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Contents 1 BJAODN yet again 1.1 A few details 1.2 a quick note 1.3 GFDL misconceptions 2 User:Herostratus threatening disruption over image on Lolicon 3 User:Wassermann's extended block 3.1 Comments by anon IP who is apparently User:Wassermann 3.2 Block reduction 4 User:Makalp 5 More BJAODN stuff 6 Issues w/ Administrator Rockpocket 7 Anti-admin soapboxing 8 Harassment by User:Russianname 9 Kimchi 10 Second opinion on admin actions 11 ThunderFence (talk · contribs) / Easyjesus (talk · contribs) 12 Atabek (talk · contribs), Hajji Piruz (talk · contribs) 13 User:Rwilco201 14 Benito 15 Block review: failure to use edit summaries for PRODing 16 Hetoum I 17 User:Tajik 18 Shared account 19 Block review: User talk:Gmelin 20 Richard Marsland 21 Continual anon sockpuppetry from LC 22 The Way You Make Me Feel (song) 23 I need help ('SEA version' of Puff the Magic dragon) 24 Need help with Technocracy related pages 25 Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Allison Stokke (second nomination) 26 a current event 27 RJASE1 (talk · contribs) sockpuppetry 28 Sockpuppets 29 Oversight 30 Assistance please 31 Lots of fair use 32 BLP violations at Talk:Paris Hilton 33 Redirecting an IP talk page to the talk page of a registered user? 34 Block for 24.239.172.107 35 Block Review:Madman bum and angel 36 Migjhafaja Creating a series of hoax articles? 37 Geni warring again 38 Wikistalking, disruption, incivility, and personal attacks 39 Request for outside admin review 40 Captain scarlet and microformats 40.1 Captain scarlet and microformats (outdent 1) 40.2 Further unjustified reverting 41 Smee wikistalking? 42 Impersonation? 43 A Link to the Past (the user)

[edit] BJAODN yet again

Sj (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) has just restored all BJAODN pages without any form of discussion, other than a remark that "This is ridiculous. The articles should be restored asap", and telling other people to "discuss before wheel warring". Can anyone give me a good reason not to block him for blatant wheel warring, or should this be taken directly to the ArbCom? >Radiant< 14:22, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Outrageous. Should be taken to ArbCom. — Nearly Headless Nick ^{C} 14:25, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

This is ridiculous. Either one would be lovely. Sean William @ 14:26, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Radiant - I can see no reason for you not to block him. Nick 14:32, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Oh leave the man alone. Seriously. Yell at him, don't arbcom him. We've been over-litigious lately. -- Y not? 14:34, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Litigation has nothing to do with it. If someone lacks the self-control to avoid wheel warring, that casts severe doubts upon his suitability as an administrator. >Radiant< 14:37, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Don't blow it out of proportion. It's one act of wheel-warring, committed 50 times. One act. Compared to years(?) of faithful service! Don't be so quick to decapitate. -- Y not? 14:53, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

You use the word "decapitate" and tell me to not blow it out of proportion? Funny. >Radiant< 15:10, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

We're too keen to start wars of attrition in order to keep or delete things. It's a continual cycle of deletion, DRV, AfD, DRV until people get the result they're after. In this case, it's wheel war after wheel war. ArbCom is too harsh, an enforced forty winks would be fine. Nick 14:39, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Just ridiculous. Block or ArbCom, one of the two. Probably ArbCom. Then again, you have my blessings on the block button as well. Moreschi ^Talk 14:36, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

I concur... there is every reason to block for disruption given all the time that has been spent discussing these pages; a unilateral restore on top of the unilateral delete is in no way helpful (and for the record I'm a big fan of BJAODN). I don't know if ARBCOM would even take this case, but that might be what is needed here.--Isotope23 14:38, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Whatever you do, don't waste the ArbCom's time over something as trivial as whether deleted nonsense is visible or invisible. Kusma (talk) 14:40, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

My understanding of why this would go to ARBCOM would be more about an admin engaging in WP:WHEEL while asking other admins not to revert him than the question of whether or not we should have BJAODN.--Isotope23 15:14, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

I don't support a block - he stopped hours ago - it's certainly not protective, at least try disucssing it with him first. Not sure on the merits of ArbCom - possibly. Ryan Postlethwaite 14:41, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Fifty three actions of admin-wheelwarring. I support a block. — Nearly Headless Nick ^{C} 14:42, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

But non for 6 hours - that's why I think it's punative and should go to ArbCom instead. Ryan Postlethwaite 14:45, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

53? I count about 90. >Radiant< 15:10, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

• Stupid, but not worth over-reacting. The whole festering pile of excrement should of course be nuked, but if people want to make a genuine attempt to fix the less fatuous bits I suppose it's no big deal. I suggest we give people 14 days to fix the GFDL issues and remove any entries which are not fixed after that time, deleting pages which have no remaining fixed entries as empty or under G12. That should satisfy the process wonks and "ZOMG! Evil hu o[u]rless bastards!" objections. Guy (Help!) 14:52, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Absolutely not. GFDL is copyright, we can't throw that to one side because we like it. Where does that stop?--Doc^g 14:59, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
    • Apparently (enforcement of the GFDL) stops with talk pages archives and templates, among other things, which are technical violations of the GFDL as much as BJAODN was. See the above thread... there's lots of examples of selective enforcement cropping up. Not condoning the wheel warring though, that anyone would waste admin actions on a collection of jokes is... well... not something I'd do. --W.marsh 15:02, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
      • This is a legal issue and perhaps the Arbitration Committee with aid from legal counsel would be able to deal with the matter in a much appropriate manner. — Nearly Headless Nick ^{C} 15:18, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
      • As the above thread pointed out, talk page archives are not a GFDL violation. The GFDL requires attribution and the signature provides that. The GFDL doesn't require that attribution has to be done via the Wikipedia page history. That is simply the only way we have to do it with article content. With talk signatures, we don't need the history as we have the signatures. Also, for subst templates, it is a pain, but the attribution can be reconstructed by using the article history to determine what date the template was subst'd and going to the template history to find the history. The only time attribution would be lost is if a template was deleted after being subst'd. -- JLaTondre 15:34, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
        • Attribution for BJAODN can be found too, but it's also a "pain". Nevertheless I haven't seen anyone really show that the GFDL spells out degree of difficulty in tracking down attribution, so they're all in the same boat. --W.marsh 15:40, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
          • No, some (at least) of BJAODN can't be tracked to where it was cut and paste from, some although we know the article the revisions have been deleted. In the latter case admins can perhaps find the attribution, but an average user who wishes to reuse it couldn't (or an author checking compliance). It's a very messy area though (since not everyone needs to be attributed....) --pgk 18:05, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

I'd like to see some sort of explanation from Sj about this as to how he feels such an action was justified. The fact that the deletions are being discussed extensively at DRV et al, the fact that more people than not want it deleted (at least to my knowledge), and the fact that these were restored despite his knowledge of all of the above troubles me. -Pilotguy hold short 15:00, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

• Plus, that he wheel wars while telling other people not to wheel war. >Radiant< 15:10, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Yeah, that's the bit that really gets me. --Masamage ♫ 15:19, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
    • Is it wheel warring for an admin to revert something once? The whole point of admin actions being reversible is that outrageous actions can be reverted. Jeffrey reverted a second time, which is what I meant by 'wheel warring'. I was supporting cunctator's initial revert (which also seems reasonable to me in such a blatant situation). I certainly won't revert a second time if someone other than J.O.G. thinks these pages should remain deleted while we discuss their status. +sj + 22:33, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
      • Absolutely, of course it is. It amazes me that you don't even know what a wheel war is. By your silly definition, it's not a wheel war if admins from two sides step in and each once revert an admin action. We've had that before and everyone involved was either blocked, sanctioned, or desysopped. Stopping wheel warring is about stopping disruption, and it's just as disruptive to have six admin reverts across a page whether it's done by one person or six. --Cyde Weys 16:04, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

• I said this before on this very page, not 2 days ago. I'll say it again:

  I suggest that editors who want to have articles in BJAODN stop griping and wheel warring, and show instead, after three years' notice of the copyright violations here and many "I'll work on this." offers on this noticeboard dating from three months ago that have not been followed up with any action, that they are actually willing to back their talk up with effort to actually fix the problem. There's a to-do table at Wikipedia talk:Bad Jokes and Other Deleted Nonsense#List of deleted articles to be undeleted and renamed to sub-pages, if they satisfy several checks. I've started you off. Work on it. Uncle G 15:31, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

• I also love the out-of-process undeletion of random Images like Image:Governor william preston lane jr of maryland.jpg. There better be a damn good explanation for that one.. — Moe ε 15:51, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

  See my comment on the image page. +sj +

[edit] A few details

Sj has barely edited at all in the last month. This morning, he basically logged in, undeleted ~90 pages, and logged out again. Before doing so, he commented in the ongoing deletion review [1] and accused Jeff Gustafson of disruption [2].

The undeletions include several pages unrelated to BJAODN, such as an old pool (note related deletion debates), and some images lacking fair use rationales [3] [4].

Finally, he has set up what appears to be a to-do list in his userspace (User:Sj/BJAODN) (which links to mailing list argument on the same topic), and a quick glance over BJAODN shows that not all of its subpages have been undeleted yet [5].

All this indicates to me that he was fully aware of the ongoing discussions, decided to ignore those discussions and instead wheel war to undelete these pages, has offered no explanation for all this, and gives no indication that he won't simply continue tonight. >Radiant< 16:37, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

I wonder if it's a compromised account? If it isn't, blocking is probably a bad idea because from experience any block of an admin except by Arbcom tends to end up with even more AN discussion than would have happened anyway, a short wheel-war, and finally ends up at Arbcom anyway (generally speaking most of these events shouldn't happen, but will do anyway). --ais523 16:42, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

As we don't know any of this, and he hasn't deleted the main page - let's wait and see? Secretlondon 16:47, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Highly doubt it's compromised. Admin's passwords were made stronger recently. If it was compromised, it wouldn't have just undeleted BJAODN, it would have probably blocked Jimbo and deleted the Main Page. Although his behavior is really suspicious, it's not vandal-like behavior. — Moe ε 17:00, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

In fact, Sj made a very cogent argument why they should be undeleted here ("Restore. The idea that BJAODN articles should be deleted on GFDL grounds is ridiculous. We quote, cut and paste materials from sources and across Wikipedia articles all the time without elaborate editor tracking....") I would take that as explanation. -- phoebe/(talk) 20:05, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Don't block, not least because you would also want to block User:The Cunctator and User:Jeffrey O. Gustafson, who have also wheel warred over this. Take it to ArbCom if you feel it's that important. I know that undoing another admin's actions is considered by some to be the ultimate crime, but it's really not an inappropriate response to something as catastrophically lame as deleting BJAODN. — Matt Crypto 17:33, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

FYI Jeff's already been blocked by request. -Pilotguy hold short 17:46, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

• Why was he blocked? That's a pity; he was only doing what he thought was right. +sj + 22:30, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Kudos to User:Sj! That's what WP:IAR was intended for. He needs a barnstar, not a block.  Grue  19:18, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

FWIW, his actions are getting praised on the mailing list and elsewhere; there is certainly no consensus that this is a bad thing. Many people wanted the pages undeleted; Sj was being no bolder than Jeffrey Gustafson was in the first place. See: BJAODN timeline -- he is aware of the issues involved, probably better than many people commenting. -- phoebe/(talk) 19:57, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

There is certainly a consensus that wheel warring is a bad thing. That people happen to like the result does not excuse wheel warring. -Amarkov moo! 00:55, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] a quick note

A lot of admins have been making claims about BJAODN content that is hard to assess without access to the original pages and edit history. Please leave them publicly viewable to facilitate a better discussion.

I'm not sure myself whether some of the pages should stay or go -- but some of the pages that were deleted in Jeffrey's swath were clearly a) not copyvios, b) placed in good faith, c) actively preserved by numerous editors, and d) edited dozens of times. In all, he deleted around 10,000 edits by others, which is a pretty ridiculous thing to do without broad discussion. Since half of the follow up discussion took the form of "might have been a bad idea, but is gone now, so let it be gone", or "this cruft should have been deleted anyway", it was apparently difficult to have even a simple evaluation of the validity of deletion of 'GFDL' grounds -- something that is needed. I don't think most people engaging the ensuing debates understood how much effort have gone into these pages. We may decide that this effort was misguided and should no longer be preserved, but I hope that will b ethrough a reasoned communit ydecision, and not in haste.

The current DRV discussion doesn't seem general enough to link to from all the BJAODN pages, but it seems like the right thing to do to put some sort of tag on top of the pages letting readers know there is a discussion going on, to get everyone together to discuss in one place. It seems that the group discussion the deletions is different from the group discussing them a month ago, and different again from the group that contributes to the BJAODN files. +sj + 22:30, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

• And how does that justify you ignoring all those group discussions and instead immediately implementing the version you prefer? >Radiant< 08:46, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
  • 
    I read those discussions carefully. There wasn't much content there; a number of discussions were shut down with speedy closures; and there is no focused discussion at the moment (even this thread is all over the place and hardly counts). I did try to avoid the Wrong Version, but couldn't find a magnetic monopole or a cat with buttered bread strapped to its back... +sj +
    • Nice wikilawyering, but the point is that you ignore several ongoing discussions. And wheel warring, of course. Do you know the meaning of the word "consensensus"? >Radiant< 12:34, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GFDL misconceptions

There seem to be a few misconceptions about GFDL floating around. We technically contravene the GFDL every time we perform a cut-and-paste merge (leaving a redirect in place) without carefully merging the edit histories. Technically, the presence of the redirect, plus adequate edit summaries saying on the one page where the removed material is being moved to, and on the the other page saying where the incoming material has come from, is enough for someone to trace the edit history and comply with the GFDL. But in practice the chain of evidence sometimes gets broken. Also, GFDL is contravened with pages in the Category namespace, as the content explaining the category pages (which include many of my edits released under the GFDL) are cut and pasted when categories are renamed. Also, redirects from merges should be labelled as such, to avoid them being deleted and losing the edit history of the text, but this rarely happens in practice, and sometimes redirects are redirected again, or turned into new articles or disambiguation pages. See Talk:Ægyptus and Talk:Ptolemaic Egypt for examples. A very large chunk of the edit histories for the text at those articles is at History of Greek and Roman Egypt. If that ever gets deleted without separate preservation of the edit history, then the GFDL is most definitely being contravened. In my opinion, as long as the edit summaries for additions to BJAODN stated where the material was cut and pasted from, then that is sufficient to comply with the GFDL in as much as similar practice in article namespace. Carcharoth 17:24, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

GFDL is easily contravened in massively collaborative works. Any time you remove something from the 'History' section you may be courting trouble; and what can be considered suc ha section is debatable for large documents. just two of many parts of the license that should be fixed if it is to be suitable for such massively collaborative work. +sj + 22:19, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

But most edit summaries for addition of material do not give such information. ^(H) 17:45, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

the way the text is structured, the sections tend to indicate the article content came from. +sj + 22:19, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Funny thing about the GFDL, is that a few years ago I had a discussion with one of the staff members of the FSF about Wikipedia's use of it, & while he mentioned that Wikipedia has been out of compliance with the GFDL, it wasn't for cut-n-paste or breaking the chain of attributions. No, WP was out of compliance for a fairly technical reason, due to how the Wikimedia software does its versioning: we have multiple pages with the same name! But since Wikipedia is the largest collection of GFDL materials, the FSF wasn't that worried about the lack of compliance. And if they noticed a technicality like that, I'd think they would have also noticed our problem with attributions -- so it truly an "obvious" violation? BTW, has anyone queried the FSF for their opinion on this matter? -- llywrch 20:04, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

I don't think we need to ask the foundation if we should follow our own license or not. ^(H) 13:13, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

It's not Wikipedia licensing the stuff, it's the contributors, and Wikipedia doesn't get to choose the interpretation. That said (and I'm probably more of a GFDL zealot than most people around here) I think Sj's note is reasonable and I don't personally find this stuff to be a problem. I'm a lot more concerned about various people's efforts to suck out Wikipedia content and assert their own GFDL-incompatible licenses over it. 75.62.6.237 06:56, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:Herostratus threatening disruption over image on Lolicon

"I'll continue to delete it until I get blocked or desysopped"[6]. Now that the image is on commons and he's no longer capable of deleting it, he seems to be gearing up for an edit war instead.

Would somebody please tell him to pursue a more productive dispute resolution channel? --tjstrf talk 00:17, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

• His objection to this image seems perfectly reasonable to me as does his removing it from Lolicon (not commenting either way on the diff comment though), SqueakBox 00:26, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
• As far as I can tell, it's a sexualized drawing of a Wikipedia mascot as a child. I think dispute resolution is going to return it as grossly inappropriate, no matter what. --Haemo 00:27, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
• Jimbo has said "We will not let our agenda be set by pedophile trolls." There is no reason to insist that the Foundation's tradmarked puzzle pieces, associated with Wikipi-tan, be included in softcore kiddie cheescake pics except to have some fun at the expense of ptentially harming or embarrassing the Foundation. Which is trollery. So do your worst. Herostratus
  • It's relevant to the article, encyclopedic, and free content. Hardly "trollery". Your confrontational attitude isn't helping anything either. --tjstrf talk 00:32, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
    • In your opinion but not that of others. I dont see how this image helps the article or the encyclopedia though I can easily see how it hinders the project, SqueakBox 00:34, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
    • Uh, deliberately linking an entity like Wikipedia to pedophilia is seriously inappropriate. We don't have pictures of Aunt Jemima in cheesecake poses on pornography, so why would we accept this? --Haemo 00:36, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
      • Major WP:BEANS alert... =/ Krimpet (talk) 01:28, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

EC'd twice and I will comment on the comment in question, it isnt PA and I found it useful as I believe did others at PAW, SqueakBox 00:31, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

• I, for one, don't know what any of those acronyms mean. Oh, wait, the first one is probably Edit Conflict. --Masamage ♫ 00:35, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Okay, so here's the thing... If these pictures are presented specifically for the purpose of illustrating sexual depictions of minors... then doesn't that make it the sexual depiction of a minor? I mean... it's a binary choice here. Either it is a sexual depiction of a child, in which case it should be removed. Or it isn't, in which case it doesn't belong in the article, and should be removed. Am I missing something obvious here? Bladestorm 00:42, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

• Wikipe-tan at the seashore. The article could just as easily use the pic to the right as it would be considered "lolicon" by some. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 00:44, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Yes, but the point is that an article on lolicon should clearly illustrate what it is - "lolicon" does not incorporate all images of child which some people could consider sexual. The Sears catalog would qualify in such a case. --Haemo 00:46, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
    • That's the image ja.wiki uses, actually. --tjstrf talk 00:47, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
      • That's a highly misleading statement. Up until roughly a fortnight ago, when the image was changed to the very same image whose introduction is the subject of dispute here, the Japanese Wikipedia article used Image:Wikipe-tan the Library of Babel.png. Uncle G 09:05, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
        • That's impossible. The image under dispute here did not exist a fortnight ago. --tjstrf talk 09:13, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
          • The actual edit says that it is possible. Uncle G 11:59, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
  • That's not sexualized; actually, it's about as modest as girls' swimming suits get. But I think a lot of people would have problems with using any picture of Wikipe-tan on the Lolicon article just because it's sort of...well...libelous. Against ourselves. --Masamage ♫ 00:48, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
    • Yep, but I don't agree with them; honestly, I would rather it had no images at all! --Haemo 00:49, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
      • I've not commented on this subject or article or clip...I don't see Herostratus's as doing anything wrong here. The objection to the use of the image is reasonable and clearly explained. The image adds nothing to articles and is a gross and sexually inappropriate image. I commend Herostratus's diligence. I view the image as promoting pedophilia...not ok here. No image would be best DPeterson^talk 00:50, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
        • You are being too sensitive. - !Malomeat 00:56, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
          • Yeah, it's not like it's associating the encyclopedia with a vile and criminal act or anything...wait... --Haemo 00:58, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
            • Won't somebody please think of the drawings!!!? --tjstrf talk 01:03, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
            • Because it´s sooooo illegal amirite? - !Malomeat 01:01, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
              • Sexual acts with children are still illegal, and showing a Wikipedia mascot engaged in them associates the encyclopedia with pedophilia - that's all I said here. I don't know why you assumed I was saying the material on the page was illegal. --Haemo 02:03, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

I wouldn't call that particular image at all sexual. Not in the slightest. Exploding Boy 00:51, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Of all articles, this is surely one where we'd think very carefully before illustrating it. --Tony Sidaway 01:03, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

I would argue that Shock site would be more of an issue.Geni 01:17, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm sure people have tried but Shock site is currently Goatse (or anything) free. --MichaelLinnear 01:20, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Goatse is not under a free licesence (although I think I deleted about 3 times).Geni 01:22, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

For posterity: Exploding Boy here is presumably talking about the beachwear picture that used to be at the right. --Masamage ♫ 01:06, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Can I also point out this wasn´t even sexual? - !Malomeat 01:05, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

• Herostratus is right, this is a silly dispute. ^(H) 01:05, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
• I think it's sexual, and I'm not even attracted to little girls. I mean, it was drawn specifically for the purpose of illustrating what Lolicon looks like; that should tell you something. --Masamage ♫ 01:07, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Glad to here it, SqueakBox 01:11, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
  • But as long as it shows no nudity, it is not porn. - !Malomeat 01:08, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
    • I'm not sure that's true, but it's irrelevant. No one said it was porn. --Masamage ♫ 01:09, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
      • It is being referred to as lolicon. I believe you were all calling it porn. - !Malomeat 01:11, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
      • People were saying that there is no good reason to illustrate "sexual artwork involving childlike female characters." that also "refers to an attraction to girls below the age of consent." Not everything needs a picture. --MichaelLinnear 01:12, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
        • This whole thread is irrelevant and should be closed, SqueakBox 01:12, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
          • Agree with both of you. --Masamage ♫ 01:21, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
            • Why?Geni 01:24, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
              • With Michael, because that's the sort of thing I was getting at. With SqueakBox because it's turned into too open-ended an opinion-faced. Now that I'm faced with it, though, I'm also perfectly okay with it staying open in case anything useful gets decided. --Masamage ♫ 01:26, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
                • I am amused at this Moral panic - !Malomeat 01:27, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
                  • Well, heaven forbid you should take people's concerns seriously. --Masamage ♫ 01:29, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
                    • There's a difference between taking people's concerns seriously and arriving at the same conclusion. This is a silly argument between silly people and should have been ended a long time ago according to WP:NOT#CENSOR. Unless a solid argument can be made showing that the image in question is illegal, there's no reason for it to be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.207.8.30 (talk • contribs)
                      • That's all sound reasoning. But I was responding to his demeaning expression of amusement at us little ants who disagree with him. --Masamage ♫ 01:55, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
                        • You didn´t disagree with me. You disagreed with WP:NOT#CENSOR, Wikipedia, and common sense. - !Malomeat 01:56, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
                          • When you post the diff where I said "that image should be removed," I will say your accusation is justified. Meanwhile, I'll inform you that I have no intention of voting either way on the subject. I find it distasteful, and I restated other people's concerns (clearly marked as such); I never said it has no place here. --Masamage ♫ 02:04, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
                      • (deindent) You can't just appeal to "Wikipedia is not censored" for all your concerns. The problem is not that this is being removed out of any concern over the material (the lolipop one is worse), but rather that it is:
                        1. Associating the Encyclopedia with pedophilia, something which is has never condoned, and is inappropriate.
                        2. Does not properly illustrate the article in question.
                      • Given that there are many images which could do (2) properly, without doing (1), there is no compelling reason to keep this image in the article. --Haemo 02:01, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
                • While it may be the case that not everything needs a picture it would be odd to have an art style without one. At present .ast .ca .de .es .fr .zh-classical .ko .id .it .no .pl .ru .sv and.zh all have pics.Geni 01:57, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
                  • Don't read too much into that. All of the other language Wikipedias have this image. But that is because all of those images were added by a single person, 87.64.23.34 (talk · contribs), at approximately 2007-06-03T03:20, with the single exception of ja:ロリータ・コンプレックス, where the image was added at 2007-05-18T13:14:39 by ja:User:The Side, replacing the earlier ja:Image:Wikipe-tan the Library of Babel.png. Uncle G 09:05, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I was referring to the beachwear image. It's not at all sexual. This image, however, does strike me as sexual. Ditto the one with the lollipop and the bikini. Exploding Boy 01:25, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

So that makes it okay to edit talk pages? - !Malomeat 01:31, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Is it fair to include this, and not the image in question?|left|thumb (The image i refer to below, click to see.)

The image which was in this section, and which some prudish editors have imprudently removed, brings up an important point. Does Wikipedia have a guideline for what's classic art, and what's likely to provoke reactions of 'It's sexual!'. I realize that since WP is NOT censored, such a concern can be dismissed by invoking that policy, but I'd rather not do so. I'd rather either find a proper reference for the editors who insist on 'desexualizing' an article about sexualization of minors in the name of 'think of the children'. Because Wikipedia's policy is 'we aren't censored', we can examine these controversial topics with greater depth and freedom, but having a guideline which again reinforces that might be significantly useful. Finally, the image, which I will next restore, was from the home of a Pope. ThuranX 01:57, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes while it is undoubtedly a time-honored piece of art, of the like only seen in the palaces of emperors, there is no good reason for it to be here, showing two boys "enjoying" each other on a discussion page that is unrelated. If you got to the relevant page you have an expectation of possibly seeing "noncensored" content, if you go to an administrative page you shouldn't. --MichaelLinnear 02:30, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Censored or not, Wikipedia does have a very important pertinent guideline: Do not disrupt Wikipedia to make a point. Adding a picture of boys maturbating, classical or not, to a discussion does nothing but rile things up further. Stay civil, and do not add this picture again. Krimpet (talk) 02:02, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

(ECx2)Excuse you. I re-added once, someone else converted to a click on link, and I addressed the issue at hand. Focus on the topic I brought up, instead of throwing POINT out. that's as craptastic as throwing AGF out left and right. ThuranX 02:13, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Eh actualy it's fairly trivial US obscenity laws allow exception for artistic works.Geni 02:12, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Can we close this? The image is not appropriate and every article doesn't even need an image...so lets all get back to improving articles, and let this go...It is not serving any purpose at this point. Close the incident now!! DPeterson^talk 02:03, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

The swimsuit image was inappropriate because it was Wikipe-tan. I would have no objection to a similarly non-sexual image that wasn't her. Exploding Boy 02:04, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

(ECx2)I'm ok with not using the WIki-logos in inappropriate ways, but since WIki isnt' censored, how is that determined? IF the puzzle logo is the foundatiosn, and a freely held copyrighted logo, then that part is open and shut, remove it and replace. but the larger question of a clear guideline about judgemetns for inclusion of images is still needed, as it's clear that Herostratus' motivations weren't based in the logo issue but the sexualization of the girl that he percieved, and thus he ignored the WP:NOT#CENSOR to achieve HIS version of a Bowdlerized wikipedia. ThuranX 02:13, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

are you offering to draw one?Geni 02:09, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

No. Where did you get that idea? Exploding Boy 02:12, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Then given the low numbers of such pictures under a free license we are not in a position to object to the suject matter.Geni 02:15, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Erm. What? Exploding Boy 02:16, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

beggers canb't be chosers.Geni 02:33, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

*sigh* And here I thought Wikipedia was not censured. --Farix (Talk) 02:30, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Well dont let this disillusion you, SqueakBox 02:32, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Ok, so the main dispute is the new image with Wikipe-chan. So why not roll it back to Image:Final Solution-chan.jpg? Granted the artwork is not very good, but that's not reason to remove it from the article. --Farix (Talk) 02:52, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Though I could care less about the image, I must point out that "not being censored" does have anything to do with allowing derogatory images. There is a reason it is preferable to use an animated image of fellatio instead of a "free" image of someone actually performing it. It's called taste, and this IS an encyclopedia. If the rules state that Wiki shall not be associated in a deragatory manner by someone's drawing then so be it. I don't know, but it bothers me that people will cite "no censor" when it has nothing to do with censoring. Censoring would be removing the word "fuck" out of an article because you don't like it. From what I gather about this Admin's actions, he/she believes this has to do with Wikipedia's image in society. It isn't about censoring, it's about not defaming a name. One wouldn't create some Lolicon of Cameron Diaz, and place that on her page, or any page. It's libelous. So, this isn't about censorship, this is about determing if the image itself causes problems.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 02:45, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Where is the ban on "derogatory" images, especially when used in the context of an article? If there is such a ban, it is contrary to WP:NOT#CENSURE. Unless, that is, you are implying that there are somethings that should be censured regardless of the policy. If so, then we have a case of systemic bias. --Farix (Talk) 02:52, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Psst: The word is 'censor'. 'Censure' means something totally different, and in fact Wikipedia is censured on a daily basis. --Masamage ♫ 02:54, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

I stand corrected on the vocabulary. By the way, where you the one who fixed my goof with the FS-chan? --Farix (Talk) 02:55, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, since I was in here anyway. I make that mistake all the time. --Masamage ♫ 02:57, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

I never said there was a "ban" on anything, and libelous images would need to be removed if it is determined that that was what they are. It has nothing to do with censoring. From Hero's comments, it doesn't appear to be something that is being removed because it is "offensive" to look at (which is the idea behind no censorship), but because "we do not include elements from the Foundation logos in kiddie cheescake pics". From his comments, it appears to be more of a copyright problem of authenticity, and has nothing to do with censorship. I think another statement he made, "For purely political reasons if nothing else, we cannot have kiddie cheescake pictures which include elements of the Wikipedia logo," shows it has nothing to do with censorship.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me)

I think that's exactly the issue, yeah. Well said. --Masamage ♫ 03:12, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Given the fuss Wikimedia makes about protecting its logos ("This image is copyrighted by the Wikimedia foundation. It is one of the official logos or designs used by the Wikimedia foundation or by one of its projects. Notwithstanding any other statement on this page this image has not been licensed under the GFDL. © & ™ All rights reserved, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.."), isn't every Wikipe-tan image a blatant copyright violation, irrespective of the sad and seedy images created with the character? Does the creator of the images have express permission from the copyright holder to create each individual image? I would imagine it would - rightly - be refused for the sexual images. I am tempted to tag them all as copyvios. Neil ╦ 09:15, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

They do not incorporate the Wikipedia logo. --tjstrf talk 09:20, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Elements of it. Neil ╦ 10:11, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

It's my understanding that those puzzle pieces are not trademarked or copyrighted by the foundation. It's simply reminiscent of the Wikipedia logo. --tjstrf talk 10:18, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Unless I miss my guess: the globe is copyrighted; the puzzle pieces are trademarks. That is, they are de facto marks of Wikipedia, and I don't think they have to be registered to be so. Herostratus 10:37, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Herostratus, would you oppose a similar picture with no puzzle pieces, serving the same purpose?--0rrAvenger 11:37, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

I would assume that would work. To Neil, if they take elements that are clearly someone elses then it is a violation. If someone made BELL their logo, but tilted the "E" like DELL does, that would infringement on copyrights. So, using a globe that was clearly Wiki's, or puzzle pieces would infringe on the trademarks of the Foundation.  BIGNOLE  (Contact me) 12:16, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

• Folks, WP:IFD is -> that way. Or rather, COM:DEL, where this can be sorted out. Titoxd^{(?!? - cool stuff)} 18:45, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

A deletion request is being debated there: [7]. However, some there view Commons as a separate entity altogether, not governed by Wikipedia concerns. Arguments as to the appropriateness of the use of Wikipe-tan and the Wikipedia symbols are being dismissed as irrelevant to Commons, i.e., "You American's are a bunch of "coincer du cul". ETA: and that debate is now closed. The image stays in Commons. -Jmh123 19:43, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

And that is in spite of about 2 to 1 in favour of deletion, SqueakBox 23:34, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Actually the deletion has been reopened, SqueakBox 23:48, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Looks closed to me. -Jmh123 01:10, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

The image should be deleted and Hero's actions were appropriate. The image has no place here as it is inappropriate (promoting the sexualization of children and sexual activity toward children...also known as Pedophilia). DPeterson^talk 23:53, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps you should take this up with my local newspaper, then? The image is less sexualized than some of the swimsuit ads that arrived with last Sunday's paper. --Carnildo 00:40, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Its not how much material she is wearing its the FEAR IN HER EYES thats the inappropriate sexualisation of wikipedia's mascot. Hypnosadist 01:18, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

This? [8] I probably would take that up with the newspaper if there were such a photo. At any rate, my objection, and that of many, is associating the image with Wikipedia's mascot. -Jmh123 01:21, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

If the FEAR IN HER EYES is getting to you, then why not choose to use the other version of the image, where the character has more of a "come-hither" look and has her mouth closed. --129.241.214.41 13:28, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

As per dispute resolution i am now talking to the admin[9] who closed this deletion request as a keep. Hypnosadist 01:39, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Hello, as the person who is completely uninterested in all of this I'd like to input a few "details" in referance to commons. I was the person initiating the COM:DEL over GFDL concerns on commons. Commons is not an encyclopedia and is a seperate project from Wikipedia. Commons is simply put a free image repository. The images in question will unlikely get deleted so long as they are freely licensed and are within the project scope of commons. Although it isn't a written rule, commons is not censored. Controversial and even illegal media are available on commons such as Nazi flags (banned in Germany) and etc. -- Cat ^chi? 03:41, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Fine just as long as "commons" is going to do all the work to fix the damage to our reputation that keeping this deflamitory illegal child porn is going to do. It seems that commons is intent on keeping this image, just understand the risks and accept without complaint the inevitable backlash this will cause. Good luck. Hypnosadist 04:10, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Illegal how? It's not a real human being! It's ink on paper, or in this case pixels on a screen. She's not even naked or engaging in any sexual acts. All this "OMG it's illegal child pornography" talk is just a lot of fear mongering because you don't like it and hope the people in charge are gullible enough to believe it. Fiction is not reality. We don't go around arresting producers, directors, actors, and writers for all the illegal activities we see them creating in movies and TV shows do we? I also seriously doubt that people flock to Wikipedia on a daily basis just to scour the site looking for signs that we endorse this, that, or the other. --Billdorr 04:52, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I am sorry, "Wikipedias/Wikimedias reputation" is not a deletion criteria. -- Cat ^chi? 05:22, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

"I also seriously doubt that people flock to Wikipedia on a daily basis just to scour the site looking for signs that we endorse this, that, or the other." Pedophiles are purged and banned every once in a while, due to them obviously "bringing disrepute upon Wikipedia", appearance of a tacit endorsements are and should be a concern of an encyclopedia. --MichaelLinnear 05:05, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Try checking out Lolicon to find out where this is illegal and which countries are soon to ban this loop hole in child porn laws. "Fiction is not reality" but fiction can inspire reality which is why some countries have already got laws against this and more soon will have. " I also seriously doubt that people flock to Wikipedia on a daily basis just to scour the site looking for signs that we endorse this, that, or the other." they do starting with wikitruth and many more beside. Hypnosadist 05:11, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

As requested, I've checked Lolicon. The image in question is not illegal in any of the countries listed. Of the countries not listed, it's probably illegal in Iran, and possibly a few other Islamic countries that greatly restrict the amount of skin a female can show. --Carnildo 06:36, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm not sure why we're still discussing this here - why not use the talk page for the article in question? --Haemo 06:43, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

No comment on the whole "animated child porn" thing, but I totally agree with the not-associating-this-with-Wikipedia thing. Other Wikipe-tan images are.. cute.. but this is.. slutty, dirty. Remove the puzzle pieces from her hair and you'll fix half the problem people seem to be having (since, other than that, she doesn't look at all like Wikipe-tan). -- Ned Scott 06:43, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I, as a person, feel very squeamish about Wikipe-tan looking like that. However, as a professional, I see no problem with the image. I very much reccomend that it be recoloured and/or the puzzle pieces are removed from the hair to dissociate it from Wikipe-tan, however this is just my personal opinion. The image in its own respect offends nobody, it's the social construct of "OMG CP, GTFO NAO" that offends people. - 2-16 15:17, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Well i'm a mental health professional and i do see problem with this image being associated with wikipe-tan, and hence this project. If by this random string of letters "OMG CP, GTFO NAO" you mean that childporn should not be delt with, that will be why america is joint top with russia with most Mb's of child porn per person on the net. Hypnosadist 17:39, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

The debate has now reclosed with the Commons is not censored/we don't care if it harms wikipedia arguement prevailing. Good luck wikipedia.Hypnosadist 18:47, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

FSchan was fine. Wikipe-tan is associated with Wikipedia and really isn't. I'll be fine with the image if the puzzle pieces are removed, though. Will ^(talk) 19:07, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Jimbo hath spoken. 03:49, June 8, 2007 Jimbo Wales (Talk | contribs) deleted "Image:LoliWikipetan.jpg" (pedophilic sexualization of a community mascot? No. - email me if you have questions) More here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales --AnonEMouse ^(squeak) 19:23, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:Wassermann's extended block

Wassermann (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log · rfcu) (previous name: WassermannNYC (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · page moves · block user · block log) has a persistent history of incivility and personal attacks. He was reported on AN/I several times[10][11] and was blocked twice (see also under his previous user name), including his current extended block.[12][13][14] His main and persistent problem is a repeated pattern of calling other editors 'vandals' or 'censors', or their edits 'idiotic', often in capitalized edit summaries, if they disagree with and undo his own edits. He has also set up a special section in his user page proclaiming 'censorship' by various WP admins, and using a derogatory term 'adminisTraitors' in an image caption. Before his last 1 week block expired, he started editing from an IP address (which he openly admits). I received a complaint about this[15] and extended his block indefinitely, pending clarification of his actions. I then posted on his Talk page,[16] asking him to clarify that he understands what actual 'vandalism' is according to WP:VAN (an intent to harm WP), and that he should not accuse established editors with 'vandalism' when he disagrees with their edits. He keeps claiming that he has no way of reading other editors' minds so he does not know their intent, and since their edits seem to harm WP in his mind, they are vandals. He also keeps insisting that using an anon IP to edit WP while blocked is OK, since he was not editing the same topics or doing anything contentious. My main problem with this editor is that he seems to steadfastly refuse to accept any responsibility for his actions. His behavior pattern resumed shortly after his previous block, and at this point it seems virtually certain to resume if he were unblocked, as he simply refuses to understand and accept our rules. His latest response indicates he would like a wider scrutiny of his block, so I am presenting the case here for review. Thanks, Crum375 14:12, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

I personally don't see any reason to overturn the block. He appears to be in possession of The Truth, and convinced that policies/guidelines like WP:IAR, WP:VANDAL, and WP:BOLD mean he can do what he likes. He's apparently been given quite a bit of rope, and made use of it. As far as the IP, if an indef-blocked user starts editing quietly and law-abidingly with a new account or IP we may never even know, nor care... but if an IP is clearly being used to circumvent a block, as in this case, then blocking the IP is appropriate. My 2 cents. MastCell ^Talk 15:33, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

I'll just briefly repeat what I wrote to Crum375: namely that while the original block seems to me justified and Crum375's assessment of the problem by and large spot-on, this comment, together with the fact that he so casually identified himself on Crum375's talk page, tends to suggest that the user was merely cluelessly editing from an anon-ip while blocked, as opposed to trying to circumvent policy. The policy, on the other hand, appears to require that the user be evading the block or ban, not merely violating it ignorantly -- i.e. actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea. Isn't there a difference, in other words, between violating the policy ignorantly -- which might merit a warning to be followed by a block extension if the action were repeated -- and deliberately evading the policy, which would merit restarting/extending the block?

And while I appreciate the need to make sure the user understands the relevant policies so that if/when the block is lifted he doesn't simply resume the pattern of incivility, requiring him to write a self-criticism seems a little Maoist for my taste.

Finally, it seems to me especially commendable that Crum375 would respond to User:Wassermann's desire for wider scrutiny of his block by raising the matter here. --Rrburke^(talk) 19:07, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Given User:Wassermann's repeated pattern of misconduct, as shown in the AN/I reports leading to the blocks, and given my communication with him on his Talk page, I have a strong sense that he does not fully understand our policies. Specifically it seems to me he is confused about WP:VAN and is also unclear about WP:CIVIL, WP:NPA and others. Since he resumed his old behavior pattern shortly after his previous unblocking, I would like to be sure that he fully and completely understands these relevant policies before being unblocked this time. This is why I would like him to explain in his own words (not just links to policy pages) what those policies mean. I don't expect him to criticize himself — I do expect him to clarify to all of us his understanding of the policies (which he clearly misinterprets above on his Talk page) so that we can all be sure he won't violate them again. Crum375 19:23, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Comments by anon IP who is apparently User:Wassermann

User:MastCell -- I don't wan't to use an IP address or start a new account to try and "circumvent a block" -- I stated on my talk page many times that I was not aware that using an IP address to edit while being blocked would lead to further blockage of my account. In any case, after reviewing the material on Wikipedia:Blocking policy it seems that the extension of my block was clearly an error...it states: "An administrator may reset the block of a user who intentionally evades a block, and may extend the duration of the block if the user engages in further blockable behaviour while evading the block..." [17]. To be clear, I did not at any time "engage in further blockable behavior while evading the block," nor did I "intentionally evade a block." I wasn't evading a block because I try to do everything here out in the open (hence my sometimes too vocal edit summaries). I did not engage in vandalism, personal attacks, edit wars, or anything else of the sort while using the IP address (no "blockable behavior"), I was simply getting on with the work of building this encyclopedia. It also states that the block may be RESET...it does not say that a simple one week block can be extended forever, only that it will be "reset" (presumably at whatever it was before; and in my case nearly another week has already been tacked on).

Wassermann (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log) (previous name: WassermannNYC (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log) has a persistent history of incivility and personal attacks. He was reported on AN/I several times[188][189] and was blocked twice (see also under his previous user name), including his current extended block.[190][191][192] His main and persistent problem is a repeated pattern of calling other editors 'vandals' or 'censors', or their edits 'idiotic', often in capitalized edit summaries, if they disagree with and undo his own edits.

I wish that you would have left a message on my userpage so that I would have been able able to respond to this, but I'm glad that I noticed it and am able to defend myself by responding. Thanks for bringing this matter to more neutral ground. During the time that I have been blocked I have had the time to read the main policies and rules of Wikipedia, and I can now say that I understand them fully (please remember that I am still a fairly new user). I have also added some key links to Wikipedia's policies/rules to my talk page in the hopes of constantly reminding myself of their importance. I would also like to point out that blocks apply to "gross incivility" [18], and compared to many of the users around here I feel that my uncivil edit summaries have been relatively tame, hugely exaggerated, and oftentimes taken out of context. My violations of WP:CIVIL were more of the "petty" sort rather than the "serious" kind [19], and "petty" offenses hardly warrant a permanent block.

He has also set up a special section in his user page proclaiming 'censorship' by various WP admins, and using a derogatory term 'adminisTraitors' in an image caption.

Due to these issues, my userpage has now been redesigned (just like I said that I would do). If you didn't notice, that link to which you refer was to the Wiki-humor article dealing with so called "Rouge admins"; it was all in the spirit of jest. I still maintain that Wikipedia still has a bit of a problem in terms of censorship in some areas, but only in certain cases. I now understand that these issues must be discussed in a civil manner instead of getting heated up about things, edit warring, using potentially harsh words, and so forth. I am prepared to avoid all of that henceforth.

Before his last 1 week block expired, he started editing from an IP address (which he openly admits). I received a complaint about this[193] and extended his block indefinitely, pending clarification of his actions. I then posted on his Talk page,[194] asking him to clarify that he understands what actual 'vandalism' is according to WP:VAN (an intent to harm WP), and that he should not accuse established editors with 'vandalism' when he disagrees with their edits. He keeps claiming that he has no way of reading other editors' minds so he does not know their intent, and since their edits seem to harm WP in his mind, they are vandals. He also keeps insisting that using an anon IP to edit WP while blocked is OK, since he was not editing the same topics or doing anything contentious.

As I've stated many times on my talk page, I wasn't aware that constructively, positively, and openly editing Wikipedia from an IP address would lead to me being blocked for additional time (much less permanently!), because otherwise I would have obviously avoided it. I now fully understand WP:VAN and have stated repeatedly that I will tone down my edit summaries (no more use of capital letters, no potentially inflammatory statements). I also understand who is and who is not a vandal, and that personal attacks are unacceptable. Also, isn't there a "3 block rule" or "3 strikes rule" when it comes to indefinite blocking, just like the "3 revert rule" that is currently in place? The severity with which my very minor/petty offenses are being handled seem awfully harsh, especially since I have seen much worse behavior on Wikipedia pass unnoticed or even rewarded with higher positions. Please remember: this is the encyclopedia that ANYONE can edit, and permanent bans do not benefit anyone or anything. I feel that, despite a few slip ups here and there, my many edits to Wikipedia have been entirely constructive and have added much to the project as a whole. It would be a mistake to block me entirely from editing.

My main problem with this editor is that he seems to steadfastly refuse to accept any responsibility for his actions. His behavior pattern resumed shortly after his previous block, and at this point it seems virtually certain to resume if he were unblocked, as he simply refuses to understand and accept our rules. His latest response indicates he would like a wider scrutiny of his block, so I am presenting the case here for review.

I accept any and all responsibility for my past actions, I would also like to personally apologize to any editors that I may have personally offended with my actions (especially Jayjg, since he is without a doubt a very good editor all around). I understand the errors of my past ways, and I stand ready to reform my editing habits. I will not resume past behavior when I am unblocked, you can be sure of that. I would like to point out that this behavior on my part has not been persistent as you claim, but only sporadic and occasional. I'd again like to stress that the constant reversion/deletion of valid information and categories tends to grind on my nerves a bit (because I have to constantly waste time correcting it), and this prevents me from moving on to new articles because I must always go back and revert the removal of valid information (this is very annoying for all involved, and it's easy to get a bit flustered). I fully understand and accept the rules, especially those dealing with civility. Thank you all for your time, and I trust that after a careful examination of the facts that you all will treat me a more reasonably, fairly, and justly than I have been treated in the last week and a half.

-- 172.149.170.119 10:44, 7 June 2007 (UTC) (User:Wassermann)

Really uninvolved user comment: Might I suggest that you place a period after that last bit "Thank you all for your time." and delete the rest, along with my comment. R. Baley 11:03, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

comment Er... what would the point of blocking an editor via the username function if WP was perfectly happy for them to simply log in as an anon in the meantime? As blocks are primarily "preventative" then it follows that it is the editor that is being prevented from harming WP, not the username (usernames/ip accounts don't disrupt WP, people do). If indeed the blocked editor is capable of editing (via an ip account) without demonstrating the behaviours that lead to the block then two things are apparent; first, that the editor could have moderated their behaviour when editing under the username and, second, that they must have then decided not to. Since the above provides of evidence of extreme bad faith then I suggest that an indef block is approprite for the username account, plus as lengthy a block as is permitted for anon accounts from said editor, until as such time as the editor satisfies the community that any editing will be done according to guidelines, rules and policies. LessHeard vanU 20:34, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Block reduction

I have again explained to User:Wassermann on his Talk page the steps that would be needed for his block to be reduced. Crum375 13:28, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:Makalp

I am having problems with Makalp (talk · contribs). This user is in a constant state of edit war and prefers to carry out discussions in the edit summary (which never actually say what the user is doing). What is more, the user seems to focus on the removal of Armenian or Kurdish comments from articles, stating that they are biased, without realising that bias can work both ways. In the end, this user just feels they have the right to assert their own opinion on articles without discussing or working with others. I have been warred against by this user on various articles — Başkale (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs), Diyarbakır (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) and Muş Province (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs) lately. I am too involved with the articles to use my admin powers. — Gareth Hughes 18:26, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

He has a long history of doing that, usually with misleading edit summaries ("typos", "corrections", "cleanup" etc).--Ploutarchos 18:28, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm afraid in many instances, the Armenians, Greeks and Kurds are using the Wikipedia articles to spread their propaganda, which are sometimes true but often times distorted and exaggerated according to their own nationalistic views; especially turning a blind eye on the Turkish casualties in such conflicts.

It is as if Wikipedia is some sort of a consolation tool for settling the scores for the losers' side.

Since it is a part of human psychology to side with the "underdog", such "blind eyes" are often seen as justifyable by editors from a third party point-of-view, who, often times, have no idea on the details and realities of such issues.

And when you try to check (balance) such ultranationalist exaggerations, you are accused of being an ultranationalist yourself, as if you are trying to "hide a truth".

As a Turk who contributes to articles regarding Byzantine architecture, Varlık Vergisi, etc, you can be sure that I'm not a blind ultranationalist. I'm only keen on preserving a "balance of truth", and am usually aware of a "supporting the underdog syndrome" whenever I diagnose one.

Regards. Flavius Belisarius 22:27, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

• All the allegation by Gareth Hughes will be correct if we would change the User:Makalp with Gareth Hughes.

  This user in a revert war on these articles. He had 3RR in 21 hors at Başkale article. He tries only to push his political material to the articles. He tries to add just "Armenian Genocide" to the Turkish cities/towns/places. When we look to his edits (mainly just a rv) include 4-5 words which two of them "Armenian Genocide" with a false reference.

As everybody can see this reference (is an Armenian sided reference) never include word "Genocide"

Reference states; "at 1915 some hundreds Armenians massacred". At 1915 Başkale was under occupation of Armenians for three years.(Exact dates is given in Başkale article), so also "massacre" allegation is not valid in atleast Başkale case.

• Here my edits at Başkale article. I added many material to the article, including history section. I added there as first time, Armenian history, Kurdish etnicity with population numbers and 80% language percantage.Whose edits are nationalist&fanatic, me or Gareth Hughes

  Most importantly, User:Garzo / Garet Hughes, is an admin. This makes all the case much worst.

Regards to all contributors.Must.^{T C} 21:20, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

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• Allegations on edits at Diyarbakır;

• There was ongoing dispute and rv-war on article which Garzo was a member of this war.

• The main focus of dispute is;
• To Call the city as "capital of Turkish Kurdistan
• To call the notable (Turkish citizen) peoples as (making distinguish with ethnicity) "Turkish" and "Kurdish".

• User:Cool Cat reported it at Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Diyarbak.C4.B1r_-_Capital_of_Kurdistan.
• Later admin User:Garzo (which was involved in Rv-war) reverted it to his version and protected.
• I sent message to User talk:Garzo about his transaction.

User:Garzo is abusing his admin rights.

Must.^{T C} 22:04, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

As a past involved party, I am less than neutral on the matter. I am here because I was invited to comment on my talk page.
I found my dealings with User:Garzo (Gareth Hughes) on Diyarbakir article to be somewhat unpleasant. Garzo reverted all my edits in one gulp including stuff like copyedits and {{fact}} taggings. Even when pointed out official policy (WP:V) that unsourced and hopelessly biased material need to be removed, user restored the material and later even protected the page. He further even stated that Wikipedia policies and guidelines should not be used as weapons[20]. I expect editors and especially administrators to have a basic understanding of our core policies such as WP:V. Either due to stress or not, Garzo didn't quite demonstrate this.
Having said all this, I feel neither Garzo nor Makalp is a threat to the project. I feel both Makalp and Garzo need to cool it. They have been arguing over many things for quite some time and would greatly benefit by doing something unrelated for a change. It is a big wiki and there are plenty of articles users can edit without disagreeing each other.
-- Cat ^chi? 22:14, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Neither coolcat nor Vlavius's words here can be taken seriously, summoned up as magicians to cover for Makalps vandalous edits. Removing sourced information, failing to talk about it, and ignoring other users. threatening them and mistreating them. (I can cite evidence if asked). The person on trial here is not the Admin Garzo, but the vandal Makalp. He wastes others time who have to revert his vandalous edits throughout, Wiki - I kindly ask for admin to do something to stop this vandal.Hetoum I 01:41, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Why should we take you seriously? ANB/I is not a court for trial. If this were a case of vandalism it wouldn't be on ANB/I. In no way should my comments be seen as an endorsement of Makalp's edits. -- Cat ^chi? 03:49, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

If you are not being summoned like a little magician or troll by Moostapha Akalp to cover for him, I dont know what you are doing here? Why should we take you seriously? The admin is not on trial here, Makalp is. Why are we talking about Diyarbakir? Is this about Diyarbakir? If the Admin is abuse report him! Better yet, why was he allowed to become admin in the first place if he was abusive. If you think you are better than this admin, why aren't you an Admin? Makalp makes it so hard for editors to work by removing sourced info and vandalizing. Something must be done!Hetoum I 05:44, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

• Can someone do something about this guy. I'm loosing my patience, all of my time is being spent on reverting his vandalism. He made 0 edits on any of the articles he edited. He's revert warrring on all of them. He just asked all of the Turkish editors to come to his rescue. Just take a look at his edit summaries and check what the actual edit is. One example is Başkale article where his edit summary was "Dont remove sourced events" but in realty he was the one removing the sourced info from the article. Something needs to be done and done quickly. VartanM 06:28, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Nice to see that you are expressing "patience" her first time. You are spending your time to push "genocide" expression, as much as possible article, nothing more. Why are you and Hetoum I in so hurry? Everybody can see what is going on Başkale and other articles (if their histories couldnt be deleted). You are trying to make all things(-accusation-) upside down. "his rescue"; whose rescue you mean? Let see. Pleasee keep away from Rv warrings, personal attacks and baseless accusations. Hope to see in wiki with positive contributions.Regards.Must.^{T C} 08:26, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Makalp I'm not spending my time to push genocide POV, I'm actually spending my time restoring text removed by you. And yes the text removed by you almost always has to do with Armenian Genocide. One look at your contributions shows that you greatly contributed in Turkish related articles, but when looking at Turkish-Armenian related articles your greatness comes down to zero. I hope you can come to terms with the history of your country, and I'm looking forward in working with you constructively on many Turkish-Armenian articles. --VartanM 00:02, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

This page is not dispute resolution. Please try mediation first. Dmcdevit·t 08:31, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I agree with Dmc here. I do not see vandalism or blockable offence here. Makalp is a highly respected member of Turkish community of wikiusers. He is a productive editor but sometimes prone to edit wars. I have investigated the history of the Başkale article. There is an edit war here over inclusion of a massacre of Armenians in the city. The information is based on a single primary source of 1916: an electronic version of the report of the British secretary of State. We usually avoid primary documents as sources, while some exceptions are allowed. To make the document even more suspicious the electronic document is on a personal page of some student or faculty of Brigham Young University, rarely opens (I got the page on the fifth time) and according to Makalp has a lot of factual errors. The question of inclusion of contraversial material soleyly based on such a source is disputable. To facilitate the discussion rather than the edit war I have protected the article. I have also noticed that Makalp significantly expanded the article in the last days while his opponents were doing sterile edit war Alex Bakharev 11:16, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Imho, Wikipedia community need to be happy because of the productive edits of Makalp. If we want to catch an academic/ objective level in Wikipedia, we have to avoid this war-like atmosphere. We don't have to divide ourselves into sides and attack "the others" blindly. Whatever you think about Makalp, at least show respect to the productive work that he has been doing. Take care folks, Deliogul 18:06, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

The user ignores discussion pages, removes sourced information usually if it has anything to do with Armenians or Armenian Genocide and replaces them with a poorly written text. Maybe Turkish community of wikiusers could teach him some wiki etiquette. I understand that administrators don't want to get involved in another Armenian-Turkish argument, but Makalp is being disruptive. I don't want him to get blocked, I only want him to stop edit warring and instead use the talk page to discuss his proposed changes. VartanM 04:27, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

There is a growing section of users who mostly ignore article talk pages and feel they have a right to plough ahead with their revisions regardless of other editors. Now, bias can be blamed on all sides, but failure to discuss widescale changes is evident by the lack of open discussion by the likes of Makalp on the relevant article pages. In addition to this, if one looks at the edit summaries in this user's contributions list, one gets a clear idea of their approach to editing. This editor is rude and stubbourn. And as to the character assasination attempted by Makalp and White Cat (aka Cool Cat) above, just look at my own contributions and expert service on this project. I am fed up of bullies not getting dealt with. I get requests from users to revert their edits, protect pages and block them for misconduct, but then there's outrage from the exact same quarter. What action are we to take against persistent bullies when dispute resolution has no effect? — Gareth Hughes 17:22, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] More BJAODN stuff

I can't seem to find a centralised venue discussing the BJAODN deletions and wheel-warring, but wanted to repeat my concerns that some people seem to be pointing out the GFDL violations as if this was something new for Wikipedia, when it is not. The rationale behind the deletion of the BJOADN pages was that they violated the GFDL. Can someone confirm that these are the same "cut-and-paste" GFDL violations that occur every time a page is merged into another page (eg. merging 20 stubs to form a list article)? If so, the deletion makes no sense. The move function only preserves the edit history of complete pages. Any other internal moving of Wikipedia text (such as merging a complete page into another one, or splitting the contents of a page among several other pages) breaks the GFDL. Some of these cases are too complicated to be dealt with by merging of article histories, especially if they have a long edit history. See Talk:Ptolemaic Egypt for an example. If so, why delete BJAODN nonsense on those grounds and keep all the other cases in article namespace where history merges are too complicated? I realised this point about Wikipedia and the GFDL fairly early on, and made a fuss about it (I can look up those discussions if anyone is interested). I was told not to worry, and that including links in edit summaries back to the source articles, and leaving a note on the talk page of any redirects asking for it not to be deleted, ever (so as to preserve the original edit history of the merged text), was sufficient. From the sounds of the BJAODN GFDL deletion reasoning, others are going through the same GFDL learning process that I did, except they are coming to different conclusions and deleting anything they think is non-GFDL compliant, not realising that for exactly the same reasons large chunks of many Wikipedia articles are not GFDL compliant. I can lay out a full table of the different types of moves, splits, and merges if people aren't getting this point. But maybe Uncle G's idea somewhere about needing to restore some policy/guideline text on this is also needed so people really understand what goes on when a "merger" takes place. Effectively, when you move something to BJAODN, you are splitting out a chunk of text and merging it to a different location This sort of thing happens all the time, all over Wikipedia (such as when a daughter article is spun off a large article from a section that grows too big), and there is no reason to single out BJAODN on this issue. I think BJAODN should be organised better and pruned a lot on taste and libel issues, but deleting large bits of it for GFDL reasons strikes me as a misunderstanding of how splits and merges work on Wikipedia. Carcharoth 23:08, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

• history mergers are posible for dealing with merges of entire articles. Otherwise a link to the relivant page history in an edit summer is probably your best bet.Geni 23:16, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
• If all editors are attributed, you're safe under the GFDL. (You don't have to say which editor wrote which sentence) So you don't need a full history merge, you'd be safe just copying the list of editors to the talk page if the article is deleted, or providing a link back to the history if it's still extant. Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 23:21, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
• Carcharoth, these are exactly the kind of thoughts that have been swirling around in my head ever seen hearing about the deletions. It's not so much that I care about BJAODN, but I think "wait.. what about.. all those articles... oh shi.." -- Ned Scott 23:23, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Nice point, Carcharoth. :) — Nearly Headless Nick ^{C} 06:35, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Here's a précis: The sky is not falling. Merger and deletion are mutually incompatible.

We may not merge content and then delete the original article. This is why, at AFD, people opining to "merge and delete" are asked to pick one. The procedure at Wikipedia:Merge, where one notes the source article in the edit history of the target article, is there precisely because of the requirements of the GFDL. If that procedure is followed, then each article's edit history will cross-reference all other edit histories that are relevant.

So, contrary to a couple of editors commenting on this subject, following the proper procedure for article merger does not break the GFDL. Adhering to the requirements of the GFDL, sans any ability in MediaWiki for editors without administrator tools to directly join edit histories together, is why this procedure evolved in the first place, after all. It is untrue that "large parts of Wikipedia violate the GFDL". The sky is not falling.

The problem with BJAODN, that Carcharoth is not seeing above, is that it isn't the sort of merger that is performed elsewhere in Wikipedia. Those mergers are "keep and merge". Content in BJAODN is the result of "merge and delete" — exactly the operation that contravenes the requirements of the GFDL, and that isn't permitted. The content is copied from an article, but the original article, with the edit history, is then deleted. The "D" in "BJAODN" stands for "deleted". And that is why BJAODN is singled out. It's one place where we systematically violate the copyright licence requirements that we enforce everywhere else.

There have been all sorts of bogus attempts to weasel out of this, from "It's fair use!" (which is obviously wrong: We all know about the pre-requisites for fair use now, two of which are that it be part of an encyclopaedia article and that it be for purposes of criticism or commentary — both of which BJAODN does not qualify for.) to "It's parody!" (which is also wrong: That it's parody loosens the copyright constraints with respect to the work being parodied. It doesn't mean that the copyright on the parody itself magically disappears. It is that latter that is relevant, not the former.). They are all wrong.

The ulterior motive for such weaselling is to keep BJAODN because editors like it. The correct course of action for editors who like BJAODN to take is to work on fixing its GFDL compliance. I find it quite saddening that the many editors who have griped and wheel warred on this subject for months have themselves done no work whatsoever on actually fixing the problem in all of those months. Several administrators of long-standing, in particular, should be ashamed of themselves. In stark contrast: Applause goes to editors such as MER-C who have quietly and without fuss worked on fixing the GFDL compliance, by locating and checking articles that we need to undelete (to restore the required edit history) and rename.

The correct procedure for BJAODN is the same as the correct procedure for article-space when one wants to merge content but leave the title redlinked: Rename the source page to another title, delete the history-free redirect that is left behind, then merge. (In the case of BJAODN as it is structured now, the merger isn't necessary, since the main page contains links to the individual sub-pages.) This procedure can be found at Wikipedia:Deletion process#Articles for Deletion page.

And, yes, the Wikipedia:Guide to deletion used to explain this. It was taken out. Please look at earlier versions of the Guide. I think that we should put it back in. Uncle G 09:00, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

• I'll point out that the disclaimer on the edit page says: "Do not copy text from other websites without a GFDL-compatible license. It will be deleted." That implies that it is okay to copy text from websites with GFDL-compatible licenses. Perhaps that needs to be changed. — PyTom 09:07, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

• Thanks for that extended explanation, Uncle G. I knew I must be missing something, and it was the old difference between merging and deleting the edit history (not allowed under the GFDL) and merging while keeping the edit history at a redirect (or parent article). Though I would like to point out that the source of some of the material transferred to BJAODN is not always deleted - sometimes the page still exists. You are quite right, of course, to point out that most of it is deleted material. Having said that, with the normal procedure of merging and keeping the edit history at a redirect (or parent article) there can be a problem with editors performing merges without noting in the edit summaries where the merged-in content has come from. Usually, a check of the contributions history of the editor will reveal where they got the text from, but it is always worrying when large amounts of text are moved around by editors using minimally informative edit summaries (eg. "merge", or just marking the edit as 'minor'!). The other point is that redirects from merges aren't always left alone to preserve the edit history. Sometimes they are rewritten as disambiguation pages, turned into new articles, moved again, and at some point down the line they may even get deleted if people forget that it was once a redirect from a merge. This can be an especial problem with a long history of different moves and redirects, creating a very tangled maze of locations for various parts of the edit history. (For an example of this, see Magicians in fantasy and the various talk pages, in particular Talk:Wizard (fantasy) - I still don't understand the full history of what happened there - if anyone wants to take the GFDL seriously, try and work out where the edit history is for that set of pages. See also this attempt at analysing what happened). How should that kind of situation be dealt with? Do people at AfD and RfD (redirects for deletion) always take the time to check this sort of thing? Carcharoth 10:18, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
  • I think I had the answer to that Magic issue at one point and posted it on the talk page, but I'm buggered if I can remember it. I think another admin did eventually implement it though, I remember checking. The basic issue was that pages had to remain in certain places so that the links in edit summaries related to merges worked. Hiding Talk 19:24, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Bugger. Here's what I thought, and no, it did not get implemented. [21]. Hiding Talk 19:28, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
• Two things that I think people are failing to realize:
  1. BJAODN is not a part of the encyclopaedia per se, and (one would hope) it's not getting mirrored around the world.
  2. Parody is specifically protected under fair use (which, thanks to #1, is not as big a problem as in article space). 81.104.175.145 00:40, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

     Though I should probably add a 2A: "It's only BJAODN". 81.104.175.145 00:42, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

  • These two are exactly the kinds of bogus attempts to weasel out of this that I debunked above. Uncle G 12:21, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Issues w/ Administrator Rockpocket

FIRST INCIDENT w/ Administrator Rockpocket:

Hello, I've been having a problem with Rockpocket's administration for kind of a long time now. My thing is give people a second chance and see if they improve, but this administrator still hasn't improved. He wrote:

[[22]] Rockpocket wrote to Danielfolsom on his talk page aboute me: Don't worry about it. If you choose to go around calling people vandals, you aren't going to get much sympathy when you complain about someone else making comments like you did. You reap what you sow.'' [<---- The end of Rockpocket's quote]]

I was NEVER going around calling people vandals, and he was well aware of that because he was involved in the issue. That was something that happened with ONE person and it was because she didn't have a source for her statement and I did, yet she kept rv my info and adding hers. So I wrote rv vandalism. It was something that happened twice before I was informed that it wasn't vandalism by Rockpocket and it never happened again after that. However, he tells Daniel not to worry about something he has done wrong by going back to this same issue that happened a long time ago with me and being untruthful about it. He also makes it look like bad behavior justifies bad behavior here at wikipedia w/ comments like you reap what you sow and don't worry about it Daniel because he has gone around calling people vandals which I haven't.

SECOND INCIDENT w/ Administrator Rockpocket:

The second incident is when I become friends with Daniel, however I point out that he may want to use good faith with Dscarth in a nasty argument he is having with him because Daniel says Dscarth is probably trying to piss everyone off. My intent is so that the two will cool off and behave more civilly. However Daniel gets upset with me and doesnt feel he has shown bad faith when he says 'Dscarth seems to be trying to piss people off.' So I just ask Rockpocket, since he is friends with Daniel, and maybe Daniel will be more willing to listen to him. I ask Rockpocket if he can talk to his friend about assuming more good faith to cool down their heated argument on yogurt talk page. However Rockpocket, became very uncivil with me and writes what is below. I totally didn't deserve this:

Rockpocket Writes: [[23]]

Firstly WP:AGF is a guideline, not a policy. Secondly, Daniel said dscarth... seems intent... in other words, that is Daniel's interpretation after significant interaction with dscarth. I have no idea what is going on with dscarth. It may well be a large assumption of bad faith in Daniel's part, or he may indeed be trolling the page just to piss people off. I don't know, and I don't really care. If you have an opinion on that, tell Daniel yourself. Finally, and with all due respect, if dscarth himself came an made a complaint I may consider approaching Daniel, but since the alleged WP:AGF as nothing to do with you at all, there is little to be gained from pursuing it.

If you don't like Daniel's forthright style then stay away from him, but please stop engaging him in "friendly" banter, then going behind his back and reporting him when he says something you don't agree with. If someone seriously violates policy, there are number of warnings any editor can issue (see WP:UW). Please consider using them. If the behaviour continues to the extent it is disrupting the project, then by all means let me know and I'll look into it. However, admins are not here to babysit, and we are not inclined to dish out cautions for every little squabble, especially when they are as isignificant as this. [<---- The End of Rockpocket's quote] EverybodyHatesChris 04:12, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

OK...this post kind of meanders around so I don't really understand what the problem is. Can you clarify? IrishGuy ^talk 02:11, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I don't know how to make it any clearer for you, Irishguy. The first time, he lied about me and the 2nd time, Rockpocket became uncivil with me. He's also made unconstructive remarks and has shown biased to user Danielfolsom. EverybodyHatesChris 02:15, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

What I mean is you know all the people involved...the rest of us don't. I can't really follow what you are trying to say. Can you provide some links to specific instances that are problematic for you? IrishGuy ^talk 02:17, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm having difficulty understanding it as well. Part of the problem I think is, in the second example anyway, it isn't clear whether the original poster is quoting another editor? Diffs would be good. Anchoress 02:18, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

OK Chris, so you added a line to make the second entry a bit clearer. But then your sig is at the bottom of the quote. So when does RP's quote end? Anchoress 02:25, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I take it that in the first quote, the "you" is referring to you(EverybodyHatesChris) not Danielfolsom? And the diff to the second problematic quote is this? --Dark Falls ^talk 08:44, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

No, the you is referring to user Danielfolsome. That is him talking to Daniel and referring to something wrong that Daniel did EverybodyHatesChris 11:41, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

*Sigh* Let me make clear what EHC is trying to say. Firstly, Danielfolsom (talk · contribs) is an adoptee of mine. He'll often come to me for advice, and I will often offer some suggestions about his editing. Daniel, EHC and Migospia (talk · contribs) were thrashing out a content dispute at Talk:Coral Smith and EHC was reverting disputed content labelling it "vandalism". [24][25] [26] EHC was upset about some of Daniels comment and complained to me. I replied with this and also had a word with Daniel. When Daniel replied, I told he not to be unduly concerned, since EHC is hardly the most civil of editors when it comes to commenting on the edits of others. However, my grammer was not entirely clear so let me rephrase to indicate who I was referring to: Don't worry about it. If [EHC] chooses to go around calling people vandals, [he] isn't going to get much sympathy when [he] complains about someone else making comments like you [Daniel] did. You reap what you sow. [27]

Thats about the crux of the first incident. I'm not entirely sure what I'm supposed to be guilty of in the second incident, but here are the diffs of the exchange [28] and [29]. Note also that in between these two incidents LessHeard vanU (talk • contribs • blocks • protects • deletions • moves • rights) blocked EHC for a short period [30]. Rockpocket 18:36, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

By the way, User talk:Dscarth#1st Warning For Incivility is worth a read for perspective on this thread. Rockpocket 18:46, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

ehc has talked on numberous admins' talk pages - most notably User_talk:Heimstern - who he threatened to report for saying "What do you want me to do?". EHC has shown incivility by threatening to report multiple editors and shows no willingness to understand the policy he attempts to make accusations based upon, as proved by his allegations. --danielfolsom 02:18, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Guys, Rockpocket has again brought up old edit summary problems on this page that I even admit I made a mistake about earlier on this page and besides that, this argument is about something much more current that has happened between Daniel and myself. This is all because he won't acknowledge that Danielfolsom's has done something wrong and instead lies about very old incidences with me that only happened ONCE, all to justify Daniel's behavior and become uncivil towards me. He only gave you a link to the one time he talked to Daniel and although Daniel continued after he talked to him, he tells Daniel that first 'reap what you sow' comment. That's how badly biased gets to be with Daniel and Rockpocket. The two of them can become very easily biased towards other editors very quickly and it becomes unfair for someone else and you can be ganged up on by them. Just to prove how easily they can become biased, look at a comment directed to Danielfolsom and Rockpocket right here: [[31]] Also, look at Danielfolsom's comments right here when a user, he is starting to become friends with, is being completely incivil towards me User talk:Dscarth#1st Warning For Incivility. Dscarth is telling me I am unstable. He's calling me the worst wikipedian ever. Danielfolsom only just went to Dscarth's talk page and although he acknowledge's Dscarth's comments to be over the top, he just said that he would back up Dscarth now that the two editors have made up. Daniel even knows my intentions were never bad because he just wrote me this on my user talk page [[32]], but still wants to protect Dscarth because they are closer than me and Daniel. Editors can easily be ganged up on by people like Rockpocket and Danielfolsom when there's biased behavior like that and I truly hope you all will see that and make the right decision. You can see that obviously I've been treat uncivilly by Dscarth and how Daniel, who's now becoming Dscarth's friend, is showing biased towards Dscarth without really looking at who's right in the matter. However, when an administrator like Rockpocket is in on it as well, I'm forced to come here. EverybodyHatesChris 02:44, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

WOh my god - I'm so getting increasingly frustrated for you. About 5 seconds ago you said you never called anyone vandals - now you say that you did (by the way - it wasn't one user, you also called me a vandal). And it's not attacking - you need to consider the idea that one relatively expierienced user (myself), one expierienced user (Dscarth) and one admin (Rockpocket) are actually right. And the problem is - before (on a diff. talk page) you said that you didn't know the edits weren't vandalism - but that's always the problem with you. You don't know the policies but you try to enforce them - you've threatened so many people by saying "I'll report you for incivility" - and then when you went to an admins talk page to do so, and when the admins said nothing happened- you declared bias. Look at the patterns - becaue you're doing the same thing over and over again - and you're turning almost everyone against you. Look at User talk:Heimstern, how do you explain that? Doesn't it strike you as odd that you've declared almost every editor you've worked with to have a vendetta against you?--danielfolsom 03:08, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

And me writing that on your talk page says "I know you're intentions are bad - but you're still doing the wrong thing" - so of course i'm going to defend Dscarth! --danielfolsom 03:09, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Good point. You two are right. nvm admins EverybodyHatesChris 05:30, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Anti-admin soapboxing

User:Aarandir has a section of his userpage devoted to admins, featuring a picture of Samael and using such niceties as "twat," "pedantic," and "pointless." The top of his talk page is organized into a section called "Arguments I have won," also mainly starring admins. His most recent trick has verbal abuse of me for my use of quotation marks when I tried to help him, apparently because he thinks quotation marks are actually sarcasm marks. The whole exchange is quoted here, where he can also be observed treating User:Isotope23 rudely. His post to my talk page, which is mean-spirited and sexist, is here.

I'm not comfortable using admin powers regarding people who have made me angry, but this guy is clearly out of line in a lot of ways. Please advise. --Masamage ♫ 17:07, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I have asked him to remove the image for a number of reasons. -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 17:14, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I've already asked him to remove his arguments I've won talkpage section and he essentially refused to do so. Rudeness directed at me isn't something I'm concerned about... but in the couple of days I've engaged in conversation with him I get the distinct impression that he is more concerned with winning arguments than he is with improving the encyclopedia. His reply to Masamage (talk · contribs) was absolutely out of line.--Isotope23 17:24, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I don't agree with Aarandir's conduct, but with him rarely editing the past couple days, I fear a block at this point would be more punitive than preventative (any other thoughts on this?). I've also left a comment about his other image; until Wikipedia:Respect my authoritah! becomes policy, it's only fair he not be allowed to be polemic on either end of the spectrum. -- tariqabjotu 17:29, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Good call on the second image. I wouldn't have thought of that. --Masamage ♫ 17:30, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I wasn't suggesting a block here. I've been engaging him the last few days and as I said in my last reply to him, I see this ending badly for him at some point in the future if he continues to engage his fellow editors in this manner; but I agree, blocking him right now would absolutely be punitive.--Isotope23 17:37, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

So what do we do? --Masamage ♫ 17:46, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

WP:SHUN for now. -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up®} 18:43, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Blocks for personal attacks ARE preventative. If he's that blatant about having a crusade against the admins, there's no indication he'll stop. ⇒ SWATJester ^{Denny Crane.} 21:48, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

As he considers himself a "21st century Socrates" on his userpage, he probably won't stop until he's given his cup of hemlock. MastCell ^Talk 22:41, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

don't we know how this ends? someone needs to do some research but there is clearly something like a "50 edit" rule - if your first 50 edits are full of crap then generally... --Fredrick day 22:43, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. IMO this editor is clearly a troll, either just ignore until s/he plays out enough rope to hang himself, or sanction in some way. I hate giving trolls wanking material, which IMO a lot of this stuff about the pics etc is. Anchoress 22:49, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

So what would be considered the upper limit of trollishness? Please note that the behavior has continued on his talk page; he has now told User:Tariqabjotu, "You also say that you find it offensive that im calling some admins saints. If this is the case than I think there might be something wrong with you, no where has being good been considered offensive except incidently in the mind of psychos and sufferers of other mental diseases." --Masamage ♫ 23:06, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, were you replying to me? I don't understand the question. Anchoress 23:12, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I meant, how bad does it have to get before we do anything? Because that thing I just quoted is pretty lame. --Masamage ♫ 23:13, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

The upper limit of trollishness is pretty individualized, but he's exceeded mine. Almost all of his edits are to talk space (and of an unconstructive nature). We would be losing out on image uploads like this one (note edit summary), but that may be an acceptable price. I think the best approach to this kind of childish trolling is probably WP:SHUN, as he seems to just want someone to argue with. But if some other admin thinks he should be blocked, I don't think I'd lose sleep over it. MastCell ^Talk 23:19, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

On a lighter point, you've got to admire the gall of someone who has a picture taking the piss out of someone's spelling mistake at the top of their talk page, following by a paragraph full of spelling and grammar errors (first sentence: ..." I have also seen it being used to pedal hatred."....) EliminatorJR ^Talk 02:44, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

This is also amusing: "With Admins its almost as if they get a place of responsibility on the internet and thier ego grows and they think they are always right, however I can prove them wrong with my tremendous argument skills even though they seem to thing thier logic is infallible." - Merzbow 05:42, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Blocked for a week. -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up®} 11:52, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Ballsy. Thanks. --Masamage ♫ 18:02, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Harassment by User:Russianname

This user, in spite of my pleas [33][34] to stop he continues to wage revert wars on my talk page. I warned him several times, yet he persists in reverting my talk page to his complaints over and over again. Please do something. 1st: [35] 2nd: [36] 3rd:[37] 4th:[38] Just today he edited it 14 times! --Hillock65 17:20, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I've blocked him for 24 hours. --Masamage ♫ 17:26, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

This is an archetypal example of successful abuse of this noticeboard for forum shopping in content disputes. It has been condemned many times but it continues. Sigh... --Ghirla^-трёп- 13:50, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Kimchi

An editor on kimchi feels it is better not to use a redirect rather than a direct link to Chinese cabbage. While no one has opposed using the alternate names he suggests, since the linked main article on the vegetable is there and because it might be informational, other editors have suggested at least a clause, "a variety of Chinese cabbage" over any locally used names. Over the past few months a half dozen or so editors have tried to make this change, even setting up a straw poll here in order to illustrate the consensus. Instead, he insists to change back to the redirect, occasionally inserting several redirect links that all go to the same article while excluding a direct link.

Today the consensus version was tried yet again, and yet again the lone editor reverted up to his maximum three/day. He is participating on the talk page, but not offering any suggestions; simply stating that those that disagree with him must convince him before changing to the consensus version. His contributions and reverts are generally of the nature to call the other editors "liars," disingenuous, labeling his reverts as "removing vandalism" when they are just going to the consensus version, etc. (eg here and here).

This is probably the most ridiculous thing I've ever argued about with someone on Wikipedia, and I'm at a loss as to what to do when presented with this level of WP:stubbornness. Try to "enforce the consensus," I made my first revert in days today, but I guess being honest I have no doubt it will be reverted back when the 24 hours for his 3RR limit rolls around. Several editors have been trying this, but he always reverts back saying they are instigating "edit wars." If he does this again, I'm not going to be sucked into an edit war over something this dumb again, but this level of insistence in spite of the consensus means that the consensus will never be there for more than a day.

What's best to do? Dispute resolution with a lone editor against the half dozen+ others who have tried to put in a consensus? Leave it alone until then? Any suggestions would be appreciated. --Cheers, Komdori 18:15, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

• I left a 3RR final warn on the guy's talk page. He's been revert-warring on that article for days now and a number of different editors have taken issue with his changes, including yourself - Alison ☺ 18:26, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
  • Thanks for looking at it; I looked at the edit history myself and am a bit taken aback at the number of edits I and others made during the course of the discussion; we've tried all manner of compromises and no one even changed his version for the past few days, just letting it sit with his version, but the minute anyone makes an edit, away it goes with one of his comments where he says something like, "good grief," or how we're all "blind" or "liars." --Cheers, Komdori 18:32, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
    • No problem. You're not nearly at the 3RR limit, otherwise you'd have been warned too :) If the guy is being uncivil in his comments, you might want to point out WP:CIVIL to him and ask him to assume good faith regarding his fellow editors - Alison ☺ 18:34, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
      • Well I would, but I think that would be kind of just stirring the fire. I think all the editors on that talk page have warned him multiple times; he's been blocked for it (for incivility/a week at a time for 3rr, etc.). He usually responds with things like "I am not interested in compromising with trolls," here or that he finds "warning[s] of civility to be of ill-faith." here. I've never seen someone argue so ardently over a vegetable. Harsh reactions like this are enough to make most editors just give up and let him have the article to himself. He seems to take warnings as personal insults, so I've held off recently :S. --Cheers, Komdori 18:42, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
        • FWIW, An editor reverting three times a day on a content dispute, day after day is in clear violation of 3RR. WilyD 18:59, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
          • All looking at this dispute did was make me hungry for some Kimchi... but let's see what effect Alison's warning has.--Isotope23 19:00, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

• • • • • • • I've never seen someone argue so ardently over a vegetable. You should meet my relatives. If the kimchi they purchase at the local Korean market was imported from China or Japan, they have a fit like you would not believe. It's pretty damn good, try it! Seicer (talk) (contribs) 19:35, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
• *sigh* - fully protected against edit-warring until this is resolved. This issue has been going on since March and had previously been reported to WP:RFPP. I thought it looked familiar. As it turns out, I reverted vandalism (as did User:Fvasconcellos) and this guy came along and reverted again. The edit summaries in the article history speak volumes - Alison ☺ 19:40, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I wish there was some policy about notifying users about formal accusations and reports that are filed about them. This isn't as crazy a dispute as it seems. Topically, kimchi is made out of "baechu" cabbage. There are several english words for this specific type of cabbage. It is most widely sold and known as "napa cabbage". "chinese cabbage" is used as a generic term used to sell asian cabbages that are not used for making the type of kimchi being referred to. Komdori and Lactose are against using "napa cabbage" and using a term that is inaccurate and unnecessary because they're only reason for participating in this talk page has been this one revert war.

What Komdori has left out is that he and Lactose's participation in this page began when they showdowed my edits in retaliation of our disagreement in the turtle ship article to this kimchi article and reverted my edit on this one sentence. Komdori and Lactose have never participated in editing this article besides this revert war. And they're participation in this page hasn't been about the actual topic of the article but largely limited to claiming majority between the two of them and one other editor(Webaware) who is the only other editor besides myself who had contributed to this article before this edit war, the straw poll and other such technicalities. In fact this latest bout of revert warring was instigated when Lactose and Komdori refused to participate in the discussion page and go ahead with the reverts knowing that the two of them would out number me. When I reach my third edit, Komdori filed this report.

I could go on and on pointing out the real story behind most of Komdori's accusation above. E.g. my harsh reaction like this was a response to Komdori's comment that I reverted without discussing, when his entire comment was a response to my 4 paragraph explanation. Rather than responding to the substantive issues of the discussion and my explanation, Komdori ignored the substantive issues and resorted to accusing me of "reverting without discussion". Somehow my 4 paragraph explanation and Komdori and Lactose's double teamed effort of revert warring is reduced to accusations for the sake of gamesmanship.

There is actually a real issue that needs to be resolved here. I've pointed out along with the only third party participant([39]) that the cabbage that is being referred to in the text is Napa cabbage. Komdori and Lactose have not disagreed with this nor have they offered a better English word for this cabbage. Instead they have inexplicably reverted over and over and over back to "chinese cabbage" which has been established in the above link as well as myself as being an inaccurate term.

I have and am willing to extend good faith assumption here. But the fact is that Komdori and Lactose have only participated in editing in this revert war and nothing else. Furthermore, their participation even in the talk page have been mostly regarding technicalities and gamesmanship rather than about the substantive topic. Hopefully those who are genuinely interested in this topic can go back to trying to resolve genuine issues in this article.melonbarmonster 20:00, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

• Wikipedia:Dispute Resolution is an excellent place to resolve disputes. WilyD 20:09, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

• (ec) Firstly, this revert-warring has been going on long enough now. The article is now fully-protected, so here it stops. Whatever about the veracity of whether kimchi is chinese cabbage or not, this revert-warring is unacceptable. I'm not overly concerned about which version it is stuck at, but this needs to stop. Right now, your best option may be to take the matter to Wikipedia:Mediation Cabal or Wikipedia:Mediation Committee but you should all try the talk page from now - Alison ☺ 20:15, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I feel as if I'm being punished for participating in talk page. This didn't blow up again until Komdori and Lactose ignored the talk page discussion and began reverting knowing they would out-number me. Current decision and the version of article as it stands is only rewarding blind revert warring in numbers. Alison can you review the dispute so that a more neutral version can be PP'ed? THanks.melonbarmonster 20:19, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

It will always be the wrong version that got protected... better to leave it as is and discuss on the talkpage.--Isotope23 20:23, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

This report was filed by Komdori after Komdori and Lactose refused to participate in the talk page and ignored the ensuing discussing and started to revert knowing that they would outnumber me. And now their revert is page protected and of course they have not resumed participating in the talk page again. Do you not see how this just encourages and rewards group revert wars!melonbarmonster 21:15, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

It's been, like, two hours. Have some patience - people have lives outside of Wikipedia. --Haemo

I see a lot of discussion by Komdori (talk · contribs) and Lactose (talk · contribs). I see instead, that you value silence as an all-around agreement, despite the straw polling, discussion, etc. that was on-going directly above. Seicer (talk) (contribs) 21:31, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

This is a talk page about Kimchi. Not straw polls and claims of majority after bringing a friend to come to the page with you, etc.. The two of them have limited their discussion to claims of majority and engaging in gamemanship with the straw poll while not touching the actual topic of the discussion. This decision is only encouraging and rewarding team reverting and mobilizing POV pushers to instigate revert wars in numbers. It's sad that editors who actual care about the topic and have been edited are being bullied by POV pushers who's only contributions to this page have been this ONE revert war.melonbarmonster 17:24, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

I am not going to revert to a nebulous "correct" revision. Right now, the desired outcome has been established; the revert-warring has stopped. Next stage is dialog and, as pointed out already, silence does not imply assent here. Furthermore, I note that you have a well-established record of being blocked on multiple articles for revert-warring and incivility, sometimes up to a week. Right now, I'm seeing that attitude prevail on the kimchi article, in your edit summaries and in your talk page commentaries. Please try to be civil with your fellow-editors and assume a certain good faith on their part. - Alison ☺ 21:53, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

It's hard to assume respect when two editors who disagreed with you on an different article follows your edits and reverts your edit while not participating in the talk page. When they finally do it's to claim majority in numbers while ignoring the actual topic of the article. I'll be back after the weekend to work on this.melonbarmonster 17:24, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Second opinion on admin actions

I recently closed Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/VinylJoe - another admin had already blocked the account in question (User:Rert2) as a sock. The puppeteer, VinylJoe, is involved in a heavy dispute with another user at Talk:Audio mastering, and the target of the sock asked me to block User:VinylJoe (the sockmaster) as well. I hadn't done this since I figured it would be more punitive than preventive, and in my view both disputants need to go down the road of dispute resolution (i.e. a short block won't solve things). Can I get a sanity check? Would others have blocked the sockmaster as well in this situation? MastCell ^Talk 22:36, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Just to throw in a non-sysop's 2 cents, I would block the editor depending on how bad the multiple account abuse is. Also, think of it this way: If you don't block him, he will not be prevented from abusing more accounts. « ANIMUM » 00:13, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm not the only one who has dispute with user Jrod2. This matter and complaints against Jrod2 [40] was brough up on the administrative notice board by another user. Admins did nothing to resolve it. So maybe ANIMUM » should take a look first before advocating blocking me without even understanding the situation. --VinylJoe 05:01, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Using a second account for policy violations will cause any penalties to be applied to your main account. --> Circumventing policy. -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up®} 13:17, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Dear Admins, as you can see this user VinylJoe is determined to prevail in getting me somehow evicted from WP. He's now using a case at the ANI that was mainly about another user (illuminatedwax) and me, disagreeing about some commercial links he wanted to include on an audio page. It was dismissed because it was not violating guidelines. My concern is that, since he continues to make arguments against me, that he will resume his harassments. If it's within guideline, I urge someone to block him as Magnus animum recommended. If anyone can see these IP's associated with him, then please do it at once, as these are the IPs that are used by common disrupting vandals: 75.4.209.107 - 75.19.58.45 - 75.16.93.99 - 66.214.253.155 - 66.214.253.51. Thank you . Jrod2 15:58, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes, fair enough, although that particular sentence makes the block sound punitive. I'm going to block User:VinylJoe for 24 hours for abusive sockpuppetry, as the socks were used to tag-team another editor in a dispute. MastCell ^Talk 15:54, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] ThunderFence (talk · contribs) / Easyjesus (talk · contribs)

These users (whom, judging by their relative edit histories may well be one and the same person) have both broken 3RR on the page Made in America (The Sopranos), repeatedly adding unverified "spoilers" regarding the content of the forthcoming episode. To list all the diffs would be tedious; here is a link to the page history, and the contribs pages linked in this section heading provide the required evidence. I have reported this here rather than on the 3RR noticeboard as the incident in question may involve sockpuppetry and potential incivility as well as 3RR violation. Thanks. --Codeine 00:34, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Shouldn't the article be deleted per WP:EPISODE, anyway? Corvus cornix 18:28, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Atabek (talk · contribs), Hajji Piruz (talk · contribs)

[edit] User:Rwilco201

This user has begun impersonating my signature to make it seem that I am the one posting his/her comments. I've never encountered this situation before and am not sure how to proceed. —Gaff ^ταλκ 02:48, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Well, I'd give him a very, very stern warning about not impersonating other users, then block him if he insists on continuing to do it. --Haemo 03:15, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Actually, noticing his edits, it looks like he just wanted his sig to look like yours - he's changed it to make it refer to him, now. Take it as a compliment! --Haemo 03:17, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm not an admin, so blocking will not be my prerogative. I'll just keep an eye open and it anything strange is afoot, report back here. Thanks! —Gaff ^ταλκ 04:50, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Rwilco201 is a new editor who is in some kind of conflict with User:Mitchthrower (see also the article Mitch Thrower, its ongoing AfD and the Afd's edit history, and this seriously premature arbitration request) who is making various edits that would look like misconduct from more experienced users, but in this instance think they are basically newbie errors. For example, s/he removed my comment from the AfD [47] apparently confusing me with Mitch Thrower [48]. I left a comment in the AfD and will leave another one, but I probably can't monitor it very much due to limited wikitime. If some admin here is thinking of closing that afd when the time comes, it would probably be helpful to look in on it once in a while before then, and to check the history for other weirdness at closing time. 75.62.6.237 07:13, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Benito

The blocked user Benito484847 has evaded a block and returned as Benitoisback. He's doing the exact same thing as before: vandalizing the crap out of my user page. --Juansidious 03:46, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

I warned him. If others agree, the user could be blocked as a sockpuppet/meatpuppet of Benito, given the usernames and edit similarities. — Carl (CBM · talk) 04:02, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

User blocked indef. Naconkantari 04:25, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. --Juansidious 04:41, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Block review: failure to use edit summaries for PRODing

I have just blocked Burntsauce (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) for 24 hours for a persistent failure to use edit summaries when nominating articles for deletion. While a simple failure to use summaries for regular edits can be annoying and discourteous, not using edit summaries for deletion nominations can be actively destructive. (Articles – even articles that have been watchlisted by interested parties – may disappear after a five-day 'silent' PROD.) Common sense and courtesy aside, descriptive edit summaries for deletion nominations (PROD and AfD) are also required by the relevant policies: PROD, AfD. The problem is ongoing, including no-edit-summary PRODs today and the day before yesterday. (There may be others, but frankly it's a lot of effort to manually review all of his summary-less contributions.)

He has been politely asked to use edit summaries on several occasions in the last three weeks ([49], [50], [51], [52], [53], [54]) by a number of different editors. The matter has been to AN/I once before. I really didn't want to turn to a block here, but everything short of one failed to get his attention.

Advice and suggestions are welcomed. I have offered to unblock immediately if he agrees to use edit summaries for all of his deletion nominations in the future, and attempts to use more edit summaries overall in the future. I have also warned that longer blocks will follow if he continues to ignore these policies. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 04:24, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Normally I would say that 24 hours is too much for something like this, but looking at the sheer magnitude of un-summarized edits he made, and considering that you did warn him on numerous occasions, I think you did the right thing. —Juansidious 04:57, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Sigh, I like Burntsauce's work on Wikipedia, and do not wish to condemn him for it, but the sheer lack of edit summaries and (IMHO) courtesy is unfortunate. Granted that he or she has been warned multiple times before, endorse block. I just hope he or she gets it and starts to use edit summaries. --Iamunknown 05:00, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Endorse block, endorse Burntsauce himself in general. Let'd hope it takes and that there are no hard feelings. --Masamage ♫ 05:11, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Indeed. I don't think there is any question Burntsauce is contributing in good faith; the vast majority of his edits seem to be useful article tagging and removal of BLP-type material. He's a good contributor with a bad habit. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 05:56, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Admin Alkivar (talk · contribs) lifted the block two hours after it was given with the summary "ten of all trades should remember that blocks must be placed according to blocking policy." Alkivar has shown support for Burntsauce on numerous occasions preceding this resulting in several incidents in which full protection was given after one revert to a Burntsauce edit. –– Lid^(Talk) 09:07, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

This unblock appears to be sheer wikilawyering. We block for disruption, and not informing people when nominating articles for deletion is both destructive and disruptive. If this editor was adequately warned, and continues to behave badly in this manner, then the block is justified. This unblock is not. Moreschi ^Talk 09:24, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm as deletionist as anyone, but "submarine" prods are unacceptable. Part of what makes the prod system work is that anyone can object to deletion under it. You use a clear edit summary indicating that you are proposing deletion when you place one, period. I do hope that being blocked, even if briefly, will get this across, and that Burntsauce will begin doing so. Seraphimblade ^{Talk to me} 09:35, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Good block in my opinion, I'm a bit disapointed with Alkivar for the unbock, with no discussion, it seems he came on at 6 this morning soley to unblock Burntsauce, I've asked him about it so hopefully we should get a response. Ryan Postlethwaite 09:43, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

I suppose it would be wheel warring to reblock, but consensus here thus far is that the block is justified, and despite the highly patronising unblock message, Alkivar seems not to have read the blocking policy himself. There is a little section about blocking for disruption, and submarine prods are highly disruptive. I have no doubt Burntsauce is a great editor, but this little habit of illicit deletion nomination needs to stop, right here. Moreschi ^Talk 09:48, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Give it an hour, if we get no comments, someone can reblock per consensus here until the block was supposed to expire. As you say Moreschi, using no edit summaries on prods is highly disruptive and he's been warned for it. It was a completely invalid unblock, with absolutely no discussion taking place into it. Ryan Postlethwaite 09:54, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

I agree. TenOfAllTrades brought this up before and got support from editors, including me, for his course of action. There's no sign that Alkivar discussed his concerns with Ten before unblocking Burntsauce. Burntsauce has given no explanation or excuse for his behavior. A block is a reasonable step in alerting Burntsauce to the concerns of the community. ·:·Will Beback ·:· 10:12, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

"A block is a reasonable step in alerting Burntsauce to the concerns of the community." I support the block, and I don't support the unblock, but if a block is being used as an alert, then it's served its purpose, hasn't it? Reblocking is not going to preventative - he's stopped tagging - at this point reblocking seems punitive. Riana ⁂ 10:25, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

He had been offline seven hours before the block was added, meaning there's a possibility he didn't even see or experience the block, in addition to which he hasn't "stopped tagging" as he hasn't editted since the block, which was made specifically because of a tag he made the same day. –– Lid^(Talk) 10:33, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

He knows about the block, by the looks of things he emailed his friend Alkivar to get an unblock. Ryan Postlethwaite 10:41, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

I recommende restoring the block, as it was intended to get Burntsauce's attention and can not yet have done so. Amending a block should always be discussed with the original blocking admin. Alkivar failed to do this. Neil ╦ 10:39, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

That I agree with. I retract my statement. Riana ⁂ 10:45, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Please note I've restored the original block and left notes to the unblocking admin. Ryan Postlethwaite 10:58, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

BTW, if cluelessness rather than malice is the issue here, there's a script that gives you (among other things) a quick-PROD option from a scroll-down list in the edit window, and joy of joys, the script fills in an automatic, informative edit summary. It can be found among the collection at User:Voice of All/UsefulJS, though you have to install some preliminary script first, also found in that collection. Moreschi ^Talk 12:43, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

You could also point out the option in the preferences to be reminded to use edit summaries, though I doubt there is any way of forcing that option to be turned on, or checking if it has been turned on. Carcharoth 12:52, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

For what it's worth, I provided Burntsauce with detailed instructions on how to set that option in his preferences when I asked him (for the second time) to stop making summary-less PRODs [55]. In that same message I also offered (for the second time) an explanation of why deletion nominations without edit summaries were harmful and potentially disruptive, and warned him that future 'submarine' PRODs would result in a block.

He deleted the message from his talk page[56], so I presume he had an opportunity to read it. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 13:10, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Failure to use edit summaries when using any of the deletion processes (speedy, prod, or XfD) is the very definition of disruption, which is well within the bounds of the blocking policy. Endorse original block. EVula // talk // ☯ // 12:58, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

As blocks are preventative rather than punativive - how about the block can be lifted early if he agrees to provide edit summaries for any articles that he prods - all he literally is required to put (and what I put is) is "Prod'd". Problem, solved no? A reasonable editor would see that this is causing problems for the community and would comply with the request and from all accounts this is a reasonable editor. --Fredrick day 13:05, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Frederick, that's what Ten said ... I have offered to unblock immediately if he agrees to use edit summaries for all of his deletion nominations in the future, and attempts to use more edit summaries overall in the future. Neil ╦ 13:08, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

(edit conflict) As the original blocking admin, I certainly wouldn't object to that—in fact, I explicitly made that offer to Burntsauce on his talk page, and in the message I posted here. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 13:10, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Fred needs to clean his glasses. --Fredrick day 13:13, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Hetoum I

User:Hetoum I has been edit warring on the Church of Kish article for quite some time, making POV edits and reverting edits by other users. The IP 72.79.62.219 (talk • contribs • info • WHOIS) turned up to revert the article to Hetoum's version and made personal attacks on other users along the way. [57] Later Hetoum admitted on the talk page that IP belonged to him: [58]. User:Hetoum I has previously been involved in repeated sock vandalism of my personal page, inserting obscene images and making insulting comments, when he was using his previous username User:Hetoum. Please see this admin message:[59] Church of Kish page has now got protected, but I think that the admin action is necessary due to aggressive behavior of this user and his continued personal attacks on other editors: [60] I don't think that the use of such language should be tolerated on Wikipedia, as it is a clear violation of WP:NPA. Grandmaster 05:26, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

I daresay he is problematic on the verge of disruption. Incivil edit summaries and using sock-puppets to avoid 3RR is not what we expect from our contributors. --Ghirla^-трёп- 13:45, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Process --> 1/ Inform him about this thread at his talk page. 2/ If you believe he is the one who vandalized your userpage back on April 2007 (it was banned user User:Artaxiad) than you have to to perform a CheckUser. If Artaxiad is his sock than you all know the outcome. -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up®} 13:59, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

The process is sort of complicated. Today, an editor in good standing was blocked for alleged "vandalism" after ANI forum shopping by his opponent - without any notification about the complaint on his talk page.[61] On the other hand, I waited all yesterday in vain to have a self-professed IP sock of Artaxiad to be blocked from trolling, after posting a complaint on this noticeboard. Nobody bothered to leave a comment for 24 hours. We apply different standards to self-professed IP socks of permabanned users and prolific editors in good standing as it seems. --Ghirla^-трёп- 14:16, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

To Ghirla. Well, we acknowledge that we sometimes apply different standards. That is due to the personal judgments of every single admin. The thing here is that it would cost us 2 minutes to make sure we are correct before making a decision. A checkuser would save us a considerable amount of time. In that case, we won't be discussing his incivil behaviour but avoiding a ban. So my judgment here was based on time saving. -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up®} 14:30, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Russianname had reverted to include the same message 14 or 15 times on another user's talk page. The user is entitled to remove any message he likes from his talk page. A block for harassment like that is entirely reasonable. Neil ╦ 14:22, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Have you tried to explain the guidelines to him or place a warning? It is his first block as far as I can see. --Ghirla^-трёп- 14:26, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Hetoum was vandalising my user page a year ago using anon IPs. For some reason my user page is very popular with vandals, and Artaxiad was not the only one. The fact of Hetoum's vandalism was establsihed by the admins. See the tags on his user page [62] I thought he learned the lesson, as the admin removed the tags on a condition that he would not vandalize or edit war. [63] But here he is again, edit warring and attacking other users. Grandmaster 16:25, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Actually more diffs shoudl be presented to back up what you say. For now, he is under scrunity. Rubbing my eyes. -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up®} 17:46, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

I was not intending to bring up the past issues, I can prove that he was vandalizing my user page, but since he was punished for that I let it go. I just want to draw your attention to his current behavior, i.e. reverts accompanied by comments like “nice try loser, quit vandalism”, [64] or comments like “Look stay on topic and stop barking like a dog at me, and on top of that making crap up.” [65] I believe Wikipedia is not a place where personal attacks are tolerated. Grandmaster 18:02, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Dear Admins,

Unfortunately, I have been ganged up on and unfairly attacked by at least 4 Azerbaijani editors for making corrections to the factually inaccurate article on the Armenian church at Kish, keeping in line with Azerbaijani vandalism and historical revisionism of the Armenian past. Two of those editors are on parole for previous edit warring, and they summoned their reinforcements. I cited credible sources and heavily backed what I said. I analyzed the sources they provided, all three of which were quite unreliable for making the same scholarly error made 150 years ago, not to mention, none of their sources were done by scholars or verifiable experts on the topic. Despite this, I tried to balance the article and speak with them, but they continued to ignore me and revert me, and assault me racially, claiming my sources are unreliable because they are Armenian. I thought wikipedia was not a battleground along ethnic lines...

I do not know why Grandmaster, and his associates, who are on parole, are moving away from direct issue of Kish. If you have still problem with this vandalism on your page over 1 year ago, and if you think I am Artaxiad (check IP history - I am not) then report me, but don't bash me unfairly and turn attention away from article in issue. I did not edit the article without logging in to avoid some rules, but was busy yesterday with other things in my life, and was simply too lazy to log in. I signed my name with the IP address on the Battle of Van article talk page, was I avoiding something?

I have dealt with the sources they provided and showed how and why they are so terribly lacking in factual accuracy, based on their content, not the race or alleged hidden interests of the authors of random internet pages. I ask them to stop this unfair harassment, and if nothing then at least have an administrator moderate this dispute. I added credible sources, and heavily sourced my work in the article, and these users revert simply because they do not like what is written. Please compare my version of the Church of Kish article with Grandmaster and his 3 friends version, who ganged up and attacked me. Thank you for your time.Hetoum I 19:28, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

This is exactly what I was talking about. As you can see, this person attempts to turn Wikipedia into a battleground along the national lines, and even here speaks of "Azerbaijani vandalism and historical revisionism". This is not a constructive approach. This person tried to edit an article about an ancient church using as a sole reference for his claims an obscure Armenian website (aggressively nationalistic one, btw), and rejecting at the same time third party scholarly sources. At the same time he was engaged in edit warring and making personal attacks on other editors. As result, the page got protected. Hetoum was left out of recent Armenia-Azerbaijan arbcom, which placed most of active editors on both sides on a revert parole, as he was not active on topic related articles at the time. Now he tries to take an advantage of the situation and have the articles his way by relentless reverting. I would like someone to check his activity on that article and explain him that he cannot make any personal attacks or edit war, as it is against the rules. Grandmaster 04:46, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:Tajik

Tajik (talk · contribs) has been banned indefinitely by the admin: [66] and the arbcom case is on a voting stage to formalize his permanent ban. [67] Despite that, Tajik is editing Safavid dynasty and other artcles under anonymous IPs and sock accounts. The checkuser request that I filed confirms that the suspicious accounts are indeed likely to belong to User:Tajik, please see Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/Tajik. I’m posting this here, because I don’t now if there’s any way to bring this to the attention of the arbitrators, who might need this info in making the final decision. I hope someone will pass the checkuser results over to the arbcom members. Also, the sock accounts need to be dealt with. Grandmaster 06:43, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

85.177.175.254 is hailing from Hamburg. The rest of IP hail from Bochum. If the edits are too similar to Tajik's one and are really related to the reasons his case was brought to the ArbCom, then revert on the spot. If that persists than you may have to sprotect the article. -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up®} 13:25, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

It is Tajik beyond any doubt, and Dcmdevit also confirms that it is him: [68] The page has been semiprotected, but someone needs to deal with sock accounts. Grandmaster 16:36, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Just checked again, the sock account User:German-Orientalist has been blocked. Grandmaster 16:42, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

You have all rights of the universe to revert and block if a banned user strikes. -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up®} 16:43, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Are you confusing Grandmaster (talk · contribs) with Grandmasterka (talk · contribs)? The former does not have the all rights to block. -- tariqabjotu 16:49, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I have no right to block anyone, that's why I raise the issue here. Looks like it's already been dealt with, thanks. Grandmaster 16:54, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

I am blocking you for impersonating Grandmasterka unless you are {{doppelganger}}ing ;) Well, at least you can revert or report to admins. -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up®} 17:11, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Don't scare me, please. :) I will get the admins alerted if anything happens, thanks. Grandmaster 17:25, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Shared account

Wiki Florida 2007 (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · block user · block log) is used by more than one person. One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 07:56, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

So your point is? ExtraDry 11:55, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

If you wish to troll, do it from your normal account User:DXRAW. One Night In Hackney₃₀₃ 12:00, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

If people want to edit from one account then why are you bringing it up unless its against some rule. Also please don;t accuse me of being a troll. ExtraDry 13:07, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

It is against some rule.--Isotope23 13:40, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

It isn't all that surprising that the users that comprise this group have 2 of 5, 1 of 26, 0 of 2 and 0 of 2 mainspace edits. I don't think they're here to contribute in a constructive manner... MER-C 08:57, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Looks like they have mistaken wikipedia for Myspace or facebook. --Fredrick day 10:17, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Doesn't matter if they are doing good stuff or bad stuff - role accounts aren't permitted. x42bn6 Talk Mess 12:23, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

OK, ExtraDry 13:10, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Account has been blocked and I've asked the members to edit from their individual accounts... which they apparently all have.--Isotope23 13:40, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Block review: User talk:Gmelin

Would someone mind reviewing the indef block I issued on the above user please for being a vandalism on ly account. Deletion of material and having arguments with himself over the Dissociative identity disorder article, and then finally reported himself to AIV, having given himself a number of warnings. ^Khukri 09:00, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

The user was being disruptive, deliberately ... seems like a correct block to me. Neil ╦ 09:27, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Unblock request denied, block endorsed. Moreschi ^Talk 09:32, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Endorse block, but it was a bit funny, though. Especially giving himself the warnings. Will ^(talk) 14:59, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Richard Marsland

There is an ongoing situation at Richard Marsland. User:Mikecraig seems to be dominating the page, reverting almost all edits, for minor reasons, where he had the opportunity to fix them. There is currently a situation WP:HELPDESK#Vandalism where he bit a newbie, and the guy's freaking out about it. See:User talk:Tag-molio. Any comments? Cool Blue^{talk to me} 11:24, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Great (sarcastically). The user just quit for good. Cool Blue^{talk to me} 12:01, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Considering Tag-molio changed Mikecraig's signature to read "Mike Hunt", he's not entirely innocent. Can you provide specific diffs of what you state Mikecraig has done? From what I can tell of looking at the history of Richard Marsland, his edits have been good ones. Neil ╦ 12:23, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Continual anon sockpuppetry from LC

There is a steady stream of vandalism from permabanned user LC, using floating IP addresses all in the renage 88.108.0.0 through 88.111.255.255: Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Light current. Is there a way of checking if there are also edits from this range by bona fide editors? Might a range block be in order? (Yes, I do realize this concerns 262,144 addresses, but that does not mean 262,144 affected users.)  --Lambiam^Talk 11:52, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Further to the above, I noticed that two addressess in the range were blocked as being suspected to be an open proxy or zombie computer: User talk:88.108.240.31, User talk:88.110.209.142. Many other addresses in the range are involved in suspected sockpuppetry for other sockmasters, apparently not known to be or suspected to be LC:

• Wikipedia:Suspected sock puppets/Theradioguy
• Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of JFBurton
• Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Ahwaz (clearly not LC)
• Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Somethingoranother
• Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Hüd (why are this link and the following red?)
• Category:Suspected Wikipedia sockpuppets of Helengracedirector

The bot User:Bluebot apparently edits from address 88.111.48.141, but hasn't been active since November 2006.  --Lambiam^Talk 12:33, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

The range belongs to Tiscali, which I gather is a rather large European ISP from which at least some good edits also originate. I suspect that a rangeblock of that entire /13 would tend to create a lot of collateral damage. Unless there has been an unusual upsurge in LC's nuisance editing, it's probably most straightforward to WP:DENY him recognition, and semiprotect pages on a temporary basis where necessary. (He's really only concerned with being an asshole on the Ref Desk and Ref Desk guideline talk pages, and on the user/talk pages of some of the admins who have enforced his ban.)

Of course, if there's someone in the UK who is interested in pursuing an abuse complaint with his ISP, I can provide them with LC's Tiscali email address. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 13:49, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Bear in mind the good edits are probably from LC too. i can't imagine how many socks are out there. But these two users always seem available to answer LC's questions. David D. (Talk) 16:10, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Way You Make Me Feel (song)

This page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_You_Make_Me_Feel has suffered repeated vandalism. I'm not sure how to report exactly, but all edits are listed on the history page with incidents of vandalism. The last incident has been edited out.Marnifrances 13:21, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

I've identified two of the editors and warned them. If vandalism starts to become more serious, then you can request protection at WP:RFPP. I'll watchlist the article as well. x42bn6 Talk Mess 20:37, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] I need help ('SEA version' of Puff the Magic dragon)

Hello, there:

I don't know quite where to turn with this, but I need administrators' help with this. I removed non-notable and copyrighted material from the article, Puff the Magic Dragon (a vaguely connected anti-Vietnam permutation of the song.) Search the first line, and only the contributor (User:Raryel)'s addition to answers.com comes up. Search every other line of the song, and you will find that there is only one link to the song beyond Wikipedia mirrors 1, and even on that, it says Copyright © 2003-2007 by Jno Pauraig. All rights reserved.

Now, considering that people are trying to limit free use, isn't it taking it up a notch by adding copyrighted, non-notable material (what a combination!) So I removed it. The last that I knew, making a dodgy parody of a song did not make it notable, unless it was succesful or acclaimed enough to meet WP:Music guidelines. Now, the person who added it is not only attacking me as a 'vandal,' but is also claiming that 'G-d is on his side,' basically, and that I'm wrong for removing copyrighted, non-notable material, and that he'll get the administrators to take action against me. He's trying to paint this as though my removing it were due more to bias than to its worth.

This is quite upsetting and rather distressing; coming on an already bad day, I had to hold harsher words to that person in silence. I've been here for years and never vandalised, and now I'm being threatened with admin castigation for doing what I have little doubts was the logical and policy-adhering thing to do. Consequently, I need administrators to (hopefully) back me up on this case in whatever way you can (by removing it yourself, by weighing in on the talk page, I don't know.) I'm rather afraid to remove the material myself without administrators' support.

Best wishes, --It's-is-not-a-genitive 13:44, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Text has been removed and replaced with a link... looks like this is sorted out.--Isotope23 14:29, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Need help with Technocracy related pages

The amount of drama on the Technocratic movement page has reached epic proportions. For the last month, there has basically a daily revert war between numerous editors. I've tried mediating but pretty much every user involved has some sort of conflict of interest or self-published material or something negative. I've got accusations from both sides accusing me of helping the other side, nobody seems to be willing to cite reliable sources, and... you see where I'm going with this. The following users are most involved:

• Skipsievert (talk · contribs)
• Hibernian (talk · contribs)
• Isenhand (talk · contribs)

It's also happening on other pages, namely between Hibernian and Skip. I'm not sure if I should just proceed to protect The Wrong Version.--Wafulz 14:09, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Of course. Protected. What are the other articles? -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up®} 14:13, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

It's happened at Abundance (economics), Technate, and Energy Survey of North America, though not nearly as badly as on the Technocratic Movement page. --Wafulz 14:20, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

All those articles are quite stable now. Protection would be needed if edit warring starts again. -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up®} 14:24, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Allison Stokke (second nomination)

Looking through this discussion, there seems to be a lot of single-purpose accounts and/or meatpuppetry going on. It's already been semi-protected, but this may benefit from further investigation. --SunStar Net ^talk 14:45, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm sure the closing editor will take into consideration the possible sockpuppets as well as the weight of each argument/comment. Closing admins are generally wonderful at this. If they err though, there is always DRV (again). :-) Mahalo. --Ali'i 15:22, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Someone filed an unprotect request at WP:RPP. Declined - Alison ☺ 15:46, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] a current event

There were multiple related articles, that all had some connection to captives taken during the GWOT. "Enemy combatant", the designation used by Combatant Status Review Tribunals, survived. "Unlawful enemy combatant", the term used in the Military Commissions Act of 2006, did not survive an {{afd}}.

It looks like User:One's conclusion of the {{afd}} as delete fully conformed with policy. But, I wrote User:One, asking whether the current controversy stirred up when Peter Brownback and Keith J. Allred, the officers presiding over Omar Khadr and Salim Ahmed Hamdan's military commissions dropped all charges against the two men gave him sufficient discretion to restore the article without going through a time-consuming deletion review.

Brownback and Allred dropped the charges because the Military Commissions Act of 2006 only authorized the trial of unlawful enemy combatants, not merely enemy combatants.

[[User:One hasn't been online in a couple of days. And this controversy is a current event. So, can I ask here:

• Does a closing administrator have the discretion to restore articles under circumstances like this, without going through a deletion review?
• If the original closing administrator isn't available, do other administrators have this authority?

Cheers! Geo Swan 14:50, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] RJASE1 (talk · contribs) sockpuppetry

Just to inform everyone, I've blocked the above user for abusive sockpuppetry, He created User:TortureIsBad yesterday to vandalise mine and H's userpage and this was confirmed by Dmcdevit through a checkuser request, I'm still in a bit of shock myself, but the evidence for it is here. Ryan Postlethwaite 15:27, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Wow. That's disappointing. Riana ⁂ 15:31, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Well done though i am not sure about the indef as it was his first block. -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up®} 15:39, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Bad block. We don't ban indefinitely for abusive sockpuppetry. From the actions of the trollsock though, it was plain trolling and nothing else. Change the block duration to 72 hours. — Nearly Headless Nick ^{C} 15:40, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

I concur with nick. He may have done some stupid stuff but he has made valuable contributions to this project. -- Chrislk02 (Chris Kreider) 15:41, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

I was going to wait for an explanation from him, but fair play, I'll reduce it down. Ryan Postlethwaite 15:42, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Geez. Disappointed ... :( - Alison ☺ 15:44, 8 June 2007 (UTC) (endorses block, per Nick)

RJASE1 has been a good contributor, counter-vandalism type, etc. I guess the most innocuous explanation is that it was an ill-conceived prank. Or maybe Ryan's and H's constant, vocal advocacy of Bush/Cheney pushed him over the edge :) 72 hours is OK, although I'd feel better about it if we heard an explanation or apology. MastCell ^Talk 15:47, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

72 hours is a bit soft for a blatantly disruptive sock, but I would recommend lightening the block with a strong warning to not try this sort of thing again. Riana ⁂ 15:49, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

I've reduced it down to 72 hours, I would have prefered an explanation first, but I'm happy with 72 hours. I've explained that we would like one when he reutrns. Ryan Postlethwaite 15:52, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

I do always prefer a 1 week block in similar situations. It gives the blocked user more time to think about what s/he's done bad and try to calm down. But well, it'd be a bit weird to keep changing the duration back and forth. -- FayssalF - ^{Wiki me up®} 15:53, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Sockpuppets

Would anyone agree that all of these accounts similar to I HEREBY AWARD (Insert username here) A BARNSTAR are sockpuppets of User:Molag Bal and I know we should just revert, block ignore (excluding the revert), who else would agree that they are sockpuppets. The Sunshine Man 17:45, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

There's more than one? (and I thought I was special) It really does not matter who they are socks of for blocking, the consistent usernames and actions are obvious signs of multiple accounts. Mr.Z-mantalk¢ 17:49, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

(ec) Why does it matter? As long as we know to block these accounts with account creation blocked, the question of who's sockpuppets they are doesn't matter to me. Grandmasterka 17:50, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

See here - I just caught a few and blocked a few more. ANd yes, block with ACB - Alison ☺ 17:53, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Aww, no vandal wants to give one to me? I'm gonna go cry in the corner... EVula // talk // ☯ // 21:19, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm surprised Martin and I are not there. We've handled most of his blocks, and still talk to him all the time via email. In any case, I think it's safe to tag all the accounts as socks of Molag Bal. Nishkid64 (talk) 00:43, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Oversight

Can somebody remove this edit from the edit history? Thanks. IrishGuy ^talk 20:18, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

I've deleted it. SlimVirgin ^(talk) 20:24, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

I didn't see what it was, but assuming that it was personal information, it's much better to go directly to WP:RFO where you can send a private email to the oversight team without being forced to draw extra attention to the objectionable edit while waiting to have it deleted. ElinorD (talk) 20:36, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I saw it & it's personal information relating to a minor. I've email the Oversight folks about it - Alison ☺ 20:42, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Done! - Alison ☺ 21:05, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Assistance please

Can an admin please block Hardcoreanalsex (talk · contribs), SqueakBox 20:35, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Done. Picaroon (Talk) 20:37, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lots of fair use

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?limit=50&title=Special%3AContributions&contribs=user&target=Dudesleeper&namespace=6

Lots of FU uploads, some dispute with another editor who has been trying to remove invalid FU images. Needs looking into, please. This was reported to OTRS, by the way, so someone "out there" knows we care about copyright! Guy (Help!) 20:49, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] BLP violations at Talk:Paris Hilton

An editor is repeatedly adding unsourced negative information at Talk:Paris Hilton. I've reverted numerous times and have reported this at the BLP noticeboard, but I seem to be getting nowhere. --- RockMFR 20:56, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

• "My friend's brother" is the source? Textbook hearsay. Wikipedia should not be a means of popularizing fictional rumors, even if it's just on talk pages. It looks like there's a notice now... if anyone continues to add stuff sourced to their brother's cousin's ex-girlfriend, they should be blocked. --W.marsh 21:03, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

WP:BLP/N has addressed this issue. Please do not cross-post. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 04:16, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Redirecting an IP talk page to the talk page of a registered user?

Just noticed that User talk:84.71.192.107 has been redirected to User talk:Mark bickley. There's been no vandalism/abuse here - but is this sort of thing allowed? --Kurt Shaped Box 22:37, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

We don't have a policy on this AFAIK. However, it doesn't make sense that a person should received communication on his logged-in page for edits he has made while not logged in. YechielMan 23:31, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Redirect undone. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 04:15, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Block for 24.239.172.107

This unregistered user has vandalised the Germanic peoples page several times and is completely out of control. Here is a link to his vandalism: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/24.239.172.107 Reginmund 23:03, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

User blocked. Next time, please post vandalism alerts at WP:AIV. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 04:13, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Can an administrator please block 68.45.29.73? Here is his/her vandalism: User talk:68.45.29.73 Reginmund 23:13, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

If the user persists, place a notice at WP:AIV ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 04:12, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Block Review:Madman bum and angel

This above user seems to be using a bot and is clogging up recent changes. See user's contributions. The user was editing at 11 edits per minute at 19:25. This seems odd, especially for an account that was created only two months ago. Wikihermit ^{(Talk • HermesBot)} 00:30, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

I've blocked the user as it seems that he/she is using an unapproved bot account.—Ryūlóng (竜龍) 00:34, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Ok. The editor has ask for a block review. --Wikihermit ^{(Talk • HermesBot)} 00:54, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

The editor has posted a reasonable explanation for using semi-automated edits vs. automated edits. As semi-automated edits are allowed per policy, I recommend that the editor be cautioned to keep edit rates to 4 per minute or less and unblocked. The editor has been made aware of the problem and if he is willing to comply (or get an official bot account), I see no reason to keep the indefinite block. It seems pretty clear he/she was working from good intentions. -- JLaTondre 01:26, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Migjhafaja Creating a series of hoax articles?

I put 2 Stupid Foxes up for deletion, when I couldn't find any results on any search engine for them. I notice that the creator has created articles, putatively about actors and shows linked to the (apparent) hoax article. Could someone take a look at this? SirFozzie 00:42, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Hoaxes - the lot of them. If this account persists, then I suggest blocking indef for disruption. Rklawton 00:52, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

I've deleted the ones that I beat Rklawton to ;) Agree, indef block if they do a single disruptive edit after this. /wangi 00:56, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

After? This looks like another in a long string of hoax cartoon articles. this AfD is the most inclusive, showing both a pattern of hoaxes and a pattern of sockpuppetry. Other AfDs here and here. DarkAudit 03:21, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Geni warring again

Geni (talk · contribs) has reverted Wikipedia:Be bold 3 times in the last hour [69] [70] [71], and 5 times in the last two days [72] [73]. He was blocked (and then unblocked) for edit warring at WP:NOT just last week (Previous ANI discussion). Geni is not new to this. He was desysopped thrice, each time for wheel warring, and that does not count his edit wars on the sitenotice. He doesn't get it, and he seems to think wars of attrition are the way to win the game. I admit to having reverted him, and so am probably too involved to act, but he knows what an edit war is, and that they are not acceptable, but he is persistently stubborn to the point of disruption. It's time to do something. Dmcdevit·t 01:02, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Given the ridiculous amount of revert-warring on this page, by so many established contributors (who it would achieve nothing to block), over the last three days, I have protected this page for a week. Oh, and on the wrong version, of course. Daniel 01:29, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

I don't think protecting the page, while the resolution to the WP:BOLD edit war, is what I was looking for. I was looking for some general help with the behavior problem, which has been going on for a long time. Dmcdevit·t 04:27, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wikistalking, disruption, incivility, and personal attacks

Arcayne (talk · contribs), who has been involved in a five-month, protracted conflict with me on Children of Men, has begun following me to other articles in order to disrupt, this time ALF.[74] I politely asked him to stop, [75] at which point he ignored my concerns and responded with a series of personal attacks and incivility on my talk page and other places, consisting of "You have absolutely nothing to say that I find compelling or interesting", and "That I happen to notice that a disambiguation that I happened to visit is being messed up by someone means I will contribute" and "You are a pariah in the Wiki community." [76] [77] [78]. He has continued to stalk and revert me on ALF with two more subsequent reverts [79] [80], in the process ignoring the consensus on talk and reverting myself, User:JHunterJ, and User:Bkonrad. An ongoing discussion about this topic is also occurring on Talk:Alf (disambiguation). He has now attempted to add nonsensical comments to a closed move request from 17:45, 27 May 2007 (UTC), in the process voting "strongly oppose" based on nothing more than opposition to me.[81] His edits were promptly removed by User:Yom.[82] I would like an uninvolved, neutral administrator to ask Arcayne to please stop following me around and to stop making personal attacks. Thank you. —Viriditas | Talk 06:08, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Request for outside admin review

I'd like to ask for another set of eyes on akathisia and related articles. Dr CareBear (talk · contribs) appeared recently and has been tendentiously reinserting unsourced and unencyclopedic material in this and many related articles. If you check his talk page, you'll see attempts to bring him around, which proved fruitless. After hitting 3 reverts, several new accounts sprung up to continue his crusade. These were identified as socks by checkuser and blocked, after which yet another sock, NetCafe (talk · contribs), popped up. I think this is a clear-cut case of disruption and abusive sockpuppetry, but at this point several of the admins who watch medical articles (myself, User:Davidruben) have gotten sucked in, and I'd like some outside scrutiny regarding the situation and the appropriateness of the actions taken. Thanks. MastCell ^Talk 16:09, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

A sensible and thoughtful request for comment, and I'ld be happy to help point to various specific action & responses, or to answer any queries on this episode. David Ruben ^Talk 17:21, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

• Support block of User:Netcafe, it's a confirmed meat puppet at the least, and is treated as a sock per WP:MEAT. I've extended the block of Dr CareBear (talk · contribs) to a week based on WP:EVADE and WP:MEAT. Hiding Talk 18:46, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Thank you for stepping in, Hiding. MastCell ^Talk 23:05, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

• You're welcome. I can't really comment too much on the articles, they're outside my scope of understanding, but the user is in clear breach of behavioural policy and I think you're on the money. Probably worth keeping an eye on any other users sprouting up, but I think regarding the sock puppetry and the evading bans it's all on strong ground. Hiding Talk 14:56, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Captain scarlet and microformats

With reference to this recent edit by the above user (Captain scarlet (talk · contribs)) where they say that "This user's contributions now solely consist on removing as many Microformats as posible to maintain quality on Wikipedia." Could this be considered an attempt to disrupt Wikipedia to make a point? They have made their dislike for Microformats clear yet fail to justify the reasons for removing it on a large number of occasions as can be seen by looking at Special:Contributions/Captain_scarlet. Comments from this editor on this issue tend to be similar to this where they plainly dismiss the addition of microformats with other editors without considering the possible benefits of the change on the appearance of pages for our readers. It is clear that the user and the main editor behind microformats, User:Pigsonthewing have had numerous disagreements in the past and I feel that Captain scarlet's dislike for microformats and revert campaign against them may have more to do with this than actually writing an encyclopaedia.

Please note that previous attempts to discuss my concerns with this editor have led to the demand that I do not communicate with him via his talk page (diff) following his comment that "Whatever you tell me will be delete and ignored whatever its content". For this reason I will not be informing Captain scarlet of this. Adambro 11:03, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Here we go again... Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons 13:05, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

"Please note that previous attempts to discuss my concerns with this editor have led to the demand that I do not communicate with him via his talk page" - likewise. Andy Mabbett 13:13, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

The particular edit on his userpage is just trolling, and you'd probably do well to ignore it, since he hasn't actually created any disruptive microformats. That said, diffs like this one seem like a more significant problem. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 13:27, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Rampant incivility is pretty much the norm whenever User:Captain scarlet and User:Pigsonthewing find there way to the same talkpage.--Isotope23 13:47, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Indeed. And it's not from me. Andy Mabbett 13:50, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

<Cynical mode>Oh my god you're serious</cynical mode> No further comment. Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons 15:47, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

No-one has suggested that he is creating microformats of any sort. far from it; he is repeatedly removing templates which happen to include microformats, without apparently any reason for doing so, or being willing to enter into reasoned discussion. Indeed, his last 50 edits alone include 13 such reverts, to just three articles: [83], [84], [85], [86], [87], [88], [89], [90], [91], [92], [93], [94] and [95]. Andy Mabbett 13:50, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Articles you and Adambro didn't revert either... [96] [97] [98] [99] [100] [101] [102] [103] [104] [105] [106] [107] [108] [109]

These reverts were made after Pigsonthewing ignored any comments left on talk pages, other users suggestions and compromises; Talk:Tinsley_Viaduct, Talk:Tinsley_Viaduct/coordinates, [[110]]. Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons 15:47, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

I have ignored no meaningful comments and have worked towards compromises. Andy Mabbett 15:55, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

If you haven't ignored anything, then I haven't either and this time consuming nonsense is nothing more than a comment on your own behaviour. Fact is you canot accuse me of doing anything more than what you do. Criticising me is nothing more than criticising yourself, if you're ready to talk, do so. You have done nothing of the sort except using vitriolous comments against me and anyone else who disagree with you, with a support of an administrator... If my edits now consist only on reverting the inclusion of Micrpoformats is because I view Microformats as nothing more than a useless gadget and because I have no desire to spend time adding valuable content thanks to you. Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons 22:29, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

"you canot (sic) accuse me of doing anything more than what you do" Quite clearly I - and others can; and do. Andy Mabbett 08:13, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Which supports my comments and show unwilling to cooperate with others you are. Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons 17:17, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Captain scarlet and microformats (outdent 1)

You try an RFC on whether to use Microformats on the pages in question yet? I took a quick look at the list and didn't see one, but I might've missed it. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 14:28, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

There's this Wikipedia talk:What Wikipedia is not#Microformats where no-one objected to their inclusion. Andy Mabbett 15:55, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

In which case, Captain Scarlet should probably add a brief and cogent summary of his concerns to that section, and then we can see whether his arguments are able to convince anybody else. The consensus on that page seems to be in favor of microformats, but the discussion isn't exactly extensive, so it wouldn't hurt to hash out the pros and cons in more detail. -Hit bull, win steak^(Moo!) 20:09, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

I just have, taking care to put as much detail as Pigsonthewing. All in all, it seems Pigsonthewing is wasting his time and trying to implement something that has not yet been widely accept. That's just what's been said on the contested tlak pages like... So long Pigsonthewing doesn't shout concensus after two comments though. Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons 17:45, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

I agree with HBWS on this. Until I saw this discussion, I had never heard of Microformats, let alone knew they existed; I doubt that am I the only one on Wikipedia. (Yes, I have followed the links, read the articles, & they seem to be mostly harmless.) Being intolerant about something the rest of us have never heard about does not build consensus; explaining why they are bad might. -- llywrch 21:08, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

your comment isn't really acceptable since you qualify my comments as intolerent. My history with Pigsonthewing is that Pigsonthewing makes intolerant and narrowminded comments, you are keen to forget that and believe Pigsonthewing's query by word alone. I don't particularly have to justify why I'm against, Pigsonthewing does however have to argue why they are such an asset to the plain reader. Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons 17:45, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

I admit "intolerant" wasn't the best choice of words, but I'm not taking any one's side here (except perhaps HBWS). My point is that if you don't like them, if you explain why, you'll convince the rest of us that they are bad, & you might put an end to them. Staging a campaign against their existence without explaining yourself (beyond saying that they are an "unapproved" innovation) at best makes people think you are some kind of a kook. But if you don't care about how you come across to the rest of us -- well, continue on. Just don't do any of the usual stuff that you know will get you into trouble. -- llywrch 19:32, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

"My history with Pigsonthewing is that Pigsonthewing makes intolerant and narrowminded comments" - that's a lie. Your exclamation "Die! Microformats" is quite reasonably described as "intolerant", as is your puerile habit of linking the word "microformats" to the article on feces.

"I don't particularly have to justify why I'm against" - er, you do if you wish your claims to be taken seriously, You've made a claim, it's up to you to substantiate it.

"Pigsonthewing does however have to argue why they are such an asset to the plain reader" My name is Andy Mabbett, and I have already explained, at length, the benefits of microformats, which are invisible to the "plain reader". In contrast, you appear to have advanced no arguements to suport yor - untenable - position.

Andy Mabbett 22:48, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Pigsonthewing: [QUOTE]"My history with Pigsonthewing is that Pigsonthewing makes intolerant and narrowminded comments" - that's a lie. Your exclamation "Die! Microformats" is quite reasonably described as "intolerant", as is your puerile habit of linking the word "microformats" to the article on feces.[/QUOTE] Should I serve that to the incidents page and ask you to apologise for your comments or will you openly apologise for your outrageous comments?

Anyway, Pigsonthewing; I have in length offered you many arguments why quoting your own arguments but you chose to dismiss them, this morning once again was an example of dismissal [111]. I have yet to see explainations the benefits of Microformats, which are in no way invisible in articles and involve lengthy work for an apparent identical result. In your explaination you may include uses of Microformat and explain how having a different and complicated code may benefit the plain reader by showing an apparent identical result? you have failed to follow the appropriate procedure to implement what you broadcast as a groundbreaking project and started implementation, including multiple reverts to impose this rather than face the music first and wait the weeks or months necessary to implement this. This enquery is not about this however but about the fact that I show my dislike for Microformats, an opinion hardly condemnable since the opossite isn't. Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons 11:44, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I stand by the comments you quote. You appear to remain unable or unwilling to substantiate your claims about microformats; but instead parade an real or feigned ignorance of their benefits and a refusal to read or acknowledge the references you have previously been provided with (once again: WP:UF). You say microformats "are in no way invisible in articles". In what way are they visible? Andy Mabbett 12:27, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Further unjustified reverting

In [112], Captain Scarlet has just removed coordinates from an infobox (and in doing so removed a geo microformat from the page), with the one-word edit summary "fix". What was broken? Andy Mabbett 12:30, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

I could ask the same about your edit immediately prior to that ([113]), with an identical one-word edit summary of "fix". Andy, I would suggest taking this to the Village Pump for community discussion, as at present there's nothing that requires admin attention. State the facts, the perceived advantages and disadvantages of them, and perhaps discuss where they should and should not be implemented. There is also, I understand, a WikiProject for Microformats (Wikipedia:WikiProject Microformats) Andy has started, which Captain Scarlet should consider participating in. This is an excellent idea. I would ask both sides to remain calm and wait for a community consensus on the issue of microformats (there's no rush) before implementing or not-implementing them. Neil ╦ 20:21, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

What was being fixed in that edit, was the replacement of the coord template I'd mistakenly used, and which was not valid in that infobox, with the correct latitude and longitude parameters, I thought that was clear from the diffs, and the fact that it immediately followed my previous edit. Microformats have already been discussed at VP, and are currenty being discussed at WP:NOT's talk page. I didn't raise this here, Adambro did, and I think his comments indicate quite clearly why admin attention is needed. I fail to see why you are suggesting that an editor should join a project whose purpose he has publicly avowed to resist, to the point of declaring such action to be being his only reason to be here. So far as consensus goes, he is the only editor opposed to any use of Microformats; which are already used on hundreds of thousands of pages on Wikipedia. Andy Mabbett 20:41, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

You know I am not the only person opposing Microformats and you bloody well know that if my sole contirbutions are to refrain your zele is because I don't wish to encounter your tirade. From our first enoucnter you have been unable to show the advantages of your edits, in fact you refused too: [114] "it does a lot", [115] "I'm impressed by the power of your crystal ball". Maybe I hsould follow your lead and report you everytime I encounter your unacceptable responses, you haven't shown much diplomatic capabilities since you've reported god knows how many times and thought it mature to ask for a life ban? I'm suppose to rpely to that by "sure go ahead" ? I've always told you what I disliked about Microformats but you persist on ignoring everycomment I have made by replying with the little straw men and the slippery slope. As Neil has poinyted out there's no rush, I'm patient, you could, Pigsonthewing, have waited before as you say "which are already used on hundreds of thousands of pages on Wikipedia" implemented by you, the cheak! Remember WP:OWN It's not because you've made those hundreds of changes that they're any beter, more important or more worthy than a newbie's single edit. I have taken time, as Neil suggested, to point out a few worries I have with your new system but you have chosen once more to ignore my comments. I don't know what to do really, you seem so unwilling to talk our exchanges look like a monologue, you copy pasting the same dismissive coments everytime [116]; you know what you said in the past so spare me the gullible, you haven't answered Paradismal and I await stil a reply to his concerns. Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons 10:01, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

"So far as consensus goes, he is the only editor opposed to any use of Microformats" wrong. L.J.Skinner^{wot|I did} 23:19, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Cite? Andy Mabbett 23:21, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

Check the conversations you've participated in and read the replies which inform you of the opposition. Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons 10:01, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

He has also declared that he "hates Wikipedia and all of its contributors" and that "all my work will be taken away from you Adam and *all* the rest of you" (my asterisks). Andy Mabbett 09:04, 9 June 2007 (UTC) (upated 10:28, 9 June 2007 (UTC))

Another brilliant misquote from Pigsonthewing, it is Pigsonthewing isn't it? You've got some cheak speaking here since you are the cause for me hating wikipedia and its contributors I don't see all in that sentence, there are some good people here willing to go make efforts to work with others, compromise, look information up if it's missing, then there's you. Yes some people are distastful but I have to live with them, hence I'm here trying to convince I don't participate in a cendetta but trying to convince you what you're doing is wrong! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Captain scarlet (talk • contribs)

[edit] Smee wikistalking?

In the past 24hrs three of my valid changes (or reverts from destructive edits) have been reverted by Smee, here(RS showing that the before mentioned statements were later retracted was deleted), here (reference giving the context of earlier text deleted) and here (a local city administration is featured with own headline and lengthy text to "critisise" a European Court of Human Rights judgement against Russia), two times to delete a reference which is not in alignment with Smee's POV. Despite a warning of WP:COI violation Smee continues to delete valid references. This is not yet at a stage for high concern but Smee has provoked edits wars in the past if something did not go in alignment with her personal POV and just recently got blocked for 3RR, so can please someone watch this? Thanks, COFS 02:08, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Smee's edit's have been a major concern for a long time. This should be seriously looked at. ⇒ SWATJester ^{Denny Crane.} 02:12, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. I might add in Smee's first WP:NPA violation of the day, here. COFS 02:32, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

How do you reconcile your WP:NPA complaint with your own use of very similar wording? Raymond Arritt 02:44, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

That was supposed to be in internal joke, me repeating Smee's argumentation against me ("valid", says Smee) on "her" ("invalid", says Smee). COFS 03:00, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Indeed. Thank you for pointing this out, Raymond Arritt. Smee 02:46, 9 June 2007 (UTC).

q.e.d. COFS 03:00, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

How is calling someone a single purpose account and meatpuppet a personal attack? People get called that all the time on this forum. SakotGrimshine 06:46, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

COFS calls another user a SPA COFS, given you almost exclusively edit articles related to Scientology, as a result it also dominates the underlying purpose of most edits to talk pages too. If that wasn't enough you're editing from a CoS server as shown by your checkuser case. How do you reconcile calling another editor, whether they are or not, a single purpose account? Anynobody 07:46, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Response from Smee

Please, take a moment and read through Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/COFS. There is more to this than meets the eye, with regard to User:COFS' actions. As for myself, these pages had been on my watchlist for a while now. However, regardless of what COFS (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log · rfcu) is stating, I will remove these pages from my watchlist now. However, the "warnings" posted to TheWikiWiki (talk · contribs) talk page were not in good faith, and I called them out as such. When you check out TheWikiWiki (talk · contribs) edit summaries, you will see that they were good faith edits. Thank you for your time. Yours, Smee 02:40, 9 June 2007 (UTC).

For the full picture, whoever interested could check WP:OWN against this. Thanks. I am going to leave this discussion at this point as I find myself once more wasting time with nonsense and the correction of lies. Anyone interested in the real story of Smee and her fights, please put a note on my talk page, thanks. COFS 02:47, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Smee, irregardless, the first diff provided (your revert of the sourced information) is unacceptable. There's another one in there, either the second or the third, that was ok. ⇒ SWATJester ^{Denny Crane.} 02:50, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

• If that is how you feel, I apologize, and will avoid editing that article for a while, and take an extended break from it. Notice also how COFS (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser) just now removed a comment from User:Raymond arritt. Most troubling. Smee 02:54, 9 June 2007 (UTC).

Indeed! EC, sorry, and thanks for putting it back in. COFS 03:02, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

• If you check the histories, you will note that I have edited these articles in the past. However, in the interest of avoiding future conflicts with COFS (talk • contribs • logs • block user • block log • checkuser), I have now taken the articles Ronald DeWolf, John Sweeney (journalist), and Church of Scientology Moscow versus Russia off of my watchlist. (Even though many of these recent edits by this user have very recently also been reverted by other editors. Thank you for your time. Smee 03:03, 9 June 2007 (UTC).

Taking articles off your watchlist for a while is indeed a wise move. Not editwarring in the first place, is a much wiser approach. The result of not editwarring, would be that no more complains will be posted in this noticeboard, to your and everybody's benefit. ≈ jossi ≈ (talk) 04:06, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Sounds good. Articles are off of my watchlist. Hopefully, COFS (talk · contribs · page moves · block user · block log · rfcu) will show improved behaviour in the future as well. Thank you for your time. Smee 04:37, 9 June 2007 (UTC).

I am sure she will. COFS 04:46, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

I can't support Smee's decision to remove sourced information as cited in the first two diffs, such info should be kept. Smee's concerns about COFS' WP:COI are well founded though, based on my understanding of what the WP:RFC/U case revealed. This editor is known to be using an IP from a CoS network, it was explained to me that the church does not allow open access to computers except for church business.

The first two diffs were an overreaction to these concerns on Smee's part, but looking at COFS recent edits as well as Diff 3. I support, Smee's edit because looking at the source it does say what was added. [117]. Again I can't excuse the first two diffs, but shouldn't COFS be cautioned about WP:COI issues relating to complaints similar to what occurred in the third diff? Anynobody 06:42, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Impersonation?

Patricknoddy seems to have lost his password and is unable to log into his normal account (see [118]). It appears he created a new account , Patricknoddynewaccount. However, this can't be confirmed because the original account never confirmed it and nothing is in the creation log. Any admin want to look into this? Wikihermit ^{(Talk • HermesBot)} 03:55, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

User:Patricknoddyontheroad too. Prodego ^talk 04:22, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Odd enough. He was still editing with the original account during the dates the account (User:Patricknoddyontheroad) was created, and like the other he never confirmed it and it never showed up in the creation log either. --Wikihermit ^{(Talk • HermesBot)} 04:36, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Well not sure what you are asking anyway, since even if he could confirm to be the same person, we can't reset passwords either. --pgk 07:34, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A Link to the Past (the user)

Firstly, I am unsure why User:A Link to the Past is changing the proper assessments of "B-class" to "Start-class" or "Stub-class" to several of the Dragon Ball-related articles; it hints that he is doing that to most of them for no reason, see some links: [119], [120], [121], [122], [123], [124], [125], [126]. It appears that he is disrupting Wikipedia for nothing and nearly personally attacks others, see some links: [127], [128], [129], [130], [131], [132], [133], [134]; he chills for a while, then makes a false statement concerning guidelines and then gets hot again. He really won't cool down, even after I notified him to do so; he edit wars, see this history, continuously replies in borderline uncivil tones, see some links: [135], [136], and this comment, and calls one of my comments a "blatant response to WP:ABF" and leaves such an uncalled message. I don't know what should be done about this user: he needs to stop acting in such a disruptive manner; it isn't hard to leave a civilized comments and discuss things normally. Lord Sesshomaru

...Wait, so you linked to my revert? You didn't link to me actually changing them in the first place, in which I gave my reason exactly as to why I changed them? Just what, exactly, was that little scheme supposed to do, make it seem like I was intentionally vandalizing the articles? Ironically, you are the one who began the edit war by reverting with absolutely no rationale whatsoever.

And it isn't hard to answer my questions. I became justly annoyed when you disrupted the discussion by refusing to answer my questions. I asked why Son Goku was more well-known to English readers, you never explained why. - A Link to the Past (talk) 05:19, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Correction, you never asked me anything. I merely joined in on the discussion to show you two guidelines and due to your incivility, of course, I've had to correct you a couple of times for that. Lord Sesshomaru

My apologies. So what about the fact that you are actually the one that's keeping this debate heated by harassing me with accusations of trolling and vandalism in an unrelated subject? - A Link to the Past (talk) 05:33, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately, in ALLTP's case, this isn't an isolated incident. ALTTP has an extensive history of bad behavior- spats, personal attacks, 3RR violations and more. Just look at this block page. And he's at it again, starting ANOTHER fight with yet ANOTHER user on here. Honestly, how many more incidents is ALTTP going to be allowed to cause? 67.94.201.2 05:25, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

I would enjoy assuming that this statement was not someone feeling vindictive over the fact that I turned Demasked into a redirect. - A Link to the Past (talk) 05:29, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Of course not. Demasked is an entirely different affair, one that has no bearing, ALTTP, on your behavior. You are, for lack of a better word, argumentative. I chose not to engage you in a heated foof over Demasked because I have studied your prior history and decided to just wait and see whether or not more incidents would come up. And lo, here they are. 67.94.201.2 05:41, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

I don't get irritated for no reason. I hate regional bias, and I hate when people ignore rules, and I hate when people just ignore as much as they can until the person goes away. - A Link to the Past (talk) 05:46, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

And may I add that I have more or less calmed down, while you seem to be escalating by making accusations of me vandalizing and trolling? Take your own advice, please. - A Link to the Past (talk) 05:29, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

ALTTP's block log is irrelevant to this discussion. He hasn't been blocked in six months, and the last block was rather questionable, IMO. Half the entries are due to a really bad wheel war in which the blocking admin insisted on keeping a 48h block. hbdragon88 05:43, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

It is not as if I do not regret making those statements. I am often without sleep, and being without sleep + having to go to the post office to pick up some games I missed + bringing in my job application is an unfortunate prelude to a very heated debate. - A Link to the Past (talk) 05:46, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

I disagree with your assertion, hbdragon88, that a user's block log, especially one so extensive, is "irrelevant". The block log, as well as discussions for which no blocks were issued, is extremely concerning. ALTTP, at the very least you need to get a clear understanding of what it means to keep a cool head- telling people (as you have done in the past), to "go to hell", calling people a "fucking dredge of humanity", "retard", along with other things, is almost frightening. I mean, sure, you apologized for your remarks a few times after the fact, but stepping on a toe is still stepping on a toe, even in a metaphorical sense. 67.94.201.2 05:52, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

I withdrew all remarks I made, but made them visible for a reason. A significant spoiler to a plot would garner a similar reaction with no indication that the spoiler was coming. I only apologize that I said what I was thinking - I do not apologize for getting angry. I had the right TO get angry with him. If I ruined the plot of your favorite series, would you be going "oh well"? No, you'd be mad. And I've had irresponsible people spoiling this game for me constantly. Fact of the matter is that he was just the one who posted the biggest unmarked spoiler I've had shown to me for the series, and that's why I got mad. - A Link to the Past (talk) 05:58, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Now this IS concerning. We all sometimes get heated, ALTTP. But that doesn't give us cause to attack people with insults and personal remarks! Yes, it is unfortunate that the user spoiled (either intentionally or unintentionally) a plotline for you, but there's no Wikipedia policy that says "Hey, if someone makes you mad, yell at em". To the contrary, Wiki cautions us all to keep a cool, calm demeanor and control ourselves. Even when mad. If someone else does something similar to you, is the community to expect the same sort of response in the future? 67.94.201.2 06:03, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

I was upset, not angry. The fact that I apologized makes it irrelevant. I have not exploded at anyone in such a fashion since. - A Link to the Past (talk) 06:07, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

But will you again? That's the thousand-dollar question here. Tell you what- I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume good faith- this time. But this needs to be the last time, ALTTP. In the future, no matter how much you may feel justified, no matter how upset or angry, just stay calm, adhere to Wikipedia's rules, and you'll be a much better editor for it. As long as this is the last of it, then I have no problem with considering the matter resolved. 67.94.201.2 06:13, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

This entire conversation between A Link to the Past, another user and an ip user is unimportant. Is there any administrator that can solve this matter concerning the reported user's behaviour? Lord Sesshomaru

I disagree, Sesshomaru. Establishment of bad past behavior is something that plays into the establishment of future blocks. ALTTP's past behavioral history will come into play in whatever decision an admin makes. Just because I'm not pressing the issue doesn't mean that others won't. 67.94.201.2 06:34, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

The issue is over, as far as I can see. The only one who seems to think that there's still anything to resolve is you. Read Wikipedia:Blocking policy - blocking is preventive, not punitive. And the fact that you want to get resolution for a resolved issue with administrative action shows that you need to calm down. - A Link to the Past (talk) 06:38, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

This matter does not require administrator intervention. -- Ned Scott 06:40, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

What should be done in this case? I didn't want you blocked, just an admin's second opinion. Lord Sesshomaru

Well here are my two cents, while I have seen the user acting uncivil and literally biting people on discussions, as well as being annoyed by having him posting fake 3RR warnings in my talk page when I only reveted potential vandalism three times without breaking the rule and was excluded of the rule by it being a vandalism revert, I don't think he deserves to get banned or blocked for a massive period of time, perhaps the sysop measures to be taken here can be somewhat lenient considering that he was acting out of inmaturity and not out of bad will. -凶 06:52, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Yeah. Link is out of line on a lot of that stuff, but everyone just needs to calm down. -- Ned Scott 06:57, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

The only way for anyone to interpret my edits as vandalism is to make a huge stretch in assuming bad faith. My edit summary contained the reason I made the edit, so how could it be interpreted as vandalism? Vandalism is intentional attempts to lower the quality of Wikipedia. By the fact that I explained my lowering the grade, it cannot be construed as vandalism. 3RR states that to edit war can be a violation of 3RR, with or without crossing that magic number. I did not violate 3RR, as I did not make four reversions - I made an equal number of reversions as you did. - A Link to the Past (talk) 07:18, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Two things and this is my last comment on the matter, you reverted to your version four times three times it was by me and one by Seshomaru, and second as was pointed to me by Seshomaru the edits could have been potentially malicious, now I am not really interested in pursuing further confrontation I sincerly hope you do the same. -凶 07:35, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

This is not an excuse, though - there is potential for it to be a malicious edit, but Wikipedia states that you cannot assume that it is without evidence. Also, you seem to be confused - you are counting all four edits as reversions. On the Dragon Ball article, I first demoted the article, and then three more edits from me were reversions. That is not a case of four revert, that's most definitely three. - A Link to the Past (talk) 07:46, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Originally I have no reason to chime in-- but do you know you should assume good faith first?--Samuel di Curtisi di Salvadori 14:33, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

I mistook. Sorry. --Samuel di Curtisi di Salvadori 14:36, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

I never did say that I wanted anyone banned, all I wanted was for the bantering and bickering to end for good on Link's part. It gets to a point where disruption turns to attacking and that needs to be prevented before worse comes to worse. I'm done with this — I will be watching Link anyways for any more annoying behaviour. I suggest you change Link, for the better. Lord Sesshomaru

Please follow the suggestions at WP:DR. This forum is for cases that require administrative intervention (deletions/blocks/page protections). ˉˉ^anetode╦╩ 17:57, 9 June 2007 (UTC)