User talk:Tariqabjotu
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[edit] Request for inputHello Tariqabjotu, I've protected Causes of the 1948 Palestinian exodus some time ago to allow an undisturbed discussion at the case you mediate. The mediation and consensus building has made good progress but without a final conclusion. User:Screen stalker asked me to unprotect the page, but I don't want to do it prematurely what could worsen the situation. Do you think an unprotection should be tried now or is it better to wait some more days? --Oxymoron83 18:46, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Crank That (Soulja Boy) vandalsHi Tariqabjotu, on January 10 you blocked the 91.108.192.0/18 range for 2 weeks, but if you look at the recent history of that page, the same vandalism is returning. When you applied the block, there wasn't any of the same vandalism for 2 weeks, which suggests the range block worked. Perhaps you can extend the block? If not, I can file a report at WP:RFCU/IP. Spellcast (talk) 20:07, 19 January 2008 (UTC) [edit] Disputed images and Wikipedia:No original researchHi Tariqabjutu, I've proposed an amendment to Wikipedia:No original research that would strengthen (or more accurately, reiterate) the requirement of editors to reliably source interpretations of images in articles. This would particularly apply to depictions of allegorical or symbolic artworks or artifacts, where the meaning was not immediately clear or was subject to differing interpretations. You can see the text of the proposed amendment at Wikipedia talk:No original research#Interpretation of images - please feel free to leave comments. Another editor involved in the discussion has suggested providing an example of "an actual ongoing dispute to illustrate the problem". I believe you're active in editing or monitoring articles in controversial subject areas, and I was wondering if you were aware of any such ongoing or recent disputes. It would specifically have to concern something like an illustration of unclear meaning, which editors were disputing what it represented, maybe because of a lack of reliable sourcing about the image itself or about its interpretation. If you've come across anything like this scenario, could you please chip in at Wikipedia talk:No original research#Interpretation of images? -- ChrisO (talk) 22:43, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Heath LedgerFYI, there was a "serious issue". There was so much traffic that vandalism was going un-fixed due to edit conflicts. As the protecting admin I sure would have appreciated you consulting me before changing it back to semi-protection or at LEAST giving me a heads-up about it. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 22:36, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
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You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot (talk) 00:42, 24 January 2008 (UTC) [edit] 2008 Gaza crisisSalam Tariq, I think this article deserves to be put in "in the news".--Seyyed(t-c) 18:36, 24 January 2008 (UTC) [edit] Elonka - PHGI have requested arbitration of this dispute. Your name was mentioned in passing, though you are not a named party. This notice is provided in case you would like to comment. Jehochman Talk 15:24, 26 January 2008 (UTC) [edit] Mediation rejectionIt's very strange, the editor that disagreed with mediation later added additional items to be mediated. What do you recommend now that the request has been rejected? Dreadstar † 05:08, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
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You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot (talk) 04:25, 31 January 2008 (UTC) [edit] LucyintheskywithdadaThanks for the notice Tariq. I didn't exactly suspect Lucy of being a sock--she openly admits [1] that she is the same person as User:Lwachowski. She admits it elsewhere, too, and she won't deny it if you ask her. User:Lwachowski was "indefinitely blocked", not "banned", as Neal thought. Things have become extremely confrontational. This is an unusual situation, which I have tried to describe at User_talk:Dreadstar#Spiritualism. In my opinion, Neal was absolutely right to remove the template from unrelated articles, and I'm sorry that he was blocked. And by the way, I'm astounded that you could be enduring a freshman year at MIT and still have time to be an admin on WP! --Anthon.Eff (talk) 20:48, 31 January 2008 (UTC) [edit] SpiritualismHi, I'd like to edit the Spiritualism and related articles like Spiritualism (beliefs) that you recently protected. Since any disruption has been blocked, could you unprotect at least till Nealparr and the other are able to edit, so I can do my thing? Thanks. ——Martinphi ☎ Ψ Φ—— 02:22, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] FLAGFair call, I was tweaking it as you were typing, but let's leave it at one bold for now, as it is just a sentence. --Stephen 03:06, 1 February 2008 (UTC) [edit] Nealparr and LucyintheskyHi Tariq - I left a comment on WP:AN/I re: blocks of User:Nealparr and User:Lucyintheskywithdada. I certainly think Neal was participating in an edit war and the block was reasonable, but my 2 cents would be to unblock him and commute the block to time served - based on his otherwise very solid history of constructive editing, and possibly considering the checkered history of his "opponent", who has since been indef-blocked by JzG. I think Neal has hopefully learned something from this, which appears to be an isolated incident in an otherwise laudable Wikipedia career, and I'd lean toward clemency. Just my 2 cents - while I'd probably have handled it differently, I think your block was certainly reasonable and within policy, so I'll leave it up to you what to do. MastCell Talk 19:30, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Out of the hothouse ...Tariq I have a problem I want to ask your advice on. Obviously having just come out of the hothouse, I have to be cautious. However, even your self picked up on it and commented in public. As yet I have not yet clarified exactly what Athon.Eff's real issue is but I am attempting to build bridges. Anthon nominated for deletion a template I made [2]. The nomination failed. He has since gone about deleting from every page I placed it on without any proper dicussion of policy of placement or suggestions of refinement, see; [3]. I even made refinements myself to avoid conflict. If you study the reversions on the pages, you will see firstly the template was mass deleted by Anthon.Eff (who I think edits from the point of view of an orthodox Modern American Spiritualist), then Nealparr (who I understand to come from a Materialist/paranormalist point of view), and then again Athon.Eff with repeated pointed criticisms. I and others have found his attitude condescending [4] and it is hard not to take offence at others who go about making entirely false criticism about one to advantage their position, even after they have had situations explained to them with diffs. I believe that there is a strong personal or emotional motivation as another use moved the topic just after anthon nominated it for GA. I am presume, again, that there is some influence of adherence to the faith as per the BKWSU page I edits. But, equally, it is impossible not to stand by the citations I have provided. I flag up an equally bad faith total reversion of all the references I contributed to the page. I am returing to edit. I am coming back to you first with all this for advice. I can be no more humble. I have never been indefinitely banned as he states to others. I have no outstanding blocks. I do not operate sockpuppets. If you want a specific explanation with diffs I can offer one and have posted summaries elsewhere recently. The duress on the BKWSU page happened under the influence of a then indefinitely banned user IPSOS and his socks, e.g. GlassFET etc ... and the active single topic account of the organizations own internet pr guy. Since they have left, the page haas returned to a normal level of stability. If you have any direct comments to make, I am entirely open to hear them but, please give me the benefit of being able to reason not be talked down to like "a 13 year old child with a computer" (to quote the link above). Thank you. --Lucyintheskywithdada (talk) 19:53, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] BleepIs there any way to get going on Bleep mediation? The user who didn't want to mediate seems to have abandoned the issue -judging by his lack of edits there recently-, and recently put this header on his userpage. Anyway, I'm tired of waiting. ——Martinphi ☎ Ψ Φ—— 01:00, 4 February 2008 (UTC) [edit] What do you wanna bet?——Martinphi ☎ Ψ Φ—— 03:55, 4 February 2008 (UTC) [edit] Disruption from Times et al.There's not point in blocking new accounts or IPs that'll just leave of their own accord anyways. All we can do here is let this blow over on its own. In addition, the Times story is somewhat favourable to us, but if we act harshly, we're likely to generate a lot of negative press. Meatpuppets isn't the right word - we're just dealing with clueless newbies - educating them on our practices is frustrating, but there's no reason to be dickish. WilyD 17:56, 5 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Franco-Mongol allianceAn Arbitration case in which you commented has been opened, and is located here. Please add any evidence you may wish the Arbitrators to consider to the evidence sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Franco-Mongol alliance/Evidence. Please submit your evidence within one week, if possible. You may also contribute to the case on the workshop sub-page, Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Franco-Mongol alliance/Workshop. On behalf of the Arbitration Committee, — Rlevse • Talk • 22:12, 5 February 2008 (UTC), note User:Thatcher is the clerk, not me, I'm just opening for him. — Rlevse • Talk • 22:12, 5 February 2008 (UTC) [edit] Signpost updated for February 4th, 2008.
You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot (talk) 08:47, 6 February 2008 (UTC) [edit] Wikipedia:Requests for checkuser/Case/EssjayHi, I'm pretty sure you forgot about that one, but I was bored and looking at some old RFCU cases and I saw that that one was never listed. I don't really know what to do with it to be honest (archive it, yes, but where ^^). Do you have any strong feelings about me simply deleting it? -- lucasbfr talk 17:36, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Mediation and ArbComTariq, I see that PHG wants to list certain of our conversations from mediation, in the ArbCom evidence. I know that this is generally considered bad form, but I wanted to suggest a solution. Even though all communications in mediation are supposed to be privileged, I would be willing to waive this right and allow the mediation discussion to be public, if both you and PHG agree. However, this would mean not only that PHG could diff things, but that I would be able to do so as well. My first reaction is to not do this, and to continue avoiding any mention of what happened in mediation. But, if everyone is okay on opening things up, I would be willing to lay it out on the table for all to see. Let me know what you think, --Elonka 18:38, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] POVFORKHi Tariq. I discovered Israeli Occupation Forces earlier today, and redirected it to Israel Defense Forces#Criticism (and merged some of the text to this article) as I see it as a WP:POVFORK. However, I have no doubt that this will be undone and conflict would escalate. As one of the few neutral admins working on the project, I thought I'd seek your views on protecting the redirect before it's too late. Cheers, пﮟოьεԻ 57 23:15, 7 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Working Group loginHi Tariqabjotu, just letting you know I've sent an email (via the English Wikipedia email function) to you with details about your Working Group wiki login details. Be sure to change your password once you log in, for security reasons! If there's any problems with the login (passwords, username not working, or anything), fire me an email and I'll try and sort them out for you. Looking forward to working with you as a fellow group member! Cheers, Daniel (talk) 03:59, 8 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Interesting edit summary comments by BakasuprmanHere are some interesting comments made by Bakasuprman in his previous edit summaries: [8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]. This individual has something against folks who do not belong to the same faith as this user which was also the case with the recent 3RR this person committed. Further, the admin who let him of the hook makes me feel that he also favors editors of the same interests. Wiki Raja (talk) Oh yeah, BTW, the admin Nishkid64 who blocked me stated that I did not engage in dialog on the page I was reverting. However, I did here. But wait a minute, something odd has occurred. That edit does not show in the history section [here. Something fishy is going on. Wiki Raja (talk) 04:46, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
03:10, 24 January 2008 (UTC): 06:18, 24 January 2008 (UTC): —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wiki Raja (talk • contribs) 05:44, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] CanadaHello Tariqabjotu, I was just about to request protection of that article. Hopefully, Valentine's Day will have an effect on the warriors. GoodDay (talk) 21:09, 10 February 2008 (UTC) [edit] Working groupHi Tariqabjotu, I haven't seen you yet over at the new working group ([19]). Would be great if we could get the whole team together soon so we can get seriously active. See you around, Fut.Perf. ☼ 22:02, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Sourcing Issue on IsraelHi, I normally don't get into this stuff too much, but there are serious problems with the sourcing. First up, the source has changed. Note #17 used to point to the wiki article about the index, not the economist paper itself, and I made my edit based on the first source. Nevertheless, my point stands. The source makes it abundantly clear that any country in the top 3 categories is considered a democracy. Meanwhile, the wiki article states that Israel's status as a "liberal democracy has been contested". The article never questions or contests this, mentioning the phrase "liberal democracy" only twice and never in relation to any country or to a ranking in the list. In other words, the source never says that its "flawed democracies" cannot also be legitimate "liberal democracies". The source does nothing to support the statement in the article. Schrodingers Mongoose (talk) 04:31, 13 February 2008 (UTC) [edit] Signpost updated for February 11th, 2008.
You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot (talk) 14:03, 14 February 2008 (UTC) [edit] MediationHi Tariq. I just notified Elonka that I gladly agree to her proposal to open up the content of the Mediation about the Franco-Mongol alliance. Best regards. PHG (talk) 15:43, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] WP:AN/3You said that User:Twsx made no violation which is not true. He has been warned many times and continued to edit war. He reported me a while ago for doing the same thing (when I was in the wrong) and I was blocked. I think Twsx deserves the same as he will continue to edit war. He will not stop edit warring. Where do I report this, if not at AN/3? Blizzard Beast $ODIN$ 18:31, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
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Please cancel his fourth revert - which violates 3RR. No need to warn him, because I'm sure it was not done on purpose! He's an honest person who is absolutely aware to the 3RR and has always obeyed the 3RR. Eliko (talk) 01:51, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Naughty article! Go to the corner!I haven't noticed any article being sanctioned or blocked.[20] -- SEWilco (talk) 01:54, 24 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] re: "Religion of peace"You are, of course, right. I should have remembered that in making my comments. I am actually impressed at how both sides have handled the images debate thus far. Not nearly as many hotheads on either side as I would have expected. Resolute 22:17, 26 February 2008 (UTC) [edit] Signpost updated for February 18th and 25th, 2008.
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You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot (talk) 08:20, 26 March 2008 (UTC) [edit] Artisol2345's sockpuppetAnyways Are you sure, how you found out this was Artisol2345's sockpuppet. Did you check his e-mail address, what about if that account could be his brother or sister, or his father haveyou thought about that? Anony IPs 75 xxxabc keep driving me around bugging everyone about people accusing him about sockpuppet. Most people have roommates, and same computer can be share with more than one person. Like mom and dads can also be contrib on Wiki, and their 3 sons might have their own account while parents has their own account. That way is not a sockpuppet. A sockpuppet is one person with like 4 or 5 or more account. Lets pretend one person has account of Route 5, then Orange-County 5, or 405 guy, or LAX 505. Thats sockpuppet, they are not real users just examples.--Freewayguy (Webmail) 18:38, 26 March 2008 (UTC) [edit] TfD nomination of Template:ProseTimelineTemplate:ProseTimeline has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. — Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 16:50, 2 April 2008 (UTC) [edit] Signpost updated for March 31st, 2008.
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You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot (talk) 09:19, 17 April 2008 (UTC) [edit] Allegations of state terrorism by the United StatesRe: Allegations of state terrorism by the United States. I've unprotected this. We've had problems with a lot of abusive socks (e.g. Supergreenred, now indef blocked, whose edits Travb restored. There are now enough sensible people around that the page can be edited, if disruptive editors are kept back William M. Connolley (talk) 20:02, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
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You are receiving this message because you have signed up for the Signpost spamlist. If you wish to stop receiving these messages, simply remove your name from the list. Ralbot (talk) 16:42, 25 April 2008 (UTC) [edit] article effortsHi. Your work on the Israel article is outstanding. thanks for all your efforts. Have you received any barnstars on this? if not, i will award one. i would do it now, but I can'rt look around the barnstar pages right now. thanks. --Steve, Sm8900 (talk) 15:02, 8 May 2008 (UTC) [edit] Signpost updated for May 2nd and 9th, 2008.
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