User talk:Theymos

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[edit] Welcome!

Hello Theymos! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions to this free encyclopedia. If you decide that you need help, check out Getting Help below, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. Below are some useful links to facilitate your involvement. Happy editing! Mermaid from the Baltic Sea 03:57, 8 March 2007 (UTC) Getting started Wikipedia tutorial • The five pillars of Wikipedia How to: edit a page • upload and use images Getting help Frequently asked questions Where to ask questions or make comments Request administrator attention Policies and guidelines Attribution • Neutral point of view • Notability Conflict of interest • Autobiography Biographies of living persons Manual of Style • Citing sources • Footnotes Image use policy • Copyrights • Fair use External links • Spam • Vandalism Three-revert rule • Sock puppetry What Wikipedia is not • Deletion policy The community Building consensus • Resolving disputes Assume good faith • Civility • Etiquette No personal attacks • No legal threats Community Portal • Village pump Signpost • IRC channels • Mailing lists Things to do Be bold in editing • Help develop an article Pages needing attention • Peer review Join a WikiProject • Translating articles Cleaning up: General • Spam • Vandalism Miscellaneous Categories • Disambiguity • Stubs User pages • Talk pages Useful templates • Tools • User scripts

[edit] Image:Firefox tabbed browsing.JPG

Thanks for spotting the attack in Commons:Image:Firefox tabbed browsing.JPG. I see you've tagged the Commons image for speedy deletion. We can't actually delete it here, so there's no need to add a tag to the page on Wikipedia. It'll disappear when the Commons admins get round to deleting it. Thanks again, Angus McLellan (Talk) 09:34, 29 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Orphaned non-free media (Image:Gmail Screenshot 1.png)

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[edit] Need third-party comments in Comparison of one-click hosters

Talk:Comparison of one-click hosters
My comments have been kept censored by the admin hu12. All comments have been removed (except a few leaving initially). I just want to leave comments to clarify my points. However he censored most of my comments and so my comments become misleading.

I have some questions I want to ask. I don't really know how this Wikipedia works. How could this seem to be fair if the admin:

• is involved in editing the article
• is involved in discussing and arguing in the page
• is involved in making minor rules regarding how we should edit this page #1
• is involved in the interpretation of the principles like Notability #2
• is involved in enforcing those rules interpreted or made by him
• a user has requested third-party comment about this page, but it turned our to be the same guy (Hu12) who gave a comment

(#1:He said an entry cannot be added to the article if it doesn't has an article in Wikipedia, but I couldn't find this rule anywhere. I asked him to quote the exact passage which says this, but my comment was simply censored and banned [Reason: harassment])

(#2:He said the same degree of standards required to create the page is the same as to add an entry / sentence within the article. It is what notability means. I said the same degree of standards are lower when you just mention it in one line or two. The impact and exposure is different, so do the thresholds)

He has a conflict of interest. He is acting an editor, arbitrator, legislator, judge, police at the same time. He can even censor comments. How come this kind of behaviour is accepted in Wikipedia?

I got fed up by his actions. I don't know how to criticise him for bending rules, taking multiple roles and abusing power without offending him. -- OM 12:13, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

You shouldn't be directing your comments at him. Your comments should be directed at the wikipedia community as a whole. You have both been guilty of this, but that's not a valid excuse. If you don't agree with him, then you should rebut his arguments with yours, not attack him personally like you've been doing. I agree that it was inappropriate for him to remove your attacks personally, and it's a guideline not to do that, but your edit was an unacceptable attack on him, and I'm not going to argue it.

As far as I can tell he hasn't used any special admin powers(anyone can remove others' comments on a talk page), so there's nothing unfair about him participating. Why would anyone want to be an admin if they couldn't participate in Wikipedia at the same level as most people?

The guideline he is talking about is Wikipedia:Notability. Like all Wikipedia guidelines, it is open to interpretation by anyone. Our view is that it only applies to articles themselves, not the things they talk about. His view is that everything an article talks about should be notable by Wikipedia standards. Just because he's an admin doesn't mean his opinion is more correct or holds more weight than ours. Everyone has the same amount of power in enforcing their version of the guidelines; just edit the article. That is all he has done.

The RFC is a request for comments from anyone. No matter their interest in the article, they can comment. He has done nothing wrong by commenting.

So relax. Write a good argument that doesn't mention Hu12 at all. It will not be deleted, I guarantee it.--Theymos (talk) 17:38, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image copyright problem with Image:Pet rock.jpg

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[edit] Conflict of Interest?

Couldn't help but notice on your user page at the top it says "This user wants a World Government" but right below it states that you have the support of Ron Paul. Isn't that a bit ironic? Care to elaborate?--Papajohnin (talk) 09:10, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

A lot of his positions aren't optimal, but they're better than what we have now. In my opinion, socialism would be better than the hardcore capitalism he supports, but the hardcore capitalism is way better than the semi-capitalism we have now. I tend to support the extremes at all points on the political spectrum, but I dislike the center.

I think a world government would solve a lot of problems, but first we need to implement a type of government that works better than the one we have now. I don't support the Iraq war and other expansionist policies, at least not now.--Theymos (talk) 11:55, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cayman Islands Investment Bureau

Hi there, I just created this page as part of WP:AFC it's an old submission from 2006 (I'm double checking the archives..) anyways I've reviewed quite a few submissions and consider myself to have a pretty good eye for self promotional articles but I didn't think this was one.. Sure it needs to be expanded but I don't think its overly promotional.. Also keep in mind that it's a government agency rather than a private company... I don't have any attachement to the article so if you still think it should be speedied thats your call, I'm just curious why you think so.. RIP-Acer (talk) 18:02, 3 March 2008 (UTC)

It sounded spammy to me, with phrases like "investment", "establish a business" and "workshops". I can see now that it's not, and I've removed the speedy delete.--Theymos (talk) 18:09, 3 March 2008 (UTC)