder-Frost and flagged it up again. This is surely a very serious matter. 213.122.89.216 19:11, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

No I haven't. The block was lifted 2 days ago by none other than Wikipedia's legal adviser Brad Patrick following consultation with Wiki founder Jimbo Wells. It has been re-opened for editing to all registered users.--Edchilvers 19:26, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

This isn't a case. I'm closing it. User:Pedant 23:50, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

YBO (talk) on insufficient formulated Afd spellings (1), (2), also User_Talk:YBO (Closed)

Brief: This is only about the Afd spellings (1), (2) (link included). The goal is an enclosing statement, that the nomination spellings have not been formulated sufficient enough and User User:Yy-bo, now User YBO User:YBO, has been right to consider the insufficient formulation figuring a minor incident. If this happens, further requests concerning the author, User Timtrent, are believed not to be neccessary. (read full description) User:YBO 84.203.112.173 16:13, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

Ok, YBO, Yy-bo and 84.203.112.173 are the same person. The YBO account has been indefinately blocked, to keep this user to just one account. This user appears to habitually talk about themselves in the third person and includes several odd phrases, possibly attempting to create the effect of legal understanding or grandeur. Regardless, the above statement doesn't actually mean anything. Also the link to the full description doesn't work. In this context, I have closed this case. Addhoc 16:11, 21 September 2006 (UTC)


Dwo (talk) on Talk:Sesotho language and Template talk:Languages of South Africa (closed)

Brief: I've taken the liberty of changing instances of Kiswahili and isiZulu on Wikipedia to the forms that the article titles use: Swahili, Zulu, etc. User:Zyxoas disagrees with me. I've gone and gotten a third opinion who agreed with me, but I think that it's done nothing as far as reaching a consensus. I really don't know what to do next as far as the next step to resolve the issue. So, I'm here (read full description) -- — D. Wo. 08:51, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Pending on Advocate DPeterson. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 13:04, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
Accepted DPetersontalk 13:15, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Fushidane (talk) on Kirby_(Nintendo) (withdrawn)

Brief: This user called Kirbyfan103 has been vandalizing all pages related to Kirby_(Nintendo) and Kirby:_Right_Back_at_Ya! with useless, redundant and untrue information like putting even fanfics as facts like this page here Kirby_of_the_Stars:_Second_Generation. He also messing up some others as well. At this rate the pages will be filled with spam.... please stop him.. (read full description) -- Fushidane 08:54, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Pending on Advocate ICXCNIKA. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 16:15, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Advocate ICXCNIKA has not responded. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 18:41, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
Issue was resolved without Advocacy. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 14:51, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Kickstart70 (talk) on Requests for Checkuser and Administrator's Notice Board (closed)

Brief: User:CovenantD was blocked by User:Essjay (supported by User:Mackensen) claiming personal attacks, insults, etc. where I, and others including other admins, believe none are. When I attempted to get clarity on the reasons for the block, and find out where policy allows such a block, I was stonewalled. I really just want to have an answer for the reasons for the block, which fall within policy and if they do not fall within policy, that issue dealt with. (read full description) -- Kickstart70-T-C 02:13, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Note for coodinatorsteve, Due to personal bias and such i will not be able to consider this case.Benon 04:18, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Noted. I'll be sure to pass this on to someone else. Thanks for your honesty. :-) אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 14:17, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Pending on Advocate Jossi. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 16:32, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Accept. ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 16:49, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Closed. There is no more I can do in this case. 18:53, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

DPeterson (talk) (closed)

'Brief:' Larry Sarner has been vandalizing my talk page by putting up false "vandalsim" notices. He is angry that I started a new Wiki article Advocates for Children in Therapy and is taking it out on me by vandalizing my talk page and harassing me. He was banned from the Barrett article and "soft-banned from the Bowlby article. He is not taking his fight to my talk page, the Advocates for Children in Therapy page. Please make him stop. DPeterson 23:41, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Looks like it is being handled by Mangojuice. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 23:54, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Aeon1006 (talk) on User talk:JakGd1, User talk:Triddle, User talk:Aeon1006 (closed)

Brief: UCRGrad is harassing me, I need someone who would be willing to speak for me in all future interactions. Also you may want to review the following User talk:Aeon1006/AMA and Wikipedia:Requests for comment/UCRGrad. What ever I may or may not have done wrong in the past is inmaterial UCRGrad is disrupting the DR process. (read full description) -- Aeon Insane Ward 23:03, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Accepted by אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA). As I am not a Mediator or an Arbitrator, it will not be against the spirit or the letter of the accepted AMA rules, and since I am already -very- familiar with the situation and its background, and seeing that all of our Available advocates (at least as indicated as such on our list) are busy with other cases or unavailable, I appear to be the best choice for this case. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 23:09, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Closed until (and if) Aeon decides to return. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 18:43, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Tychocat (talk) on Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pokémon Brown (closed)

Brief: The discussion has been vandalized to remove all "delete" nominations. This is so far out of my experience I have no idea what to do with it. (read full description) -- Tychocat 04:33, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

Open on Advocate K-UNIT. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 18:06, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Closed indefinitely unless the disputed activity resumes. K-UNIT 05:17, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Ben-w (talk) on Stephanie Adams (withdrawn)

Brief: Hipocrite continues to revert factual, proven information about a lawsuit initiated by Ms. Adams because there are no mainstream media websites describing the case. However, the facts are not in dispute, documentary evidence exists to prove that the case has been filed. Hipocrite is pedantically applying a sentence in the WP:BLP policy to suppress this factual information. I have done all I can in terms of using logic and reasoned argument. (read full description) -- Ben-w 03:13, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Ben-w is no longer responsing to inquiries about this request. Until further notice, I'm considering it withdrawn. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 23:54, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

HeirToPendragon (talk) on Talk:Firebender and Firebender (closed)

Brief: An IP of 24.205.142.99 keeps changing the Firebender page, this used to be an editing war until we opened a talk option and my changes were found to be correct. However, in an act of immaturity, 24.205.142.99 keeps removing the information in question or changing it. Then, the final reason I am posting this, is that he is now signing posts on the Talk section of the page in question using my user name. All of this can be confirmed by checking the history section of the talk page. Thanks for any help you can provide. (read full description) -- H2P 00:43, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

Accepted by Orane (talk • cont.) 17:46, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
Closed. 24.205.142.99 (talk · contribs · logs · block user · block log) had been blocked for 48 hrs, but hasn't returned. There has been no more arguments. Orane (talk • cont.) 02:54, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Dreyesbo (talk) on Tibia (computer game) (closed)

Someone keeps erasing the links to the supported fansites of foreign languages by the game company from this article. The person has not yet answered me why. -- Dreyesbo 18:30, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Accepted by Mangojuice. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 02:21, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
Closed. Mangojuicetalk 02:26, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

WelshCountryside (talk) on none (closed)

Brief: I have a second account that was blocked inappropriately. I tried to communicate to resolve the issue however my talk page was protected to prevent me from communicating. I had to create another account to explain why it was wrong to block me, now I am called a sock and users follow me and block me, reverting my attempts to discuss the definitively inappropriate block. I need someone who will actually talk to me and not block me. (read full description) -- WelshCountryside 02:08, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Accepted by ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 19:04, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
Closed. Editor was blocked indefinitely as another sock of the banned editor User:PoolGuy. He was bocked by user:Tony Sidaway. ≈ jossi ≈ t • @ 01:39, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (talk) on User talk:Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) (Closed)

Brief: I am threatened with indefinite blockage for moving biographies to their fullnames (read full description) -- Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) 03:45, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

  • Closed. Editor was blocked for improper page moves that numbered over 800 in the span of a few days. The block lasts indefinitely. User:Zscout370 (Return Fire) 07:00, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Zola (talk) on Big O‎ (closed)

Brief: Could use guidance on the smoothest way of handling this, link to legit site being removed. (read full description) -- Zola 01:16, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

Closed This one Æon Insane Ward 03:25, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Knowledge for All (talk) on Destiny (closed)

Brief: Made edits to the article which were reverted by Zeusnoos. Reverted back after correcting the entry as per suggestion given in edit summary but article was again reverted by Zeusnoos. Invited Zeusnoos to voice concerns in Talks page before reverting. Instead of doing so he reverted back once more, giving IMO biased reasoning. Could someone help us sort it out (read full description) -- Knowledge for All 20:59, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Now pending on Advocate Pedant אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 17:01, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
This is a content dispute.

"According to spiritual science, 65% of our lives are ruled by destiny (that is, are not within our control), whereas 35% are ruled by our wilful action (ie. are within our control). Examples of destined events include: birth, marriage, major accidents, death, etc."

was reverted with this summary:
"rv - removed nonsense edits - "spiritually evolved researchers""
this edit:

"According to spiritual science, 65% of our lives are ruled by destiny (that is, are not within our control), whereas 35% are ruled by our wilful action (ie. are within our control). Examples of destined events include: birth, marriage, major accidents, death, etc"

was reverted with this summary:
"rv - still an agenda pseudoscience edit no matter how it's worded."
this exchange followed:

Rv - Zeusnoos personal opinion. Please discuss concerns in Talks

"rv - you're making ps-scientific claims and citing a non-scientific website (no scientific research, not a scientific journal or organization"

(disputant counteraccuses advocee of linkspam), advocee appears to be acting in good faith and feels that rejection of this material is biased. We do have an article on the subject of spiritual science, and I am researching a resolution that will suit the needs of all parties and the wikipedia. I welcome input from anyone familiar with the subject matter. User:Pedant 22:00, 17 August 2006 (UTC)This is probably about finished. 06:03, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

'debrief: This case is archived temporarily at User:Pedant/KFA-Destiny pending conversion to case history format. Summary A relatively new editor (15:03, 2006 February 27) provided a minimal edit summary on deletion of advocee's (a newer user: 13:47, 2006 August) edit. Problem seems to stem from biting a newcomer who was not familiar with policy re: reliable sources. Advocee states he will purue this at own pace. I have recommended no further action (re mediation or other formal procedure) Closing this case, really nothing else to be done. User:Pedant 20:22, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

diabolos (talk) on Doc Hammer Talk:Doc Hammer (closed)

Brief: problems have arisen on this page. A few people have stated that it is an article of poor quality and I have tried to fix it. One user, who does not have a username, has repeatedly gotten rid of a statement made only to be reverted by User:Hazelflo. I have attempted to bring the article to a better quality only to be reverted by Hazelflo (read full description) -Diabolos 06:23, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Accepted by אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA/vote for me) 23:55, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
Closed. Both parties worked towards an amicable conclusion. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 14:05, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Aktornado (talk) on Talk:Golfers_with_most_major_championship_wins (closed)

Brief: Help with a dispute over whether or not amateur wins should be included for some people while not including it for others in a statistical chart.

I will accept this one. Æon Insane Ward 00:06, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
Closed Issue has been resoulved Æon Insane Ward 22:46, 16 August 2006 (UTC)


Carbonate (talk) on Talk:List of concentration and internment camps List of concentration and internment camps Internment (closed)

Brief: Help with a dispute over the lable of the Gaza Stripe as a concentration camp. This dispute has been refered to arbitration by a third part. One page has already been locked by an admin. (read full description) -- Carbonate 10:41, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Now pending on Advocate Fred Chess. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 15:02, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
I accept the case. / Fred-Chess 16:39, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
My job as an advocate, which was to be assisting with arbitration, is finished. / Fred-Chess 10:12, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Sholom (talk) on Thelma Drake (closed)

Brief: user insists on having his way, violations of 3RR (he was already locked out for a 3RR violation once, and has since done it again), refuses to talk, refused offer of mediation, using mulitple IP addresses (one at home and one from work, it seems). This is, admittedly, nowhere near as severe as other cases here listed, but seems to need mediation and/or arbitration nonetheless (read full description) -- Sholom 19:13, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Pending on Advocate Bobcheezy. אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 16:19, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
Accepted by אמר Steve Caruso (desk/AMA) 18:04, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
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