User talk:Islander(Scandinavia)

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[edit] Amelia Earhart

There seems to be some sort of edit war going on on the Amelia Earhart article page (one editor is trying to force a "Saipan theory" into the text, while others disagree). As you wrote the Swedish article, perhaps you'd be interested in checking up on that one too? --MoRsE 05:55, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Well. I didn't actually write the article, I just participated in a brainstorm around it! I'll have alook upon what's going on, and will revert. Islander(Scandinavia) 00:51, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
Oh dear! I'd rather not stick my head into that beehive! Anyway, some admin seems to have the situation under control. Funny how every major catasrophy or disappearing person seems to attract all sorts of fiddle-deedee theories about conspiracy. Islander(Scandinavia) 01:24, 26 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wheel

Hi.

The wheel was excavated in Choghazanbil, near Susa, late 2nd Millenium BCE.

See here for details.

It does appear here, but youre right, they dont give any more info than what Ive already given you.--Zereshk (talk) 17:24, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Thank you very much. (Above was an answer to my question at Zereshk's talk pakge) I'm sorry, but I don't understand a word af Arabic, and as I said, the English pages don't open in Firefox -Islander(Scandinavia) (talk) 17:37, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Single Unified Login, or SUL (posted both here and at commons)

Hi Islander :).

I have a request that you’re probably not going to like, but I ask you to consider my message carefully and look at the relevant links I cite, as there’s a chance that in the near future you’ll be forced to do this anyway. It’s never nice for anyone to be forced into anything, so I’m contacting you now, in the hope that you’ll do this out of your own will .

You may or may not have heard of the Single Unified Login, or SUL, that is being implemented across the entire Wikimedia Foundation. In essence it means that all of one user’s accounts on each project are merged into one global account. This has two main advantages: single sign-up (you can log on to each project with the same username and password), and consistent identity (user ‘John Smith’ is the same person, whichever project you go to).

You can probably guess where this is leading. We are currently both using the same identity – I’m Islander on en.wp, meta, en.wikisource, en.wiktionary, en.wikiversity, and a number of others. You are Islander on commons, sv.wp, fr.wp, de.wp and a few others. With the SUL process now starting, we cannot continue using the same name – only one of us can be Islander.

I am afraid that I have already taken control of the global Islander account – this means that should you wish to sign up as Islander at any Wikimedia site where neither of us have signed up, you won’t be able to, as the name is now reserved for me. I have already migrated all accounts I own onto this global account – in other words, my accounts on en.wp, meta, en.wikisource etc. are now all the same. All that remains are the accounts you own.

In this situation, where two people own the same name, one has a priority over the name, as dictated here. In this case, I am afraid that it is me that has priority over the name ‘Islander’, for two reasons: firstly, though you are more active on commons than me, looking at all projects as a whole I am more active than you; secondly, I am an active sysop on en.wp, whereas you are not a sysop anywhere. For this reason, when it comes to accounts being moved out of the way of SUL migrations, your accounts would be moved for me, and not vice-versa. With this is mind, I would like to ask if you are willing to consider changing your name now, on commons and every other project you are active on, in order to avoid being told to do so later on. I know this sucks, and if I were in your position I’d be peeved, but there’s little choice.

If you do decide to change your name, you can choose any other name that is not currently in use, and a bureaucrat will move your account (and all your submissions) over to it, leaving ‘Islander’ free for my account migration. If you’re careful, and use this tool, you’ll be able to find a name not being used anywhere on the Wikimedia projects, and you’ll be able to unify all accounts preventing anyone else from taking that name.

I am really, really sorry to ask, but like I said, I feel it fairer to ask you now and give you the opportunity, rather than wait until you’re actually ousted from the name, as I have the senior claim over ‘Islander’.

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask, either here or on your commons talk page.

Thank you, TalkIslander 14:48, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

You're absolutely right in that respect that I'll be very upset. Apparently it's also your doings behind that I suddenly am unable to access my contribution lists in any wikipedia. I can't put any other name on that than what in business circles is called a hostile takeover. Neither can I see why you claim senior rights to the nick, since you came later to wp than I did. The only reason I haven't reserved the name for me globally, is that I had no way to know it is possible, or soon compulsory. (Since Ive been more busy writing articles than chatting this and that, From your discussion page I reckon you're more in the habit of making war with fellow editors) For more than two years I have daily edited at least something, and I have been in different conflicts here now and then, and it is always a situation where the motivation for going on working on improving articles is at stake, but so far I've always managed to reach some level of consensus. I have however never been robbed of my identity before. Being a sysop is, as I have understood it, mainly to maintain a kind of justice at wikipedia, but you are by this doing the opposite; I feel exactly like I did at school when I was bullied by the big guys. I see no reason to change my identity, so I won't. (unless forced to, but in that case I really won't feel welcome at wikipedia and will thus probably leave the whole institution). -Islander(Scandinavia) (talk) 23:56, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
Responded at your commons talk page, where we shall continue this discussion. TalkIslander 12:34, 3 June 2008 (UTC)