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Hi Mista-X. Just a note, don't sign your new articles or edits. You also might want to engage in debate about the article or justification of your changed on the "Talk" pages. To access the talk page for a particular article click the "Discuss this page" link at the bottom of the page. AndyL (talk) 01:31, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] General greetings

Hi!
That's a lot of interesting detail in your "new user log" entry. You could copy it to your user page, where it will be easily accessible for much longer.
Kind regards from New Zealand Robin Patterson 06:15, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Hardial Bains

Hi,

My source for the info regarding other parties Bains founded is http://www.leninism.org/stream/98/hardial-1st-anniv.htm. While the author is unfriendly he seems to have factual info but its certainly worth checking for accuracy. AndyL (talk) 06:10, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Hi,

Well, the "Hardial Bains is a Charlatan" and "Hardial Bains is still a Charlatan" articles are definitely POV and I wasn't proposing integrating the accusations into the article but the comments about the other parties seemed factual. (BTW, just because an article is old, doesn't make it untrue, after all everything Bains wrote is older than those two articles). I took out the CPT&T reference but RCBM-L seems likely as does Communist Ghadar Party of India (see http://www.cgpi.org/pv150902.htm) and the others. AndyL 14:47, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)

The article in the CGPI paper above calls Bains the founder of the parties mentioned in India, Britain and Ireland. Makes no mention of T&T. AndyL 16:46, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Cuba

BTW, you might want to check out Allegations of human rights abuses in Castro's Cuba, we've had a bit of an edit war with your buddy TDC who you've conflicted with in Paul Robeson (TDC, as you might have guessed, is a fervent anti-Communist and has been propagating his views in a number of articles). AndyL 16:49, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Allende

Don't cross 3RR, let him or her. 2 can catch one out,--SqueakBox 17:08, Apr 16, 2005 (UTC)

I reported 200.30.222.170 for 3RR on Allende at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/3R, i was just saying don't break the 3RR yourself, let them do it and we can get them blocked, as plenty of us don't agree with him, --SqueakBox 17:18, Apr 16, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Young Left and Rebel Youth Network

Mista-X, the article on Young Left is very poor. I hate leftists but have taken pity on the article. I suspect a less compassionate soul will just delete it. Can I suggest you add something notable to it or delete it. Johnnyio 04:10, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)


Yes I agree, I will take my pity elsewhere. Delete Johnnyio 04:21, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Delete Improve the article or just delete it. Friendly enough words. I tried to improve it as you can see. So leave your conspiracy theories to the barely attended meetings of the Young Left LOL. I would have thought in Canada you could do better with such a group, given how you're all communists who speak funny. Johnnyio 04:28, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)


DOOD, the record shows I corrected the spelling errors and tried sincerely to clean it up. THat's real love. I send it out to yo.

Your spelling is just awsome! --Mista-X 04:52, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

But as for Canada, I believe only the solution outlined in the South Park Movie is acceptable. In the alternative you could all become our carpark. It's so hard to get a park these days. We need the space, living space as it were. Anyway, love 2 U. Johnnyio 04:41, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Anyone from Canada can obviously tell this guy has never been there. If he had he would know that parking space is rare in any urban spot, especially in Ontario. --Mista-X 04:52, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

No one time I did visit Ontario. Go ON. In fact I banged a particularly sweet ho, picked her up near the airport. Might have been your mom. Johnnyio 04:55, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Hi Mista-X, it seems Johnnyio didn't actually post his Young Left deletion nomination on WP:VFD, he just put in the {{vfd}} template which created the VfD subpage. Johnnyio was subsequently blocked for trolling/vandalism/etc., so obviously he's not going to fix things. Rather than have Young Left be in limbo for the forseeable future, I deleted the vfd tag. Heh, do tell me if I'm missing something here. Otherwise, happy editing! TIMBO (T A L K) 05:41, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I have been on Wikipedia a long time, and share the views of groups like the Young Left which oppose capitalism and imperialism. As you probably already have guessed, your articles on Rebel Youth Network and Young Left are going through votes on deletion not because of any rules about notability or other nonsense, but because Wikipedia is largely controlled by right wingers, going all the way up to the Ayn Rand worshipping millionaire Jimbo Wales.

Anyhow, I would very much like it if you posted the articles to Anarchopedia. You will not be hassled about deletion there! I like Anarchopedia although it gets vandalized too often. Infoshop's OpenWiki does not get vandalized much, but you can't upload pictures yet.

I think you'll find these wikis have histories of left groups that might someday rival Wikipedia. A lot of it is US-based currently, although there are plenty of articles on communist parties from Greece to Peru to Indonesia to Colombia. Recently Revolutionary Workers Leagues were looked at, although just the US ones, not the one formed in Canada in 1977. Actually, some of it is not there because Anarchopedia and Infoshop's Openwiki need Canadians who know about the NDP and the CP of Canada and so forth.

So take a look at these wikis - people won't try to give them the boot there!

Fraternally Ruy Lopez 06:09, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Maoist Reviews

We do not link to every review for every film, usually only to significant reviews that are a part of the movie lore, like Ebert's review of The Brown Bunny, or compilations of reviews like Rotten Tomatoes. If you continue to add these links to further your political viewpoint, it will become vandalism. --TheGrza 00:33, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)

Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. --TheGrza 00:35, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)

Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. --TheGrza 00:36, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)

Firstly, I do not support MIM. you are assuming that just because I added links to these reviews I must be pushing their viewpoint. This is not the case. Your distaste for these reviews is simply YOUR distaste, your POV. You are trying to portray your viewpoint as non-political, but it is in fact, entirely political. You are allowing mainstream (bourgeois) viewpoints and reviews to be linked to because you consider them to be acceptable. It seems they are acceptable to you because they are part of the status-quo. People come to WikiPedia in search of facts and alternatives to the mainstream corporate control over information. People come to contribute, share ideas and cooperate with others. This is not what you are doing here. Calling this vandalism is typical of tyrannical corporate types. For example, providing no space to people in the hood to be artistic then criminalizing them for spray painting graffitti. Or like dominating the media and shutting down small outlets when what the people have to say is no longer acceptable and deemed inapropriate. I will not allow this practice to be perpetuated on here, without a fight. Different viewpoints is not vandalism, unless the POV is being put right in the article. For it to be vandalism it would have to destroy, distort, or somehow make the article not-viewable. Linking to alternative reviews does not do this. --Mista-X 00:44, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

My distaste for these reviews is based on their complete lack of relevance to the pages at hand. I don't like many of the reviews, some because they're poorly written, some because they like terrible movies, but if relevant they should stay. The MIM Reviews are terribly written with no taste whatsoever, but they are being removed because they lack any significance to the article. --TheGrza 00:48, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)

I fail to see how they are irrelevant. Perhaps you can explain how a review of these films from a class concious and scientific standpoint is irrelevant? If you don't like what they have to say, that's completely fair. You can take that up with MIM if you like. You could even post links to other reviews with different opinions. But other people may disagree with you, and find the MIM reviews to be completely relevant and maybe even a fresh breath of air. Calling the MIM reviews "terribly written with no taste whatsoever" is just your POV. In my POV Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn is a terrible writer, but I have no right to go to the article on Gulags and remove references to his work just because I might think they are "terribly written with no taste whatsoever", (not to mention pure fiction based on his own accounts which very well could be entirely made up) do I? So in short, you have admitted the reason you remove these is just because you don't like them. --Mista-X 00:58, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Don't disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point

Some reading you should do since you seem to want to push your political agenda. And since you want to add ther maoist reviest to those article, i expect you do to add political reviews, ie not move reviews, to ALL nmovie related articles, as well as to add the the revirews of all extremisits parties, like Nazis, Marxists, Anchrists, those involved in radical Islam, so that your own political views can be balanced out. But being that your a POV pusher no better then the Oliver North vandals and others like him, i doubt that you will do that as it would go aginst the pushing of your own politicaly movated agenda. --Boothy443 | comhrÚ 01:46, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Firstly, I thought I made it clear that I don't support MIM. I may agree with some things MIM writes and/or does, but I agree with some things that the NDP writes about and/or does too, and I definately do not support them. Secondly, I am not in the least bit disrupting Wikipedia to illustrate a point by adding external links of movie reviews. This does not deface or vandalise an article in any way. Thirdly, I don't give a shit what you expect me to do. I will add things that I know about, which are relevant to articles. A Nazi viewpoint would most likely be racist, and therefor would have no place on WikiPedia, IMO, although there could be an exception. I am totally down with all types of opinions being linked to on WikiPedia otherwise, and they should be to "balance out" as you say. Fourthly, you calling these ideologies extremist is simply your POV and unscientific. Lastly, I have no idea what you are talking about with this "Oliver North" crap. --Mista-X 01:56, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Spamming?

Spamming links to external websites on multiple Wikipedia pages is not really appropriate.

Most major Hollywood movies get hundreds if not thousands of reviews, few of which are notable enough to warrant inclusion as external links on Wikipedia, particularly if the reviewer or publication in question is not particularly well known.

-- Curps 02:12, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I hardly see how this is SPAM. My understanding is that Spamming has to be something commercial. I am not directing users to buy products, simply offering them an alternative viewpoint, which they can read if they wish. MIM is very well known on the internet, and their movie reviews are widely read, at least on the left. Many people who disagree with MIM still find it entertaining and fascinating (OK, maybe that's an exaggeration) to read their reviews. For now, I will leave the others, but would you please leave The Matrix alone? It fits quite well in the section I put it. --Mista-X 02:17, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

The trouble is, is your motivation to discuss the philosophy espoused by the makers of The Matrix, or merely to review that movie (and countless others) from a Marxist perspective? The fact that you seem to be adding movie reviews to so many other movies suggests that it's the latter. Also, the last paragraph of the MIM review strongly suggests that their interest is solely is using the movie as a didactic propaganda tool, rather than exploring what the Wachowskis actually may have had in mind. I'm not aware that the Wachowskis specifically mentioned Marxism as a major influence in any of the interviews they gave. -- Curps 02:41, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

My motivation is irrelevant. We can't assume to know the motivation of every single contributer to WikiPedia, and try to decide if their contribution is relavent based on that assumption, now can we? Let's stick to the facts:
  • Are the MIM reviews relevant? - Well, IMO it is kind of hard for any review of a movie to be irrelevant. The reviews would have to be very off base, which these are not.
  • Is it vandalism? - Obviously not. It is not defacing the article.
  • Is it Spam? - No, it's not commercial nor is it forceful.
  • Are they not notable? - Well, since MIM has an entry here on WikiPedia, I would say that's notable enough.
  • Is it POV? - Yes, but all reviews are POV and no one is forced to agree with them or even read them.

MIM's review looks at dialectics in The Matrix and observes it as revolutionary. They don't claim that Wachowskis is coming from a Marxist standpoint at all, and they give their Maoist viewpoint. What one individual had in mind is not necessarily important, but rather what is actually portrayed and percieved, IMO. I think MIM would share that view.

--Mista-X 02:53, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] MIM is notable according to WikiPedia

It is interesting that the reviews of movies by the Maoist Internationalist Movement that I have added to a few entries here on WikiPedia are being questioned as notable. The fact that MIM has an entry on WikiPedia that has not been deleted proves notability IMO, and I will be taking this issue up. It seems sparkling clear that it is in fact the ones who are against MIM reviews with the political agenda, and not the other way around. They don't have any other grounds for removing these reviews other than the fact they disagree or do not like MIM ideology. --Mista-X 02:43, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Lots of topics and organizations meet minimum notability standards to have articles on Wikipedia. We even have an article on Time Cube, but that doesn't mean we should accept someone adding Time Cube–related links at Greenwich Mean Time (I'm not making this up, by the way). Donald Rumsfeld is notable too, but I'm not particularly interested in his views about movies (or baseball or flower arrangement).
I think that the religion/philosophy links section of The Matrix was intended for articles that discuss and analyze the Wachowski's underlying philosophy (which seems to be fairly eclectic) or their influences (which seem to be numerous). The MIM review does not take that approach, rather it merely uses the movie as a prop to discuss its own philosophy, analyzing the movie solely according to its own singular perspective and singular influence. This is akin to a dating-advice site publishing an article saying that Titanic is a good how-to guide for picking up women... they have every right to do so, but we would not really accept this as representing James Cameron's philosophy or his reason for making the movie. -- Curps 03:22, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

OK, so you admit MIM is notable, you are just saying that it's YOUR opinion that their movie reviews are not worthy. The Time Cube theory could be added as a related entry in time for example. But just because you don't like or are not interested in something, doesn't mean it doesn't belong on WikiPedia. If Donald Rumsfeld was writing movie reviews, I think it would be totally fine to add them as external links. Why is it ok for Ebert to write reviews, but not some Joe Blow, Jane Doe, George W. Bush or some "wacko" from MIM? Their opinions could be just as valid, insightful and entertaining, if not better. --Mista-X 03:43, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Roger Ebert is notable as a movie reviewer and Donald Rumsfeld is notable as a Defense Secretary; Donald Rumsfeld is not notable as a movie reviewer, and neither is MIM. Wikipedia is not a repository of links, and articles have to be kept to a manageable size; not everyone who wishes to add an external link will be able to do so.
I note that IMDB has a review links page for The Matrix, with links to no less than 281 reviews. However, MIM does not seem to be one of them. -- Curps 05:07, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Continued Vandalism

You have continued to vandalize pages with this stuff after being warned to stop by several users.

This is your last warning. The next time you vandalize a page, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. --TheGrza 03:27, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)

No I have not, you are the only one that asked or "warned" me to stop, so who are the several users? And again, I ask "what vandalism"? You still have not explained how the external links I have added are vandalism. --Mista-X 03:31, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

They are vandalism because you are intentionally violating Wikipedia's editing policy repeatedly, despite being warned. --TheGrza 03:34, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)

I think there is a difference between violating an editing policy and vandalism. Certainly vandalism is a violation, but a violation isn't vandalism necessarily. So what "editing policy" did I violate? and for the last time explain how it is vandalism please. --Mista-X 03:37, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
...and BTW, actually, you broke 3RR, not me. --Mista-X 04:02, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

There is no three revert rule for vandalism; The course of action is to revert the vandalism where you find it, if the person continues then you warn them, and finally, you report their actions to the Vandalism in Progress page. I've done all these things. This is not a matter of disagreement over what the rules of Wikipedia are, this is one user flouting those rules to insert spam onto the pages repeatedly. The edit policy you violated was inserting links of little to no value for your own POV, spam or other, more personal reasons that don't relate to the articles on Wikipedia. I tried to explain to you that these are not of note, not because I disagree with them, but because they are meaningless in the context of the article. The end result of the policy you're trying to create would be miles long links at the end of every page, instead of actually including information. This is an encyclopedia, not WebArchive. Thank you for ending your vandalism of these pages, by the way. --TheGrza 04:15, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)

It's too bad there was no vandalism in the first place, so yes the 3RR is valid. It is obvious that you knew it wasn't vandalism in the first place when you noted your removal was based on the fact that it was a "communist review". You changed your tone later on to try and cover the fact that you were vandalising a legitamate addition based on your POV. Anyone will be able to see this in the history, and like Fidel Castro "it will absolve me". I am still waiting for you to explain how it was vandalism. You can't seem to make up your mind if it was because it is POV (all movie reviews are) or spam (it had no commercial content, and if their is you certainly didn't point out anything of the sort) nor is it being pushed on anyone (like being sent to their e-mail or forced on their screen with a pop-up) which constitutes spam. I am not sure what "persynal" reasons you think I have for posting these reviews, other than I think they are valuable and worthwhile. I disagree with you that they are "meaningless in the context of the article", that's your POV. You have not given any reason other than your persynal dislike and POV of the reviews. There is no "miles long links at the end of every page" to speak of, and in the case you have not given me an explanation of how it is decided which reviews should be allowed to stay and which should not. I don't think this is for you to decide, but rather the masses on WikiPedia. --Mista-X 04:33, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Perhaps you don't understand edit summaries. They are there to explain, at a glance, what the edit was, not a detailed reasoning why the edit took place. I did, as my edit summary states, remove a communist review. The POV is inherent in these type of reviews the same way Christian reviews are bound by their ideology instead of actually critiquing a film. As for my "POV", it's based on Wikipedia's "POV" that meaningless articles designed for advertisement for an ideology or a product are spam and repeated entries of such become vandalism. I'm now done with this conversation, hopefully the admins will take the appropriate action if you restart your spree. --TheGrza 05:29, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Mediation

Go to Wikipedia:Requests for mediation if problems persist. See also Wikipedia:Dispute resolution. AndyL 14:40, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Centralizing discussion

Regarding the ongoing debate over your edits to movie-related pages, AndyL has objected that the discussions have not taken place at Talk:The Matrix. To accomodate this objection, perhaps future discussions should be centralized there rather than various users' talk pages. -- Curps 21:10, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Alan Duff

Thanks for the tipoff about the article. I've given it a bit more wikifying. I liked the whole article (though I wondered where it all came from but I didn't look at the external links). Kia ora! Robin Patterson 22:28, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] RfC

Can you please consider certifying my dispute at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Curps? To do so add four squiggles immediately under my name at Users certifying the basis for this dispute AndyL 03:30, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Notice of request for arbitration regarding AndyL

I've filed a request for arbitration against AndyL. For reasons described in the request, I don't believe you are a directly involved party, but you may wish to provide evidence later if the arbitration request is accepted. -- Curps 00:55, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Unsourced material from a chat room

I have removed the material in this edit [1] which concerns events in a chat room. It is impossible to verify due to its nature. Please avoid material of an ephemeral nature such as a chat room or irc as it is almost impossible to prove that the event occurred. Fred Bauder 17:03, August 30, 2005 (UTC)

If I remember correctly the log is available somewhere online. Also, Merle did admit to saying these things in e-mails he sent to various people and I believe on an online forum. --Mista-X 18:41, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

I'm not the source of that passage in the Terleskey article so I don't have the original citations.Homey 20:12, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

The source of the removed text removed by User:Fred Bauder is here [2] It was actually a womens shelter he was harrasing and calling those things. --Cloveious 19:27, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
Thanks. --Mista-X 21:30, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] reverts

Please don't make reverts without discussion like that. its a waste of everybodies time, yours included, and raises the tension level. I spent about an hour merging all of that, the least you could do is gove it a day or two of discussion befroe undoing all that work. Sam Spade 06:51, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Sorry if it was trouble, but many other people put work in to the articles as well, and you made major changes without discussion... Also, it was not organized well.--Mista-X 22:37, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

OK, well we seem to be doing ok now. I'll try to contact involved parties regarding mergers in the future, and would ask that you discuss prior to reverting non-vandalism. I'm sure your right about your concerns w the material I merged, but I don't know how much I can do. I explained myself in a bit more detail @ Talk:Systema. Cheers, Sam Spade 09:54, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

Sam, you totally butchered the Systema page after admitting you knew nothing about it.--Charlie Evatt 15:42, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks!

Just a note to say thank you for linking to Defendo from Combatives. I had known that they were different systems but it had never occurred to me to look for a separate entry. My memory was that Defendo was covered in passing as part of the Defendu article, but now that I go back to check I see I was mistaken. Good catch! Thank you. - Rorybowman 02:34, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Hey there Mista-X, i just thought i'd drop you a message to say i've had Curps-related trouble, he's blocked me 8 times erroneously, and i'm completely innocent. To me, he seems to just disregard anything which other admins say to him, and go about whatever the heck he wants to. Truly, very very annoying admin. J.Spudeman 12:35, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Stevenson.jpg

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[edit] Semi-automated template substitution

[edit] Systema disambiguation

I'm un-merging the various Systema-related articles because they were merged without discussion. If you wish to discuss these changes, please visit Talk:Systema. -- Sy / (talk) 16:11, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Hey, it has sort of been discussed already, but I didn't like the way it was reorganized either (if you look at the history and talks), so I have no problem with you un-merging. --Mista-X 00:26, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

I updated Talk:Systema. Spade is a dumbass, and has acted like this with other topics too. -- Sy / (talk) 01:28, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] VIP report: Sam Spade

Hello Mista-X. Note that a Vandalism in progress report concerning Sam Spade, which you commented on, was moved to the Administrators' noticeboard for outside input. If you would like to comment, please see WP:AN#VIP_alert:_Sam_Spade. // Pathoschild (admin / talk) 07:54, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Sam Spade brought a mediation case to my attention, which makes this unnecessary. I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. // Pathoschild (admin / talk) 08:13, 6 March 2006 (UTC)


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[edit] re Anti-Canadianism

First of all, calm down. Second of all, I didn't write any of that stuff about the Communist Party. The article is at the centre of an odd fiasco involving a nationalist who is offended by it; I've been reverting to keep the article intact. I'm sorry your edit got tangled in that. I restored some of it. Please assume good faith. CanadianCaesar Cæsar is turn’d to hear 10:33, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Notability of PEDS

Hi,

I saw that you removed my {{notability}} tag on PEDS, saying that the game makes the series notable. This has not been held up in precedents involving previous machinima series that have been deleted, even though they were based on popular games. Becaus machinima series are usually fan-made, they really can't inherit the notability of the game. Could you please provide evidence that the series is notable in and of itself? A mere listing on machinima.com is usually insufficient, as there are a lot of productions on machinima.com. Independent reputable reviews (not based on forums or random blogs), awards won, etc., help to establish notability. Thanks. — TKD::Talk 17:48, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

I've added the "{{prod}}" template to the article PEDS, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but I don't believe it satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and I've explained why in the deletion notice (see also Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not and Wikipedia:Notability). Please either work to improve the article if the topic is worthy of inclusion in Wikipedia, or, if you disagree, discuss the issues raised at Talk:PEDS. If you remove the {{dated prod}} template, the article will not be deleted, but note that it may still be sent to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. — TKD::Talk 08:23, 10 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Shining Path

In regards to your edit of Shining Path, please see Wikipedia:Civility. Refering to the article as "crap" and "shit" is not something most wikipedians appreciate. Thanks. --Descendall 19:32, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm sorry that "crap" might offend some, but I find that "Crap" sometimes offends me. That's why I changed the "shit". --Mista-X 01:11, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
If you don't want to abide by wikipedia policy, that's fine by me. You won't get very far, however. For example, your edits on Shining Path were almost immediately reverted. Keep up your attitude, and you'll see a lot more of that. When you're facing arbitration for being uncivil, you now have a few less people to come to your defense. Have a good day. --Descendall 01:18, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
Having people come to your defense, how "civil" you are, etc. is more important then the content of the article and seeking the truth? Typical. And I won't get banned for saying "shit" and "crap", I am familiar with wikipedia policy, but thanks. --Mista-X 01:25, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

It's true that anything in wikipedia can be erased if it is challanged and no sources are available to back it up. However, I have to ask if you are actually challanging every single thing in this article. For example, are you really challanging that Maria Elena Moyano was killed by the Shining Path? Are you challanging the fact that at least some Peruvian Marxists were anti-sendero? You have placed {{fact}} in the article so many times, and for things that would seem to be so obvious to the causual reader, that you have to understand it will take a ton of effort to dig up a source on everything. That being said, I am happy you did what you did to an extant, because this article could be excellent if it had more sources. --Descendall 03:35, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

"For example, are you really challanging that Maria Elena Moyano was killed by the Shining Path?"
I don't have to believe it nor disbelieve it in order to demand a source.
" Are you challanging the fact that at least some Peruvian Marxists were anti-sendero? You have placed {{fact}} in the article so many times, and for things that would seem to be so obvious to the causual reader, that you have to understand it will take a ton of effort to dig up a source on everything."
It might take a "ton" of effort, or not much at all. And is it even noteworth if some crusty "Communist" Party with 4 members that sits in an air conditioned office Lima publishing papers disagrees with PCP? Does this make them "anti" or just critical? Would it be so hard to cite a publication? Most "communists" are pretty open about their criticisms of other "communists", so why is this a problem? I don't think that we should assume anything is obvious either, this is how myths are perpetuated as truths. --Mista-X 03:48, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
I just don't understand how you think it's even possible to cite some of the material. You challange the fact that the Communist Party of Peru was against capitalism. What do you want me to cite? That page on which "communism" is in the dictionary? I can't imagine what would be an acceptable citation for you on things like that. Furthermore, it certainly is noteworthy that the vast majority of Peruvian Marxists were against the Shining Path. Brush up on your recent Peruvian history: The IU wasn't four guys sitting around, at the time it was the most powerful Marxist party in South America and largest party in Peru, and it held the governors mayor's office in Lima as well as in several departamental capitals. It probably could have won the presidency of Peru if it didn't split. Is it noteworthy that the Shining Path pretty much destroyed the democratic left? You bet. The results of that have been tremendous for Peru. --Descendall 06:09, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
"I just don't understand how you think it's even possible to cite some of the material"

Then I don't understand why you think it should belong in the article. If it can not be cited then we have no way of verifying it, do we?

"You challange the fact that the Communist Party of Peru was against capitalism. What do you want me to cite?"

I didn't challenge that PCP is anti-capitalist in Marxist terms of historical materialism, I challenged that they are against small merchants. Merchants and market economies predate capitalism. You had a market for goods under capitalism. Also, I'm sure that PCP supports national bourgeois revolution against imperialist domination, if their was such a progressive bourgeois in Peru. Therefore, they would have to support a temporary stage of capitalism. I was challenging the misrepresentation and obscurity of it.

There are already two references to peasant disagreement with SL's closure of small markets. The page reads thus:
  • Shining Path also became disliked for its policy of closing small and rural markets in order to end small-scale capitalism and to starve Lima.[9][10] As a Maoist organization, it strongly opposed all forms of capitalism,[citation needed]

--Descendall 01:45, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

"Furthermore, it certainly is noteworthy that the vast majority of Peruvian Marxists were against the Shining Path."

I'm sure the vast majority of these so-called "Marxists" were/are against each other as well. if they all has some consensus or block against PCP, it should be easy to reference this.

"Is it noteworthy that the Shining Path pretty much destroyed the democratic left?"

Then it should be explained and backed up with sources. You remind me of a Trotksyist though; thinking you can prepare the future and liking very much to criticize everyone else. In the end you support the bourgeois "democratic" route, good for you! --Mista-X 23:38, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Please don't mark major reverts as minor edits. --Descendall 17:29, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Why not? --Mista-X 23:38, 23 September 2006 (UTC)
A check to the minor edit box signifies that only superficial differences exist between the current and previous version: typo corrections, formatting and presentational changes, rearranging of text without modifying content, et cetera. A minor edit is a version that the editor believes requires no review and could never be the subject of a dispute.
By contrast, a major edit is a version that should be reviewed to confirm that it is consensual to all concerned editors. Therefore, any change that affects the meaning of an article is not minor, even if the edit is a single word --Descendall 01:40, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Finally, you may be happy to know that I've added a large block quote of the Shining Path concerning human rights, since you seemed to be mainly upset that their understanding and practice of human rights protections is misrepresented. --Descendall 01:50, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject_Martial_Arts

You are listed as a participant in this Wikiproject, which appears to have ground to a halt - I'm contacting all participants to try to get things rolling again... hope you can help! -- Medains 08:53, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

See the project talk page to see my possible ideas to get the project moving. -- Medains 13:15, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Systema - external links

The external links that I removed from Systema (an edit which you reverted) clearly are inappropriate as per WP:EL. Please see Talk:Systema. fbb_fan 16:50, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

No problem, it would have been fine if you wrote that in the summary of your edit. --Mista-X 01:30, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your help on the List of Martial arts - by the by what do I do about someone who just removes tags without any changes. Icho Ryu Aikijujutsu. I've reverted once but trying to avoid a game. I can also see this coming up in later situations.Peter Rehse 01:52, 15 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] E-mail

Mista, would you mind e-mailing me, please? You have no e-mail in your preferences so I can't contact you directly. Many thanks, SlimVirgin (talk) 06:29, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Crazy Monkey Boxing

Hi, could you please provide some inline citations for some contents such as "It is named after a monkey in Africa", "..has been used by MMA fighters successfully"? Shawnc 02:37, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Leung Ting

Thank you for ensuring neutrality on this article. I declined your request for page protection, as the disruption was being caused by a single IP. In this case, the right procedure is to contact the user and confront them with your position. If they do not reply or persist in unilateral changes to the article then you may place the "Not adhering to neutral point of view" templates (which you may find on WP:WARN) on their talk page. Refusal to cooperate may result in the user being blocked. Page protection applies only when multiple users are causing disruption to an article. Regards.--Húsönd 03:39, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

I gave him a final warning. If he transgresses that warning, tell me or report him to WP:AIV. Thank you for your good work. Regards.--Húsönd 05:19, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ray Stevenson

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[edit] MA Userbox

Today, there was a merger of Category:Martial Artist Wikipedians into Category:Wikipedian martial artists. This resulted in a userbox {{User:TonyTheTiger/Userboxes/Martialartist}} being added to the category. This userbox is available to you. TonyTheTiger 21:10, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] David Ruud

Yep, that's him, as well as a number of other members of the Northern Alliance and Canadian Heritage Alliance I see. AnnieHall 06:59, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

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