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[edit] Interesting comment and question by you here

I noted your interesting comment and implicit question. I was going to try and leave this page alone but your comment was positive and I thought it deserved a follow up. Take care.--VS talk 04:30, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for having a look. I always think of myself as smarter than your average bear, but I can't figure that one out. Either it's serious, in which case I simply cannot follow the assertion that social engineering is malware spam, followed by what appears to be a diatribe invoking several wp-abbreviated (but not piped) policies which seem, at best, loosely connected to the original assertion. Or it's a joke, in which case, it's executed poorly, as the early paragraphs contain the complex humour, but they're perplexingly followed by serious policy discussion. I'm concerned by the creator's awarding of barnstars to loosely affiliated admins effectively congratulating himself on his essay. Problem for me is, I don't know where to take it from here. I'm sure that the article belongs in the bin. Whether the creator's judgement and poor behaviour (things such as mis-indents which have the effect of making it look as if self-paid compliments came from others) is subject to sanction remains to be seen. I won't rush to MfD, but I won't drag my feet either. MKoltnow 05:01, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
Yes I will be watching closely as well. You should feel free to contact me at any time to discuss.--VS talk 08:13, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

You may be watching but if not then here for further returns on this joke page.--VS talk 10:40, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Your comments

Thank you for your observations. The troll Internet I agree with you and other editors and will not add the statment again. Cheers, Igor Berger (talk) 00:59, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

  • This is an excellent synopsis of the situation concerning Igorberger and you receive my commendation for taking the time to try and present him with an overview of his problematic editing. I very much hope that he adjusts considerably as a result. Best wishes.--VS talk 03:16, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Erm, well synopsis may not be quite the right word. Tome, monograph, or long-winded diatribe may be more accurate. I appreciate your compliment, but I fear I failed the brevity test. MKoltnow 03:28, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Let me put it this way - I am 194cm - tall heh?, but not when I stand next to some of my basket-balling colleagues who are well over 200cm. Yours was a "synopsis" of great clarity when I look at the voluminous material that you were trying to incorporate. I also note that his return comment in another thread (lower on this page) still leaves me with much concern but I keep my fingers crossed. Cheers!--VS talk 03:52, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Can you help

Need help with an editor User:Maglev_Power He is removing the word Totalitarianism from many articles. here Regards, Igor Berger (talk) 01:41, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

I think this issue is being dealt with on his talk page pretty effectively. MKoltnow 01:46, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
Now you may understand why I may look out of place. I am a security analyst, so I deal with Spam, Malware, and vandals. Cheers, Igor Berger (talk) 02:53, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Help, please.

I just saw this and I have to say: If you really have that much patience, there's another user I'd appreciate it if you could speak to.

BigK HeX (talk · contribs). So far, he's been pretty much a single-purpose account, to push the conspiracy theory, "The Federal Reserve is secretly bankrupting America," on Monetary policy of the USA. ☯  Zenwhat (talk) 08:27, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Zen, I appreciate the offer. I don't know whether I am qualified to be a dispute resolution source. Something you might want to look into is that the section you've referred to in Igor's talk page is non-existent, because it was archived. If you meant to link to my comments there, you have inadvertently reopened a can of worms (see Igor's comment below and this). You might need to do a little housekeeping to clean that up. It's kind of you to ask, and I will have a look, but I suspect the process (AN/I and dispute resolution) will work in this case. MKoltnow 16:01, 4 February 2008 (UTC)
There was an edit blanked out in this here. So you better look at it carefully. Only sysop can blank out an edit. Igor Berger (talk) 08:32, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Hmm, I think I might have copied it from somewhere else, where it was also piped? I don't remember. In any case, I wasn't talking about the "Roughe Criminal Admin" section, whatever that was. I was talking about the "Concerns about your edit style." If you're really going to put that much effort into doing something like that, I figured you could be helpful.

So far, the user has already been getting on the nerves of the people at WP:ANI and they're still pushing for contentious edits on Monetary policy of the USA. [1] ☯  Zenwhat (talk) 23:58, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the compliment. I don't really have the time right now to get involved in that matter. MKoltnow 07:12, 5 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wednesday 13

I changed my mind about deleting the article and restored it, hence no salting. The user hadn't been blocked before; we'll see if he continues this when he comes back. Daniel Case (talk) 04:30, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

I probably got confused. In any case so far he's only created that one once (I think). Daniel Case (talk) 04:46, 13 February 2008 (UTC)


[edit] Please Help

Hi there, I'm completely new to creating and editing pages on Wikipedia and an entry that i have recently added for Octagon UK has been deleted. You left a comment on my disscusion page saying that you might be able to offer help as to why this has happened. I would just like to know what is so fundamentally different to the Octagon UK page that has been deleted and the "IMG" and "Weber Shandwick" pages that are still up? Also is there any way of retrieving the page or has all the information and lay out been lost? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

--S0504280 (talk) 11:54, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Have you seen this?

You might like to comment - I have linked to your previous assistance here--VS talk 23:09, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

I'm sorry that I was (practically) on a two-month wikibreak, because of travel and work. I am pleased that we can put this unpleasantness behind us, I assume, once and for all. Igor will never change. The continual second and third chances granted by senior editors who should have known better needed to end. Every time a discussion came up about his edits, someone else thought we were overreacting. It is scary how much some editors allowed themselves to be played by Igor, the editor with the ever-changing story, the editor with every excuse as to why his bad behaviour was not so bad. He even managed to get in a plug (23:22UTC 16April08) for his deleted humour essay on social engineering. Honestly, it was part of the reason for my wiki-break. I think a lot of us can get back to work now. MKoltnow 18:31, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
  • Hey there - you just popped up on my watchlist. Meant to say some time ago welcome back and yes things have been quieter although I put my hand up to co-nom an RfA and that has kept me busy - parry - thrust - over the past few days. Anyway trust you are well. Cheers.--VS talk 11:21, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Please help

Hi there,

I had a page deleted a while back now and was just wondering if there is any way of retrieving the page or has all the information and lay out been lost?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. --S0504280 (talk) —Preceding comment was added at 10:37, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Penticton?

Will I be seeing you in Penticton? Let me know, and we'll find a time to have a drink and catch up. Accounting4Taste:talk 20:22, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

I thought everyone already knew I was organising the Okanagan Wiki Meetup there. MKoltnow 19:17, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
Whoops, no, not at all. Well, that's all good too.. I attended the Vancouver one recently and it was fun swapping war stories <grin>. If there's details I should know about, you could e-mail them to me if it's not too much trouble. See you next week! Accounting4Taste:talk 19:58, 3 June 2008 (UTC)