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[edit] Autogynephilia (re-redirect)

Umm, okay. As I noted in the comment "no opinion on correctness of chging from redirect". I thought it interesting that User:216.89.21.28 had changed it to a sort of semi-disambiguation page. I kind of liked that, but then wasn't really reading their text for stance/correctness, either. They'd messed up the link, however, and I was fixing that part of their edit.

I'd thought momentarily that I should message one or two of the interested parties that User:216.89.21.28 had made this change, but didn't. I am surprised that as I look now I don't see you in the last 50 edits of Autogynephilia. Oh (!!!), you were User:Smartgirl62. That explains your reference to the amount of work you'd done. However, please do remember WP:OWN applies even after so much work.

Oh, and if you want to leave a similar (nicer?) message on User talk:216.89.21.28 that might be good.

P.S. You might want to go 'unfix' User:Spinfreeframer's chg to the lead of BBL theory. They could have just typed in the word and gotten to the article via your redirect. We're all still learning - spread the knowledge.

Shenme 17:14, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Autogynephilia note vs. redirect (again)

Hi again. Another user changed/reverted the page back from the redirect to the "note then link" format. I've posted on their talk page and at the article's talk page asking for discussion first vs. simply changing to the note form.

I know you hoped this was settled. It is making me nervous that two new users recently popped up to make just this change. I'm hoping that a discussion can ensue rather than just people having to revert to the simpler 'normal' form of redirect. (No discussion means we end up having to revert to the redirect)

And I like the note plus link style, but as above I'm not willing to defend it just for liking it. (Do you know where I can find description of this idea? So far I've only found the rhetorical question "hang on ... I wanted to read about this. Why has the link taken me to that?" at WP:Redirect. (sigh - so much to learn)) Shenme 16:57, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

I've posted a question at the help desk. If they can understand the question, maybe we'll find out some guidelines. Shenme 17:27, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cite your sources

If you wish to add non-BBL information to the article on transsexual sexuality, by all means do so. The BBL article requires that any additions be sourced with a citation. Jokestress 23:05, 21 August 2006 (UTC) Yes maam. --Hfarmer 23:10, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Just making sure...

You do realize what your "type" would be in BBL's two-type taxonomy, right? Ask your penpals at the "transkids" site if you are one of them. Tell them your age, occupation/major, and age at which you had SRS. Mention your detransition, and current legal name and sex, too. I don't think you'll be happy with their answer. Jokestress 01:12, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

That's no test-- Karen_A hates everyone (especially me). ;) And I am very relaxed. The "transkids" movement is Kiira Triea. No actual people who would be defined as such are out as "homosexual transsexuals," so it's pretty hard to consider anything on that site credible or reliable. Further, Triea exhibits many hallmarks of AGP: computer nerd, belligerent troll, into chicks, wannabe rocker. She oughtta just join Lipstick Conspiracy and get it over with...
PS: Labor Day through September is one of my favorite times in Chicago, so go have fun between classes! Jokestress 02:58, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
Ha I thought so (about karen_A being rahter antisocial). But I have came across someone who fits the description of one of the transkids in another forum. One devoted solely to Generation x and Y transitioners. I dont know. I take things said on the internet as a whole as worth the weight of a flea anyway. Perhaps I will see you around town. :-) In particular if you are aroung UIC. --Hfarmer 03:14, 26 August 2006 (UTC)edited--Hfarmer 05:08, 26 August 2006 (UTC).

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[edit] Comments on my talk page

Let me address a couple of your points. I have added references to the passage you cited. Eventually the whole thing will be closely sourced, but there's only so much I (we) can do each day. If you have specific concerns about POV, please raise the issues on the talk page for the respective article.

Regarding your comment that "This all seems to be geared to massage the ego of a certain audience," I am not interested in massaging any egos, but I am interested in putting everything in perspective. Like you, I have arbitrary distinctions I make regarding matters of trans identity. I believe a lot of people who claim they are transsexual are not, according to my definition. I too resent being lumped in with certain sorts of gender identity and expression that I consider distinct. However, I am not going to assert my own rights and authenticity at their expense. I am also going to do my best to keep my views out of articles here and present only what others say, per policy.

Many things you write on TS-ism come off as an attack on the young. I even recall your website on which you sell your matterials once said something like (below a picture of a young TS woman) "Passing, passing, passing, then she speaks." This was, I recall, once on the page where you sell your voice course matterials. Such may have been truthful but why do that? Why cast aspersions on such a person in such a public way?

I'd need to see what you are talking about to respond to this accusation. This sounds like something you've misremembered. Your interpretation that my writing is an "attack on the young" seems to stem from your investment in a binary in which you identify with "classical transsexualism," even though much of your self-reported history belies such an identity. Taking race as an analogy, there are Black people who are heavily invested in a light-skinned/dark-skinned binary, but in the end, they are really just participating in their own oppression with such distinctions. Same with gay/straight, early/late, primary/secondary, etc. What I have found over the years is that stuff like BBL appeals to certain groups of people, the largest of which are late-transitioning wannabes who identify as transsexual but probably would not be considered as such by most clinicians or most people in the community, and people in their 20s like you who strongly assert they are "true" or "classical" transsexual people but probably would not be considered as such by most clinicians or most people in the community. I understand the impulse to distance yourself from late-transitioning people who were married, had kids, are veterans, had ultra-masculine jobs, go to "gender conventions," are unable to assimilate, etc. Though I feel bad about it, I have the same impulse, since none of those things happened to me, either. Like you, I transitioned in my late 20s and finished everything around the time you will. Like you, I bought into a lot of this categorization at your age. However, the categories you endorse are designed to subordinate, not describe. In time there will be a paradigm shift in all of this, and these categories will be exposed for what they are: arbitrary distinctions that reflect clinician bias.

As I said before, you are doing a lot of good work here. I assume good faith in all your edits, and I expect you to do the same on mine. This is a very controversial subject and one in which we both have a lot of personal investment. You are getting much better about citing reliable sources, and I believe all of the articles in which you have been involved are slowly improving. One nice thing about Wikipedia is that it eliminates the anonymous kooks who often ruin other attempts at discussion. I respect and admire your efforts to provide free information to others through this project. I have spent my adult life doing just that, which is why I enjoy editing here, too. I am learning from you as I edit and think of ways to explain some of these issues, and I hope you are finding it rewarding as well. I tend to be pretty no-nonsense here just to spend more time editing, but don't misinterpret my laconic style as anger. Some people have spent a lot of time trying to paint me as some kind of folk demon, but that's pretty far from the truth, so don't believe the hype.

I look forward to continued work on these articles with you. Jokestress 17:47, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the detailed reply on my talk page. It seems that both your religious views and your personality (as assessed by therapists) may contribute to your very demarcated binary thinking on trans-related identities and other matters. That's OK, of course. We all believe what we believe and experience the world from our own POV. I appreciate the time you took to explain some more of your background to me. As I said before, your work here is valuable and important. You asked why others don't get involved-- the oversimplified answer is that most people on the fringes making the loudest noises about this controversy have a difficult time cooperating with other people and reaching consensus. This kind of collaboration is far too frustrating for them. Some stop in for a while but quickly leave because they cannot play by the rules of civility required to contribute. One has to be of a certain mindset to keep cool while editing, especially when it requires working with people who hold different viewpoints. I'm glad you are able to stay positive and constructive, and look forward to more of your contributions. Jokestress 22:06, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Personal help

Thanks for your work here! As a Muslim transexual, I'm wondering if you could help out a transgendered Christian (me) with a personal issue regarding some of my interactions with Egyptian Muslims. I'd really appreciate it and haven't a clue who else to talk to. If you're willing, please email me at jbjjunk at gmail.com. It's pretty personal and not WP related, so I'd rather not discuss in "public." Salam alaikum --Ephilei 17:12, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image

I've expressed my concerns about that image at length. In summary: it is extremely tacky, and the use of the images is a blatant breach of copyright. If you want that article illustrated, the onus is on you to find a decent image that you can actually legally use. Rebecca 01:09, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Oh, spare me the threats. I'm afraid that you simply do not understand fair use provisions. You cannot, absolutely cannot, take any image you like and claim fair use on the basis that you want to use it and it is for a non-profit site - especially for eight images. You may be able to get away with one or two legally, but even that is against Wikipedia's fair use policy, which discourages the use of fair use images except where there is absolutely no free alternative, even if this means that the article stays imageless. (This is why fair use images of celebrities in articles are slowly being removed by order of Jimmy Wales.) You can threaten me all you like, but this doesn't change the fact that you still can't use this image.
You've also done absolutely nothing to counter my objections about the choice of images being tacky and the final product looking lousy and unprofessional. If you want to get a particular thing done on Wikipedia, you need to attain consensus to make that change. You do not get to do so by making threats if you do not get your way. Furthermore, actually trying to carry out said threats will end up in you being promptly (and indefinitely) community banned for disrupting the project, so save your time and energy and either a) try to resolve this, or b) if you cannot handle that, find something else to do with your time. Rebecca 02:28, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
Rebecca you are simply and unreasonable person using and abusing your position. You quite obviously do not want that article illustrated and simply will use your position to make sure that does not happen. Since you are going to be like that to hell with you. I will now go undreground. Vive la resistance! --Hfarmer 02:40, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
I have no objection to the article being illustrated, as long as you find a freely licensed image, and preferably one that isn't also tacky. I explained above both why you cannot use the existing montage both legally and in terms of Wikipedia policy. It isn't personal, and if you can find such an image, I'm unlikely to object to it being added. Please be aware, however, that if you do decide to become abusive and disrupt the project, then you and any other accounts will be very promptly permanently banned. Rebecca 02:47, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
Rebecca with no guideance and no suggestions for what would please you I cannot meet your demands. I would just be forever posting pictures and hoping that YOU like them. That is little more than a guessing game. What is tacky to one person looks good to others. So far you are the only person who finds that montage tacky. You also were the only one that found toe others sexual and creepy. Basically you are going by your emotional responses. I cannot reason with those. SO my emotional response since you are beyond fist reach is to simply get into a revert war with you. Since I am an expert in many fields and have contributed to many articles it would be the loss of the Wikipedia to frustrate me. People like you are the reason experts like me get frustrated with the wikipedia. --Hfarmer 04:22, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
You could start by getting a free use image, preferably one that is either in the public domain or licensed under the GFDL or a compatible license, or if worst comes to worst, one fair use image with a rock-solid usage claim. We can argue about aesthetics later. Please don't revert war with the current image, as for the reasons I've explained, we cannot use it on Wikipedia for copyright reasons, and it is likely to be deleted in the near future. Rebecca 04:31, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
OK how about I pick one single picture from one of the articles on a transsexual in the wikipedia? But then who. Which single picture would be representative of transsexualism? I have my own ideas. I would go with Buck Angel. That picture is already on the wikipedia and if it is ok to be used in his article then it sould be ok for the wikipedia. But am I willing to say that single image reflects all transsexuals? No not by a long shot. Or how about Miriam Rivera. Same problem. Many MtF TS's dont look remotely like her and many have not had any life expericnes like hers. How about Renee Richards, Same problem as with Miriam. I coudl go on like that.
My problem with what you say to this Rebeca is that there is no way one single picture any one single picture is ever going to represent transsexuals or transsexualism in a general way. It is too broad of a subject. It would take a gallery of pictures to achieve that. Which would not be very encyclopedic. Those are the very reasons why I think the pictue should be a montage.
Can you think of a better way to be fair to all the different angles of transsexualism? --Hfarmer 04:45, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
See, there's a couple of problems here. The first is that you can't make a legitimate fair use claim on the celebrity pictures; while we could probably make a legal fair use claim for the celebrity pictures in the articles on said celebrities, even that is now discouraged by Wikipedia policy, in the interests of promoting free-use images. If you want to talk about a montage, then you'll first need to get your hands on some free-use images, none of which existed in the current montage. Once you've done that, we can then talk about aesthetics. Rebecca 04:57, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
Rebecca is right, in this instance. See Wikipedia:Fair use. Images licensed under fair use can be used to illustrate the subject in question when there is no free alternative. However, that license does not extend to use elsewhere and that includes being used in a montage like this. If they're GFDL or PD images or even Creative Commons, then well and good. But with this montage, this is not the case. Ultimately, that can lead to the image being speedy-deleted due to licensing issues. Free images, but not Fair Use ones - Alison✍ 05:18, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Well you know what. Since it seems everybody is willing to be a critic and not offer up this one free image that will represent all transsexuals in the world I give up. I cannot think of any other way to do this which would make sense at all. --Hfarmer 11:23, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

What about your self portrait? Anomo 17:32, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] That image :-b

Answered on my talk page - Alison✍ 05:02, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Draft of transsexualism

The sources are not the strongest. I would recommend using published sources rather than web links. I do like the female-to-male aspect getting good coverage, but it seems your time would be better spent adding to the existing article versus starting a new one from scratch. Jokestress 19:39, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Miriam

I corresponded with Allanah and spoke directly by phone with Nikki (the original poster) yesterday. Awaiting independent confirmation by press/police. In the meantime, we can't put it in the article until there is a reliable source. Jokestress 20:29, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia requires sourced information for many important reasons. For instance, last week someone doing what you are doing added unsourced information that the actor Sinbad had died. If they had cited a source per policy, that would not have happened. This is a very clear policy, and this article needs to adhere to that. Jokestress 18:12, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
Though I spoke with Nicole, nothing has been confirmed independently. No police report, no press coverage, no independent confirmation. I personally put her in touch with numerous New York resources by contacting them myself (AVP, NYAGRA, SRLP), but no one has been able to confirm any of it independently so any public announcement can be made. Nicole has been made aware of ways to get this story confirmed independently. I have done all I can from the west coast, but it's up to Nicole to follow through. I can't say whether it's true or false based on the information I have.
Now, as far as Wikipedia. That requires an even higher level of confirmation. The rules are very simple and clear. Unsourced photos get removed because of copyright problems. This has been explained to you many times above. And I still don't think you understand how Wikipedia works. The policies are not flexible. No information is better than wrong information, so if you do not have a published source for something, it should not be in the article. For instance, there were unsourced claims about her old name, yet she has stated in sourced articles that she refuses to reveal her old name. That kind of unsourced material had to go. If you have other articles like the Swain piece, that is excellent. We can cite those and add any new information. Otherwise, the article needs to reflect only sourced information per the policies I have already mentioned. If nothing else is ever written about her, we can only go with what we have. Those rules are all in place for very important reasons. Guessing about her age, old name, etc. undermine the entire project. We can only share what has already been published. If she writes a book, we can use it. If she does an interview, we can use it. Otherwise, it is likely in violation of Wikipedia policies. I hope this is clear, and if you have questions or concerns about the implementation of the policies, I can get some other editors involved. Thanks for your work on this, and let me know if you have any other published articles. Jokestress 21:00, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Preresponse to the roughly 26 random administrators I have contacted.

If you are bothering to read this then I thank you for having clicked. I called on you all at random because by that means I can be sure that you are 100% neutral with respect to the subject matter at hand. I asked as many of you as I did because I needed to be sure that at least some of you would not be replused by the choices of the people involved. The subject of the biographical article in question is a transsexual and it is not a state secret that basically everyone involved in this dispute is a transsexual. If that offends you then please just leave us be. We are all well aware of the problems that some people have with us. That said all I ask is that you visit the talk page of the article Miriam Rivera. Take in the whole situation in particular the history of the article and the links and photos that were attached to it. --Hfarmer 03:58, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

  • Okaaay. You seem to be suggesting that I'm transsexual. Is this correct? What on earth would this have to do with my now four comments on the talk page??? - Alison☺ 04:13, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

As far as I am concerned nothing. However the other administrators I am asking about this (at random to ensure neutrality) may potentailly have a problem with it. Also it raisses a potential conflcit of interest on the part of well you, longhair, jokestress, and perhaps myself. --Hfarmer 04:16, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

  • I'm fine with that. If other admins are now involved, my job is done. See my comment on the talk page. However, I kinda recommend you slow down petitioning so many admins. It kinda looks spammy. Just let a few of them get here and begin mediating - Alison☺ 04:22, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Fine you and longhair both are clearly not neutral actors anyway. You have acted to gut what was once a pretty darn good article about a person who is typical of a segment of the population that does not get much coverage anywhere. Do you realize that I once had to use this page to convince a a thread worth of people on a message board that Miriam was real and that people like her actually exist (and are not just created with photoshop).  :-? Come on. --Hfarmer 04:26, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

  • I have not "gutted" that article, considering I have never once edited it, nor commented on your pics (currently under licensing review). Nothing to do with me. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not your personal soapbox. Please step back for a minute and consider what you're doing and saying here. Frankly, you're overreacting. Ok - I'm done - Alison☺ 04:32, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

You just agree with it's gutting and refuse to consider the new sources I found. Our conversation was in short.. Ok the old sources were not good enough they were a blog or whatever. here are more sources that are not blogs they are entertainment trade websites (such as IMDB), or her personal website (an archive thereof valid for a persons bio), or refrences to a reality TV show she was in (that can be checked by anyone via you tube...though there could be copyright problems with that.. I know of no other way to source that to something anyone could look up and check as of now). Basically you could not be reasoned with. Gave the impression that anything but a newspaper article (or other mainstreams source) would be considered unreliable.--Hfarmer 04:40, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

I would also like to add that I do not expect any of you to "resolve" this conflict. All I seek is a truly neutral opinioin. I am taking this action before pressing for more drastic measures. --Hfarmer 04:21, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

  •  ??? What could be more drastic than requesting full protection [1] and petitioning 26 admins?? - Alison☺ 04:23, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
  • You should probably also retract the comment that I am edit warring, considering that I've ... ummm .... never edited the article in question? - Alison☺ 04:25, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Asking for arbitration would be more severe. Your role in the edit war has been to give cover to deletion of content that I have tried my best, and succeded in resorucing to reliable webpages i.e. webpages that deal with the trades that Miriam is in or was is, Vogueing, Modeling, and a specifi niche market of entertainment. Just because words that you may find objectionable like "shemale" or t-girl appear does not make them invalid sources. --Hfarmer 04:30, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Re: Help Resolving a conflict

WP:RFC is likely to be helpful here, as is WP:MEDCAB and WP:MEDCOM. Kirill Lokshin 04:06, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

  • (Same request, I think, so responding here also) I cannot see in what way the three editors have acted in any way differently or any more or less fairly as regards the article, and while I will investigate more closely tomorrow and in the next few days, do not believe it is likely that anything untoward is going on. Thank you for asking, however, Hfarmer. Schissel | Sound the Note! 05:44, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

(edit conflict) Have all of the individuals involved in this 'edit war' read Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons? I ask only because there are some rather specific guidelines on how to deal with bios on living persons. Normally I don't do a lot of bio articles, so I'm not an expert in this area. I'm assuming that the image deletions are not an issue. I'll try watching the article for a while and see what happens. I will note, that the first thing I did was to read the article. In my personal opinion, the article, as it is written, needs a good rewrite to pull it together better. Vegaswikian 05:47, 23 March 2007 (UTC)


Hello Hfarmer, I hope I can be of some help since you requested it and I apologize for this long post and reiterating what you may have heard several times already. This seems like a very complicated debate but after stitching together several talk page edits on Talk:Miriam Rivera, personal exchanges between all the users and yourself, and browsing through the edit history of Miriam Rivera draws some conclusions. The biggest issue is the stern policies set forth relating to biographies of a living person. It is my firm belief that you, Alison, Jokestress, and Longhair are all remaining neutral on the matter. Alison argues a valid point that WP:BLP is rarely an area where IAR can step in. Biographical articles on Wikipedia are often liable to the scrutiny of their lack of verifiability and their reliance on problematic and inaccurate sources.

In this case however, there is a lack of the necessary published sources to provide better links to the info presented in the article. What you have found may be the only strong source of info to rely on. It has been the fault of the journalism entities and the media for not covering her life or gaining the details as accurately as they should. This forces information sources like Wikipedia to turn to the alternatives which you have found or avoid them all together. In the end, the latter is chosen and Wikipedia does not risk using an unpublished source even if it is the last source. Better to have an article with not enough information than an article with too much incorrect information. I commend your effort to find neutral stances on this issue but there are a few things which I believe you could have done better.

Your intention to avoid more serious measures were very noble but if you are convinced that this issue is serious enough to petition 10+ admins then more public forums are the smarter option. Chances are 10+ would answer to such a petition on places like WP:RFC, WP:AN/I, and WP:MEDCAB/WP:MEDCOM. Also, claiming that Alison or the others did not remain neutral on the matter seems a tad too far. They were merely firm on their position on the strength of the section referring to reliable sources on the BLP page (WP:BLP#Reliable sources) and the section referring to using the subject as a source (WP:BLP#Using the subject as a source); just as you are firm on your position that her personal website could possibly be one of the most best likely alternatives to use as a source. It does not exactly help this debate that you would refer to Alison as "out of [her] league...out of [her] area of experience." At the moment all the editors/people involved in this discussion are in the same boat. No matter what walk-of-life any of you are coming from, none are in any area of experience to determine what sources/information is verifiable and what is not. It also did not help that Alison claimed you to be soapboxing, which would be an error on her part. In the end, I do not think any of you did anything drastically wrong. You are all basically frustrated that accurate information is hard to obtain on the subject of this article at the moment.

I really wish you all the best in the future of editing/discussing how to improve the Miriam Rivera article. Hopefully the issue will not have to go to far in the dispute resolution process.¤~Persian Poet Gal (talk) 18:56, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Hey Hfarmer, and I'm sorry I haven't responded to your query until now, but I have been away from Wikipedia for a few weeks, and have just recently returned. It looks like you are on the right path to resolution in this conflict. Sorry I couldn't be of help, but I hope what Persian Poet Gal said has helped you. I'm not sure how I can help at this stage, but if you do think of something, please leave me a note at my talk page, and I'll see what I can do. Good luck, and have a great day! If you have any questions, please contact me at my talk page. Ian Manka 03:55, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] IQ

umm, 148??? 206.248.168.241 02:00, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Based on the numbers I have gotten from various IQ test. The highest was 165 (administered in 6th grade) the lowest was about 130(online test). I know that one looks like flagrant bragging but it is accurate. I mean... Look at all my interest and academic pursuits. --Hfarmer 02:34, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Miriam article

OK, I believe this is about as good as we can get it until we have more reliable sources avalable. Sorry the images and a lot of info had to go, but so much of it was improperly sourced. Perhaps down the road you can get some permissions for images. Let me know if you find a reliable source regarding the recent attack reports, and I will watch as well.

My main reason for sending a final note on this was your recent comment, "To be honest it seems as if Jokestress has problems with using hungangels as a source." That is absolutely correct. It's been widely established on Wikipedia that sex and porn sites (all of them, even big ones like Luke Ford, not just trans ones) are not reliable sources. They are in the business of selling fantasy. Further, even Allanah, owner of HA, will tell you that the version of Miriam's life out there is full of misinformation and lies, to the point it makes Allanah laugh. I have known many people who do this kind of work, and it's not uncommon for them to make up all kinds of things, especially when they want money or attention. And I know that you have strong feelings for Miriam, but people I know who know her personally say she has a very shady reputation. It appears most of that is getting censored off the HA site, which is their right, but it doesn't give the full story. I have no problem with porn and sex work and know people involved in both, but as far as Wikipedia is concerned, sex and porn sites are just not reliable biographical information.

I know this process has been frustrating for you, but on these kinds of articles, this has to be done. They tend to be worked on by people who have an erotic fixation on the article's subject, which makes it difficult for them to be objective about content. They become more like fan pages than encyclopedia articles. As I said, if you want to set up an offsite worship page about her, like the old miriamssecret.com fan page, you can add anything you want there. I appreciate your questioning every change I made, since that process always leads to carefully sourced Wikipedia articles. Jokestress 17:22, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

You continually assert on Wikipedia that you have more street cred than other editors here regarding trans stuff, but many editors here are very well-versed on community matters. I was involved in all this when you were still in middle school. I was playing pool at El Gato (which was around the corner from my place) since the days they still frisked you at the door. I was going to Berlin when it was just a long narrow bar and then had a board game themed decor. Let's not play the name drop game. People here are not as clueless as you seem to think, and you don't have the market cornered any specific aspect of the community (nor do I). If you don't see why many inside and outside the community have a problem with Miriam's reality show, maybe you should step back and think about why for a second. Her appearances undermined the efforts of a lot of hard-working activists.
Now, regarding your other comment- Wikipedia is not the place to right great injustices. Wikipedia is not a soapbox, as mentioned a whole bunch of times. If you feel Izza Lopez warrants an article, then write it using reliable published sources. Plenty of important trans people have no Wikipedia articles, including far more important legal cases than the Stanton case (like Karen Ulane). If anything, trans porn stars and entertainers and contemporary incidents are overrepresented in Wikipedia, when people like Kim Iwamoto, Professor Marie-Pier Ysser and Sally Mursi don't have articles. I focus on entertainment and media articles myself because that's my field, and wherever possible I do work to counter systemic bias in Wikipedia. I encourage you to do the same, and if you ever want me to look something over, let me know. Nobody here is out to sabotage you or the articles you work on, but they need to align with policy. Rather than accusing other editors of this or that, you will find it far more enjoyable and productive to work starting from a place of respect, rather than the appeal to authority tack you often take. You have a lot to offer the project, and I hope our work together on this article has clarified why Wikipedia has certain policies. It's nothing personal, and taking it as such is just going to stress you out. Jokestress 19:11, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

My advice is not to start a personal "feud" in this case. In your place, I would politely ask Joketress to clarify what she means exactly by what she said (I would focus on the particular words as you did in my talk page), and I would underscore to her what WP policies say: "Comments should not be personalized and should be directed at content and actions rather than people." Nevertheless, reading her comments, I don't think that she has an offensive tone and I do not discern a clear intention to offend you; hence, I do not think that what she says qualifies as PA; she neither revealed any personal information about you. Her comment, however, could be regarded as disparaging depending on how one explains her words. I repeat that the easiest thing is to ask for clarifications, to underscore that you took her comment as disparaging, and to tell her that, even without our intention, sometimes we tell things that annoy others. And that sometimes an apology works even if we still believe that we did nothing wrong.
I believe that until now there is no room or ground in this (often intense indeed) dialogue between the two of you for administrative action. Nevertheless, If you disagree with me, you can post a comment in WP:ANI, exposing your arguments. You can also read carefully WP:RfC and the alternitives it offers, as well as WP:TINMC, where informal mediations are offered. In any case, you should both of you have in mind what I said above: try to focus on the article and not on the editors of the article! Cheers!--Yannismarou 13:43, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Hmm, apparently you have chosen to ignore the sage advice imparted by Yannismarou above. Activists had no problem with Nadia, but had huge problems with Miriam, as cited in the article. Nadia and Miriam had opposite effects. You can read the PFC complaints about TSAM and coverage, and their praise for Big Brother if you don't believe me. Most activists believe the GRA passed in spite of TSAM, not because of it. If you have citations to claim that people thought TSAM helped GRA pass or improved public perceptions, feel free to add them to the article.
If you wish to discuss Wikipedia article content, citations, and other Wikipedia-specific stuff, I will respond, but I am no longer going to respond to your attempts to feud with me about trans politics. Your idiosyncratic worldview and debating style make this back-and-forth a huge waste of my time. I'm here to improve Wikipedia, not have usenet-style arguments with you. I hope you can focus your energies on the project from here out. Jokestress 01:27, 4 April 2007 (UTC)
  1. That's not from PFC.
  2. That doesn't appear to be a reliable published source.
Please make future comments on the appropriate article talk pages so others can respond. Jokestress 02:43, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lake Stymphalus

Hi I created an article about a lake in Greece called Lake Stymphalus. Would you mind looking at it and cleaning it or editing it? Here's the link to the article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Stymphalus. Thanks! Neptunekh 18:45, 3 April 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Egyptain Jasper and Greek Agate

Hi! I created too small articles called Egyptian Jasper and Greek Agate. Here are the links to those page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_agate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_jasper Would you mind looking at them and cleaning or editing them. Thanks!

[edit] Andalusia

Arabic is not an official language. The presence of a significant North African migrant community does not change this fact (and Bosnian Muslims do not speak Arabic but Serbo-Croat as native language, by the way). Regards, --Asteriontalk 17:41, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] LGBT

Hey dude! I just wanted to say that I'm a straight man and I totally support the LGBT movement.
Keep going! Northern 18:02, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] re: Too essayish

Here's my reasoning as to why the current version of Mukhannathun is too essayish. Maybe the "essay" tag was not the best choice, as I know it's not a personal reflection. My point was that it reads more like a school paper or such than like a Wikipedia article. Especially in the "Gender/Sexuality" section, there are large block quotes and rhetorical questions. The style just needs to be altered a bit, that's all. Thanks for your contributions to expanding the article, by the way. --Alynna 20:00, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] BBL Controversey

Hi there. I deleted the article above and moved it to BBL controversy as the spelling was incorrect and WP:MOS says to watch for capitalisation. I fixed the broken links already and will copyedit it for you in a little while. Just letting you know! - Alison ☺ 22:26, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

  • Cleaned up a bit. There may be POV issues with it, as it seems a little unbalanced. There may also be questions re. WP:OR, but to be honest, I'm not familiar enough with the niche psychology of this subject to determine. I know who JMB is, all right! - Alison ☺ 22:33, 25 June 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Greek Agate

Ok I created and rewrote the Greek Agate article. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_agate Can you please look at it and edit it? I change alot of the words. Thanks! Neptunekh 21:43, 26 July 2007 (UTC)


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[edit] Autogynephilia

Hfarmer, your recent revert-the-anon action in autogynephilia took out rather more than just the anon's edits. For example, we're back to an inaccurate quote of Wyndzen's complaints, a broken link in a ref, and no mention of the fact that Dreger works at the same university as Bailey. Would you like to take a crack at repairing the problems you inadvertantly reintroduced? WhatamIdoing (talk) 06:28, 31 December 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Transman1.jpg

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[edit] Images listed for deletion

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Thank you. Jokestress (talk) 15:07, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Homosexual transsexual talk page

I've redacted some of your comments to remove what I view as baiting language and disclosing information about another editor. If someone chooses to self-disclose elsewhere that is their business and we should extend all users that same respect. If they cross a line we need to remain civil and deal with it appropriately. Benjiboi 17:06, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Jokestress talk comment

I found this to be quite problematic. If intended as humor please note that many may not get the joke. If intended as something else please consider that wikipedia's WP:CIVILity policies are pretty clear and we all need to work at staying cool even when we disagree. Benjiboi 17:20, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Informing myself that I want something delted

[edit] Image:Iamnota45yearoldinvestmentbankernamedjamesmeadoraninternetfaker.jpg listed for deletion

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[edit] Image deleted

Hfarmer, I really don't need to tell you what's wrong with the name of this image nor this one , now both deleted. This is nothing less than a blatant personal attack on another editor. Please don't do that again. I've already deleted it - Alison ❤ 18:33, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image

Hfarmer, would you consider doing a favor for me? I haven't figured out how to upload images, and I'd like Image:Solar_tea_kettle.JPG to be cropped. It's a simple crop, just to lose the empty foreground, and maybe a similar amount of the empty space on the right. The image is linked at solar cooker, and as you can see, the actual relevant bit (the tea kettle on the solar cooker) is off on one side and isn't very prominent. There's no rush, and if you don't want to deal with it, that's fine -- I just thought I'd ask because you were the one editor that I knew could do this! Thanks, WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:32, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Hello! Sorry to hear that you haven't been feeling well. Yes, I'd still like the image cropped, if it's not difficult, but there's no rush. If it doesn't happen this month, then there's always next month. :-) I just thought if the picture centered on the solar device, instead of the (pots of beans?), then it might be better for the article. Thanks, WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:04, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Malformed GA pass

I've noticed that you have not finished the correct procedure to pass Orion (spacecraft). I'd be happy to complete it for you... -MBK004 23:12, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Sure, I'll help you fix any problems, and also remember to use {{ArticleHistory}} since it is already established on the talk page of the particular article. -MBK004 23:16, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
I've noticed a few things that were not completed correctly, and in the interests of expediting the fix since the article is listed on WP:GA, I have implemented them, sorry if you were still reading the procedures. They are (for future reference): updating the GA count template, and implementing the article history template notation. I apologize for going ahead and doing this since this was your first GA review, but as I have stated, I did this in the interests of keeping the GA's talk page up to specs with regards to others so there isn't the chance for a bold delist. -MBK004 01:23, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hey Cutie

Hi im a man in illinois i just wanted to tell you you look pretty in your picture and i hope we can get in touch sometime —Preceding unsigned comment added by Laughingman78 (talk • contribs) 22:33, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps. --Hfarmer (talk) 14:39, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] GA review

Hi I have reviewed your article. You might wise to see the relevant talk page. Yours Realist2 (talk) 04:27, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

You might like to visit the relevant talk page again. Best of luck. Realist2 (talk) 16:26, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

Not a problem its a very good article, if you pass through me you know its good. :-) Realist2 (talk) 16:34, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

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